Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School offers a Practical Nurse Program which is fully approved by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. Graduation from the Practical Nurse Program qualifies the student to apply for the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN) to become a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).

The Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School Practical/Vocational Nursing Program is pursuing pre-accreditation candidacy status from the National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA), located at 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20037; phone 202-909-2487.  

Full-Time Day Program: The full-time day program begins every September and runs for ten months (forty weeks). Class is in session Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  Clinical hours are 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  Enrollment for the next full-time program beginning in September 2024 is CLOSED.  Applications will be available for the next enrollment on October 1, 2024 and will be accepted beginning on this date.  (Program start date is September 2025.)

Part-Time Evening Program: The part-time evening program runs for twenty months (eighty weeks) over the course of two years and begins every other September. Class is in session three evenings per week beginning at 4:00 p.m.  Clinical hours are 4:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.  The next part-time program begins in September 2025.   Applications will be available for the next enrollment on October 1, 2024 (Program start date is September 2025) and will be accepted beginning on this date.  

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