Earn your Practical Nursing diploma in as few as 12 months.
The Practical Nursing program at Unitek College in Reno prepares you with the hands-on skills, clinical reasoning, and licensure readiness needed to excel as an LPN. With a curriculum built around real clinical experiences, simulation practice, and supportive instruction, you’ll gain the foundation required to provide high-quality care in today’s fast-paced healthcare settings.
These steps represent a general overview of the admissions process and reflect the typical path most students follow when enrolling.
At Reno, your Practical Nursing training is designed to develop true workforce readiness from day one. While preparing for the NCLEX-PN, you’ll gain hands-on experience, strengthen your clinical judgment, and build the practical capabilities required of a confident, career-ready LPN. With an emphasis on real clinical experience and applied learning, the program equips you with the skills healthcare employers value most.
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The Reno campus delivers a welcoming educational setting featuring updated simulation technology, thoughtfully designed classrooms, digital learning resources, and accessible faculty offices that support open communication and collaboration. Students enjoy both focused study areas and shared spaces that encourage group discussion, skills refinement, and teamwork.
At the Reno campus, students engage with immersive virtual reality experiences that simulate real patient scenarios, allowing them to practice clinical decision-making, prioritize care, and respond to a range of patient conditions in a safe, controlled environment. These interactive tools complement classroom instruction, reinforce key concepts, and help students build confidence before transitioning into clinical settings.
At the Reno campus, simulation and skills labs are equipped with industry-standard tools and high-fidelity manikins that replicate real patient responses. Under the guidance of experienced faculty, students practice essential nursing techniques such as patient assessment, medication administration, and vital sign monitoring, gaining hands-on experience that prepares them for real-world patient care.
Conveniently situated just off US-395, our Reno campus is minutes from major shopping centers, cafés, and local amenities, making it easy for students to balance school and daily life. Nearby attractions such as the Truckee Riverwalk, Midtown District, and Nevada Museum of Art offer opportunities to unwind and connect with Reno’s thriving cultural scene. With the Sierra Nevada mountains, Lake Tahoe, and countless outdoor recreation areas close by, Reno delivers the perfect blend of natural beauty, urban energy, and opportunity—an inspiring place to launch your nursing career.
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*These placement rates are based on program-specific and campus-specific data reported to our institutional accreditor(s) in 2024. While the figures shown here are not separately reported to our accreditor, they are derived from those outcomes. For full details by program and campus, please visit our Disclosures page.
