New online PN program offered at West Virginia Junior College [Video]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – With the success of their online nursing program, West Virginia Junior College is starting a new program that they say will give students the best of both worlds.

“Hospitals seem to really need practical nurses, so we started the idea around West Virginia with West Virginia Junior College creating an online practical nursing program,” said Kelly Pauley, Director of the Practical Nursing Program.

The college says the new program will allow students to get in-person, hands-on experience with labs and clinicals – while still being able to take their classes virtually from the comfort of their own home – or on the go.

“You know some of our students go to baseball games, park in the lot, you know, and get to watch their baseball game of their child while also studying for their tests,” Pauley said.

The college says the program takes 12 months and …