Distance Learning Training Product

Practical Nurse Course


Identification/
Product Number
300-M6 (DL)

Title Practical Nurse Course

Approval
Date

Supersedes NA

Proponent Department of Nursing Science (MCCS-HNP)
Academy of Health Sciences. Bldg 2840
2250 Stanley Road Ste 214
Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6140

Distribution
Restrictions
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

Foreign
Disclosure
Restrictions
Course is releasable to students from all requesting foreign countries without restrictions.

Document Type IMI for Distributed Learning

Category Individual Education / Training Products

Distance
Learning
Availability
Web only

Purpose/
Scope
Self-Development / Sustainment

Prerequisite
Soldiers who complete the 91W MOS and have a current Licensed Practical Nurse License requesting the M6 to be awarded (they were civilian trained with NO critical care in the curriculum); soldiers who are already 91WM6's and want a refresher or initial training in Critical Care prior to an assignment in the Critical Care/Emergency environment or before deployment.

How to
Access Product
The Department of Nursing Science (DNS) will use a web-based COTS product titled “Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO) to provide a standalone curriculum consisting of nine modules to the target audience. Access to the COTS product will be accomplished through regional site managers. Each region has a site manager who will assign a password to the soldier. This will be coordinated through the Practical Nurse Course (PNC) Phase 2/3 Director and PNC Branch AMEDDC&S to the site manager. Students will be tracked through PNC Course Director and Branch to the Army Personnel Proponent Directorate (APPD). The COTS product will be hosted on the WebInservice Knowledge Deployment System (KDS) learning management system located at http://www.webinservice.com.