Licensed Vocational Nurse Program

The purpose of the Licensed Vocational Nursing Program is to prepare students to apply for a License Vocational Nurse through the California Board of Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technicians. The Focus of this program is on human development, the application of basic nursing skills while caring for clients throughout their lifespan who have physical and mental disorders, nursing activities that promote healthy lifestyles, and the Vocational Nurse as a member of an inter-professional team

The initial cohort will be 15 to 20 students.  Subsequent cohorts 30-40 students.  

Upon completion of the Vocational Nursing Program, the students/graduates will be qualified to sit for licensing examination, earn an associates degree and: 

1.  Demonstrate behavior that reflects the proper values and ethics of professional nursing. 

2.     Integrate the knowledge of health promotion, restoration, and rehabilitative nursing measures into nursing practice. 

3.     Application of critical thinking skills and appropriate clinical judgment in the care of clients and communities in diverse populations. 

4.     Demonstrate cultural competency and sensitivity in the care of diverse populations, honoring and respecting individual race, religion, gender, sexual preference, and social or economic status. 

5.     Utilize technological innovations and research-based approaches in planning, delivering, and evaluating nursing care. 

6.     Deliver nursing care following the components of the nursing process, such as assessment, focusing on nursing problems, planning, intervention, and evaluation of nursing care and health care outcomes according to established facility protocol and criteria. 

7.     Demonstrate competency in the care of clients with physical, psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. 

8.     Accountability for own nursing actions with integrity and honesty with the best of intention to provide safe and effective nursing care following the Nursing Practice Act. 

9.     Collaboratively and cooperatively work with other members of the health care team. 

10.  Follow the State rules and regulations for license renewal, continuing education, and professional growth. 

Program requirements include the completion of all pre-requisite courses and all required courses in the approved program. 

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
NHCA 81A	Fundamentals of Nursing	5	S1
NHCA 81B	Basic Medical-Surgical Nursing	2.5	S1
NHCA 81C	Fundamentals of Nursing Skills, Simulation Lab and Clinical	5	S1
NHCA 81D	Pharmacology	3	S1

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
NHCA 82A	Psychology in Nursing	3	S2
NHCA 82B	Intermediate Medical-Surgical Nursing	7.5	S2
NHCA 82C	Medical-Surgical Nursing Skills, Simulation Lab and Clinical	6.5	S2

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
NHCA 83A	Maternity and Pediatrics	6	S3
NHCA 83B	Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing, Community Health Nursing, Supervision and Leadership	6	S3
NHCA 83C	Advanced Medical -Surgical Nursing Skills, Simulation Lab and Clinical	6	S3

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The first cohort will be 15-20, subsequent cohorts 30-40 students.

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