Purpose
The purpose of the program is to prepare graduate vocational nurses as beginning practitioners who are competent and self-directed to function under the supervision of a registered nurse, licensed physician. These graduates will be able to assume the role of a licensed vocational nurse, after taking and passing the National Council for Licensed Practical Nurse for the State of California (NCLEX - PN). In doing so, vocational nurses will be prepared to better serve themselves, the community, and society as a whole.

Vocational nursing students learn to assist in data collection, plan and implement nursing care, administer medications and treatments with knowledge of their therapeutic results and maintain safe environment for clients and their families.

CNA program; This course prepares the student to be a beginning health care worker in the acute care setting or the long term care facility. The course consists of lecture and clinical experiences given over a period of seven weeks, for 3 days a week weekend program. Upon successful completion of the course, the student is eligible to sit for the State Competency Examination for Nursing Assistant in the State California

Training for a CNA position will teach you the essential duties of a certified nursing assistant that will also show you how to interact with the patient, access patient needs, and how to monitor and observe the patient's state of mind and overall condition. You will receive background to assist in diagnosing and treating injuries and human diseases. You also learn about preventative health care measures and about drug interactions.

Certified Home Health Aides  works under the direction and supervision of Registered Professional Nurse, Certified Home Health Aides perform hands-on patient care to meet the patient's needs in accordance with the plan of care. They also assist in maintaining a safe and clean environment.

Home health aides visit the homes of the elderly, disabled, and the recovering to provide assistance with every day tasks. They often work within the home setting in order to improve the quality of life of their clients.  More and more clients have begun to depend on home health aides because their services are often cheaper than hospital bills.  The home environment may also be more comfortable for clients and could help speed up the healing process.

Prerequisite is the successful completion of a California Certified Nurse Assistant course, or concurrent enrollment in Nursing Assistant Program. Lecture and clinical skills in working with residents/clients in the home care setting are taught over a period of 5 weeks once a week, 8 hours per day. Upon successful completion of the course, the student is eligible to apply for certification as a Home Health Aide.

 The Restorative Nursing Assistant Class provides the participant with the knowledge and skills to perform restorative nursing care on patients, and assisting patients to reach their maximum mobility potential. Participants will learn range of motion, strengthening exercise, ambulating and transferring techniques, activities for daily living, restorative feeding programs, and documentation.

1. Completion of the Application Packet.   
2. A complete physical examination. The form for this may be found in the application packet. This must be completed and signed, in all places indicated, by your health care practitioner (a licensed physician or certified Nurse Practitioner).   
3. A  PPD Test performed and read within the past six months.  Test should give the date it was done, the date it was read, whether it was positive or negative, and have the signature of the health care provider. A positive TB Skin Test requires a clear chest x-ray report.
4. A valid CPR provider card. This may be completed during the CNA course by the American Heart Association (Healthcare Provider).
5. Students entering this program are expected to be able to read, write and communicate at the high school level in order to successfully complete the program.

 To be considered for acceptance into the program, the applicant must meet the following criteria:

1. Student must have graduated from high school, or earned a GED and be at least 18 years of age.
2. Student must pass the entrance test ( Cpat ) with the score of not less than 80%. All applicable fees, as per the current published fee schedule prior to the issuance of an enrollment contract or make other arrangements acceptable to the school.

3. Student may be asked to pass an interview with the nursing program director or associate program director.

Program schedule

Length: 12 months (1560 Hours)
Internship: 960+ hours in affiliated medical facilities.
The didactic training correlates with the lab and clinical education.
Didactic / Lab sessions schedule: Morning - 8:30AM - 2:30PM;  Evening - 4PM-10:30PM
Clinical sessions schedule: Morning - 7AM - 3PM; Evening - 4PM - 11PM

LVN Job outlook

Employment of LVN / LPNs is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through 2012 in response to the long-term care needs of an increasing elderly population and the general growth of healthcare. Replacement needs will be a major source of job openings, as many workers leave the occupation permanently. Employment of LVN in nursing care facilities is expected to grow faster than the average. Such facilities will offer the most new jobs for LVN as the number of aged and disabled persons in need of long-term care rises. In addition to caring for the aged and the disabled, LVN in nursing care facilities will care for the increasing number of patients who will have been discharged from the hospital, but have not recovered enough to return home. Employment of LVN is expected to grow much faster than average in home healthcare services. This growth is in response to an increasing number of older persons with functional disabilities, consumer preference for care in the home, and technological advances that make it possible to bring increasingly complex treatments into the home.

Coast Health Career College has been approved as a provider of Continuing Education for CNA/CHHA by the California Department of Health Services Licensing & Certification Training Program.

The California Department of Health Services (CDHS) requires a mandatory 48 hours of in-service classes or CEU for Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), and  24 hour for Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) every two years in order to maintain and renew a certificate.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a combination of rescue breathing and chest compressions delivered to victims thought to be in cardiac arrest.  When cardiac arrest occurs, the heart stops pumping blood.  CPR can support a small amount of blood flow to the heart and brain to “buy time” until normal heart function is restored. 

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