Vocational Nurse - Concorde Career College - Garden Grove

Vocational Nurse from Concorde Career College - Garden Grove is a Campus Certificate Nursing Education degree that prepares you for a Nursing career. As a licensed professional, the Licensed Vocational Nurse or LVN uses the nursing process for patient assessment, to contribute to the nursing diagnosis made by the RN and for planning, implementation, and evaluation in providing care. Licensed Vocational Nurses or LVNs are integral to nursing. They provide individualized care in a variety of healthcare settings such as acute care, long-term care, home health care, and other community healthcare agencies. Your dreams of a rewarding healthcare career are closer than you think. Upon completion of the Vocational Nursing program at Concorde Career College ? Garden Grove and passing the licensing exam, you can enter the workforce as a nurse . Vocational nurses provide bedside nursing care at the direction of physicians and/or registered nurses . The practice of vocational nursing is based on concepts from the physical, biological and behavioral sciences. Each state has its own nurse practice act, so the scope of practice varies from state to state. How long is the program? Concorde offers both Day and Evening/Weekend program. The day program is 13 months long and the evening/weekend program is 20 months long. Will I receive hands-on, real world job experience? Absolutely! In addition to the realistic laboratory environment Concorde provides, we also offer hands-on working experience called Clinicals. These Clinicals take place in a variety of healthcare environments where the student will train next to working healthcare professionals. The number of hours in our Vocational Nurse Clinicals is 856. What skills will I learn? Concorde's Vocational Nurse program will teach you the following skills: Anatomy & Physiology Pharmacology Administration of Medications Legal & Ethical Responsibilities Nutrition Common Disease Processes Preventative Nursing Care Therapeutic Nursing Care Rehabilitative Nursing Care Restorative Nursing Care Nursing interventions for patient care Cultural Differences in caring for patients Psychosocial impact of disease Leadership principles Where can I work? Upon successful completion of the Vocational Nursing program you can work at the following places: Hospitals Long-term Care Facilities Physician's Offices Home Health Agencies Hospice Agencies Residential Care Facilities Schools Government Agencies Community Agencies Registries View more details on Concorde Career College - Garden Grove, CA . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Nursing Education courses.