new LVN student

I have never heard of them and I live here. Is it new? I'm in LVN at Grossmont Health Occupatons Center in Santee. Can you tell me a little about your school?

Oh I've heard about a new school starting up. I didn't know they were in La Mesa! That's where I live! I used to live in Fremont. Will you be in the first LVN class that they have? Or have they had some others? My teacher was telling me about some new school but she called it Edwards? But she wasn't sure about the name. I wonder if she meant yours. I think Unitek has been around but I wonder if the LVN program is new to them. Well anyway congratulations on starting school! How exciting! I"m graduating in January.

Yes I will be an LVN. I"m in Class 54. It's actually with Adult Ed now. Separate from ROP. Learned a lot there but the program is long. They don't run straight thru. They break in the summer. But that was good for me because it encouraged me to get a job where I gained invaluable experience. And still working at the same too.

We are all getting really itchy to graduate! :hatparty:

What Are The Requirements For Lvn Program In Unitek?

Can you tell me more about the Unitek program? I am getting on the RN waitlist in March for Grossmont, city, and southwestern (when I finish Micro) the last of my prerequisites. I would really like to start a VN program as early as April 08, but is the January cohort still enrolling? Do they have a night program?

Hi, I'm 47 and just graduated from Unitek College in Sacramento. If I was younger I would have gone the other route. All our clinical experience was long term care, no acute care at all. I don't know if it was because we were the first graduating class and they are not established yet, but my impression is that the acute cares' do not want Lvn students because they don't hire lvn's. I don't know how it is in southern California but your pretty much limited to long term care in Northern Cal. Although I have to say the pay is pretty good. The campus in Sacramento needs much improvement. We had teachers that have never taught before. We had one teacher, I don't even know how she became a nurse. They were passing people that were flunking. The 11 months is a good way to go if you can handle it, very stressful, also I was driving an hour each way to get there and back, which didn't help. try not to work during the program and you should be okay. It beats waiting a few years to get into the city college. This way I can work part time as an LVN and I plan on finishing up my pre-reqs for the RN.