Evening RN Program Bay Area Sacramento ?

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Jan 27, 2016

At the "public" schools, there isn't such a program that I'm aware of in the region and I've been looking at those schools for about a decade now. Among the "private" schools, you might find one, though I'm not certain if any of them have a night/weekend program. If they do, you can be absolutely certain their program would be close to double the usual amount of time for a standard program because of night/weekend time limitations. The reason I haven't looked at the private schools is that they're all hideously expensive. They run around $40k for LVN and between $80-100k for RN programs. The "public" schools run between about $4k for a JC and about $15-20k for a University, assuming you're a 2nd Bachelors student like I was.

I have a Bachelors in Sports Med. It took me 3 years to earn a 2 year degree because I failed a class and got rolled back into another cohort. I was lucky in that generally the schedule I worked (full time no less) was Thurs-Mon from 3pm to 11pm and that generally meshed well with most of my coursework. There was about a 3-4 week session where I was required to switch to working 11pm to 7am because the school clinical schedule switched to evenings instead of the usual mornings. I don't know if your work situation would allow you that kind of flexibility but nursing school won't normally be flexible at all. They'll expect you to adapt your work and social life to their schedule.

GGirll22 · Feb 9, 2016

Nope no schools that I've heard of here. Check board of nursing but...nope.

Native of California

vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN · Feb 10, 2016

Jumping on here to confirm what GGirl and AkulaHawk said, so you don't waste your time looking. Sacramento has no evening Lvn or RN programs.

There is a part time program through some private school not too far from here... Maybe a few hours away. I'll see if I can find the name. It's a private school.

GGirll22 · Feb 12, 2016

Basically, We have to commute and risk our lives to get to RN. Can you PM me that info Vinagemother???

vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN · Feb 14, 2016

GGirll22 said:

Basically, We have to commute and risk our lives to get to RN. Can you PM me that info Vinagemother???

I've been trying to find the name of the program. But I can't remember. I met a man last month who told me he was accepted to the part time / compatible with work RN program. I just don't remember the name.

I was able to find Pacific Union's part time/ clustered schedule RN program info online. but, it's only for LVN to RN students.

Pacific Union College | RN Education

GGirll22 · Feb 15, 2016

Are you an LVN Vintagemother?

GGirll22 · Feb 15, 2016

Along with most programs....This one has some gliches. Thank you

muirite · Feb 15, 2016

I thought they ended the pm Glendale program

vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN · Feb 15, 2016

Are you an LVN Vintagemother?

Yes I am.

vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN · Feb 15, 2016

Twin Rivers used to offer a PM LVN program...I think it ended around 5 years ago.

One other thing: if you are looking at private schools: while Lvn school is full time at private schools, at one private school, Carrington, the majority of the prereqs to become an RN after you become an LVN are offered part time. I have several friends who worked full time for the approx 16 months it took to complete the bridge prereqs. Then, they only had to attend full time for about 8 mos to become an RN.