Train for a Vocational Nursing Career!
Join the Field of Healthcare With a Heart, With Training from High Desert Medical College
At High Desert Medical College (HDMC), we offer focused, comprehensive training programs designed to prepare students just like you for healthcare careers, including as Vocational Nurses. Vocational nurses are critical to the healthcare field, working with doctors and nurses to deliver the highest level of care, and providing healthcare with a heart directly to patients. With HDMC’s Vocational Nursing (VN) program, you can gain the knowledge and practical skills training you need for NCLEX certification in as few as 61 weeks. Join the field of healthcare with a heart, with vocational nurse training from High Desert Medical College – VN courses are enrolling now!
Why Train for a Career as a Vocational Nurse?
Vocational nurses provide important medical care for sick, injured, or convalescing patients. Vocational nurses are responsible for many different tasks, including monitoring patients’ health, administering basic patient care, providing for the basic comfort of patients, discussing the care they are providing with patients and listening to their concerns, reporting patients’ status and concerns to registered nurses and doctors, and keeping records on patients’ health.
High Desert Medical College’s Vocational Nursing Program
High Desert Medical College’s Vocational Nursing diploma program is designed to teach students the basic skills and essential functions of vocational nursing. Students are prepared for entry-level VN positions leading to careers or career advancement in a number of health care facilities including hospitals, medical centers, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient clinics, and private practices. HDMC’s vocational nursing program is approved by the California Board of Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technicians, and HDMC is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET) and is licensed by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE). With three convenient locations, Bakersfield, Lancaster and Temecula, HDMC serves students throughout southern California.
What Will I Learn in HDMC’s Vocational Nursing Program?
At High Desert Medical College, students learn the essential skills needed to provide basic nursing care, administer medications, document a patient’s signs and symptoms, and perform therapeutic and rehabilitative measures. The program also includes a clinical externship, providing students with critically-important hands-on skills training. Students learn how to complete critical tasks, including:
- Monitoring patients’ health
- Administering basic patient care
- Providing for the basic comfort of patients
- Discussing the care they are providing with patients and listen to their concerns
- Reporting patients’ status and concerns to registered nurses and doctors
- Keeping records on patients’ health
How Long Is HDMC’s VN Program, and What Will I Get When I Graduate?
The Vocational Nursing diploma program at High Desert Medical College is designed to be completed in as few as 61 weeks. Upon completion of HDMC’s program, graduates receive Certificate of Completion, Vocational Nursing diploma, and are prepared to take the NCLEX exam for Vocational Nurse licensure.
High Desert Medical College also offers an AAS Vocational Nursing program, in which students complete additional General Education courses for a total program length of 93 weeks. The VN AAS program enables students to develop enhanced critical thinking skills, greater scientific knowledge, and quality verbal/written communication skills, becoming more well rounded professionals and more qualified job candidates.
Come to High Desert Medical College for Your Vocational Nurse Career Training!
High Desert Medical College (HDMC)’s hybrid, hands-on, and online classes are designed to train students for healthcare careers in a short amount of time. Students benefit from real world training under the supervision of experienced, professional faculty. Through academic instruction and hands-on skills training, HDMC graduates are prepared for their chosen healthcare careers upon graduation. If you are ready to make vocational nursing your career, High Desert Medical College has the training programs for you! Don’t wait any longer to get started, classes are enrolling now – Contact HDMC to get started today!