LVN Schools in Sacramento, California

The licensed vocational nurse (LVN) is the Californian and Texan name for the division of nursing other states call licensed practical nursing. LVN's work as directed by doctors or registered nurses, to assist in caring for the sick and injured. Typical tasks for an LVN are taking a patient's temperature or checking their blood pressure. An LVN might help patients take care of hygiene needs they cannot perform for themselves. They could monitor a patient's care to ensure medications are taken as prescribed or to see there are no changes in the patient's physical condition.
  1. Kaplan College

    • Kaplan College has many locations where it provides career technical training for students preparing for the workforce. Kaplan has a campus location in Sacramento, where it offers licensed vocational nursing as one of its certificate options. The Kaplan vocational nursing program combines classroom learning with clinical experience. Students have practical patient care lessons under the guidance of doctors and registered nurses. Areas of study include medical data collection, bedside nursing, treatment of infections, medication and documentation. When students complete their classroom studies, they sit the licensing exam to become certified as a vocational nurse.

      Kaplan College, Sacramento Campus
      4330 Watt Avenue, Suite 400
      Sacramento, CA 95821
      916-649-8168
      sacramento.kaplancollege.com

    Western Career College

    • The vocational nursing program at Western Career College in Sacramento provides a foundational nursing education that will send qualified LVN's into the workforce or allow them to take the additional steps and classes to become a registered nurse. For those who choose to head out into the working world as vocational nurses, work is available in hospitals, nursing facilities, doctor's offices and even agencies that provide home-based nursing care.

      Western Career College, Sacramento
      8909 Folsom Blvd.
      Sacramento, CA 95826
      888-203-9947
      westerncollege.edu

    Unitek College, Sacramento

    • Unitek College has added vocational nursing to its course offerings at its Sacramento campus. The school provides on-campus lab facilities that simulate the conditions in a hospital, to supplement classroom study with hands-on training. Unitek has a program that provides job placement assistance for its graduates. Unitek College's LVN program takes 11 months to complete and includes a program to assist students in taking and passing the certification exam after graduation. Classroom study covers patient care and also focuses on anatomy, physiology, surgical nursing, pediatrics, obstetrics, nutrition and psychiatric nursing.

      Unitek College, Sacramento
      1111 Howe Avenue
      Sacramento, CA 95825
      916-641-6500
      unitekcollege.edu

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