Students will be trained to become ethical and technical professionals capable of taking the California State Examination for Vocational Nurses at the completion of the program. Students will be prepared to enter the profession of Vocational Nurse at the entry level.
We hold an orientation session regarding the Vocational Nursing Program five days a week in order to give potential students more information about the program and a chance for us to answer any questions you may have. The current schedule of orientations is as follows:
| Day | Time |
| Monday | 12:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. |
| Tuesday | 10:15 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 10:15 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. |
| Thursday | 10:15 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. |
| Friday | 10:15 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. |
If you are unable to attend one of these orientations, please click here to request more information.
According to the US Department of Labor, employment of Licensed Practical Nurses, or Licensed Vocational Nurses, is expected to grow much faster than average in nursing care facilities, home healthcare services, and in physicians' offices and outpatient care centers.
An increasing proportion of sophisticated procedures, which once were performed only in hospitals, are being performed in physicians' offices and in outpatient care centers such as ambulatory surgical and emergency medical centers, due largely to advances in technology. Consequently, employment of LPNs is projected to grow faster than average in these sectors as healthcare expands outside the traditional hospital setting.
Employment of LPNs in nursing care facilities is expected to grow faster than the average. Such facilities will offer the most new jobs for LPNs as the number of aged and disabled persons in need of long-term care rises. In addition to caring for the aged and the disabled, LPNs in nursing care facilities will care for the increasing number of patients who will have been discharged from the hospital, but have not recovered enough to return home.
Employment of LPNs is expected to grow much faster than average in home healthcare services. This growth is in response to an increasing number of older persons with functional disabilities, consumer preference for care in the home, and technological advances that make it possible to bring increasingly complex treatments into the home.
Licensed Vocational Nurses with additional education are ideal candidates for professional advancement to Registered Nurse.
Some of the services that WestMed College provides are assistance in bridging to an RN program and job placement assistance.
WestMed College offers financial assistance for those who qualify.