I want to go back to school and obtain a nursing license.

I went to the State Licensing website to start my research. The first thing I did is eliminate all of the schools not in the Sacramento area. Then I eliminated all of the Community Colleges (due to the lottery entrance system for their nursing programs).

So I was left with 4 private schools and 3 adult education programs for the LVN program.

The prices I was able to obtain ranged from $19,200.00 to $44,877.00

The time to complete the programs ranged from 8 ½ months to 71 weeks.

I came away shaking my head and with the following questions.

1. Why is a Certified Nursing License required prior to enternance to the Nursing program ?

2. Why is a CPR/First Aid Certification required prior to enternance to the Nursing program ? Do you not learn CPR & First Aid in Nursing School ?

3. Hospitals do not hire LVN's, LVN's only work in Nursing homes or private homes so why is obstertrics part of the programs ?

4. All of the programs are approved by the State of California so why are the programs not all the same ?

Carrington College California- Sacramento
8909 Folsom Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95826
(916) 361-1660 Ext 714
Fax (916) 361-6666

http://carrington.edu/ccc/schools/sacramento/programs/vocational-nursing/

Time to complete—Unknown must attend a 90 meeting

$44,877.99

Charles A. Jones Skills and Business Education Center
5451 Lemon Hill Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95824
phone (916) 433-2600
FAX (916) 433-2640

http://www.caj.edu/programs/nursing_health/vocnurse.html

34 week program

$18,250.00

$950.00 Books

$19,200.00 Total

**Curam College of Nursing
6520 44th Street, Suite 312
Sacramento, CA 95823
(916) 427-4400
(916) 676-4865

http://www.curamcollege.com/course.htm

8 ½ month program

$20,000.00

Kaplan College, Sacramento
4340 Watt Avenue, Suite 400
Sacramento, CA 95821
Phone: (916) 649-8168
Fax: (916) 649-8344

12 moth program

$31,000.00

Tri-County ROP
256 Wilbur Ave
PO Box F
Yuba City, CA 95992
(530) 822-5120 X 3046
Fax (530) 822-5135

http://rop.sutter.k12.ca.us/Content/Health/VocNursing.aspx

71 weeks program

$Unknown, the mail box for the Nursing program was full and would not allow me to leave a message.

Twin Rivers Adult School
5201 Arnold Ave Building 7
McClellan Park, CA 95652
(916) 566-2785
Fax (916) 643-2018

http://www.tras.edu/LVN

23 month program

$ Unknown, no one answered at the Nursing program and would not allow me to leave a message.

Unitek College - Sacramento
1111 Howe Ave.
Suite 205
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 641-6500 ext 301
Expires: 10/7/2011

http://www.unitekcollege.edu/consumer-information/vocational-nurse

11 month program

$30,850.00

** Program is approved but not yet accreditated.

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