Eligibility requirements, additional program information and applications are available from the health sciences program office in building M and at the counseling office in student services in building A on the Santa Maria campus. For more information, please contact the health sciences program office at:

Allan Hancock College is a California public community college in northern Santa Barbara County serving more than 11,000 credit students each semester.

The college offers degrees and certificates in more than 100 fields of study from accounting to welding. The college has a campus in Santa Maria and centers in Lompoc, Solvang, and at Vandenberg AFB.

Licensed Vocational Nursing (LVN)
The licensed vocational nursing program is a twelve-month program offered every year, January through December (including summer session). Current California Certified Nursing Assistants who have completed program prerequisites are eligible to apply. The curriculum is designed to prepare the CNA to function as a LVN. Students must complete the state mandated hours in classroom and hospital experience in order to be eligible to take the state board examination required for licensure. The Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT) has fully accredited this program. Students accepted into the program must comply with background checks and drug screening required by clinical agencies.

Employment Opportunities
An entry level wage is approximately $16-$18 per hour. Jobs are plentiful and may be found in acute hospitals, long term care facilities, physicians' offices, home health care and clinics.

Prerequisites
The following courses or programs must be completed with a grade of “C” or better by the end of the application deadline.
• Current California CNA
• English 101
• Biology 124 and 125
• Math 331
• Psychology 101 is required for LVN Boards
• NUR 310 Pharmacology (Must be completed by those accepted to the program in the fall prior to the January program start date)

Spring

NURS 311	Medication Administration	1.5 units
NURS 317	Fundamentals of Nursing	3.5 units
NURS 318	Clinical Lab 1	8 units
NURS 323	Respiratory System	2 units
NURS 329	Endocrine & Reproductive System	2.5 units

Summer

NURS 320	Gerontology	2 units
NURS 327	Gastrointestinal and Urinary Systems	2.5 units
NURS 328	Clinical Lab 2	3 units
NURS 335	Integumentary and Musculoskeletal Systems	2.5 units

Fall

NURS 322	Maternal and Infant Health	2 units
NURS 330	Pediatrics	1.5 units
NURS 331	Circulatory System	2 units
NURS 332	Neurosensory System	2 units
NURS 337	Aspects of Professional Relations	1 unit
NURS 338	Clinical Lab 3	8 units

Optional Courses
Monitor Observer
Prospective students must be current CNAs, LVNs, RNs or MAs. Upon successful completion of NURS 422 - EKG/Monitor Observer, students will receive a certificate for monitor observer.
This 1.5 unit course is offered for six weeks of the summer session, once a week, for four hours.
Course completers learn to function as monitor observers in a clinical area where patients receive cardiac monitoring. The students learn to identify the role and responsibilities of the monitor observer as a member of the health care team. They will be able to recognize normal electrical patterns of the heart, recognize life-threatening abnormal rhythms of the heart, apply monitor leads correctly and understand the use of the cardiac monitor as a diagnostic and monitoring tool. 24 CEUs.

IV Therapy
Prospective students must be current licensed RNs or LVNs or RN or LVN students concurrently enrolled in a nursing program. NURS 370, a one-semester, two unit course, is offered each year in the fall semester, and it includes both theory and lab practice. Upon completion, the student will receive IV certification.
The course, approved by the BVNPT, is designed to prepare the professional nurse for starting and superimposing IV fluids, such as solutions of electrolytes, nutrients, vitamins, blood and blood products. Course completers are able to safely perform a venipuncture while maintaining the physiological and psychological well-being of the recipient during the entire process.