NEW GRADUATE TRAINING FOR LICENSED NURSES.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Schedule- 2012
August 1st- Application Deadline- July 20th or when class fills up (which ever is earlier)- Class size- 10.
December 3rd- Application Deadline- Nov 23rd or when class fills up (which ever is earlier) – Class size- 10.
Quest Nursing Education Center is proud to offer New Graduate RN and LVN Training Courses. The New Grad Courses encompass both the didactic and clinical experience for a new RN or LVN. It is designed to ease the transition of a new graduate RN into professional practice. The course learnings will strengthen clinical and analytical skills, promote professional growth and establish self-confidence and independence.
EMPLOYMENT:
While enrolled in the courses, the licensed Nurses have a separate option to have guaranteed 12 month paid employment with prescheduled weekly shifts (One shift per week) at a skilled Nursing Facility. This program is designed to provide the licensed nurses with the 1 year work experience that most clinical facilities require to hire a nurse. The employment opportunity requires maintaining concurrent enrollment in four separate courses.
COURSE LEARNINGS:
1. Medical Surgical Competency for the New Graduate Nurse
2. Critical Care Competency for the New Graduate Nurse
3. Compliance and Patient Safety Course
4. Mandatory Program Course
ENROLLMENT PROCESS
COST OF THE PROGRAM: (Includes all courses combined)
$1050 to enroll (this includes first month)
$500/month for 11 months due on the 28th of each month starting.
* Please keep in mind student will be earning approximately $250 per month from working.
Student must come in to fill out application and register for courses. Student will come in with money order/cashiers check of $1050 Payable to QUEST NURSING EDUCATION CENTER. Payment must be money order/cashiers check, (NO personal checks or cash).
After registration, the student will be contacted and scheduled for an interview with Heaven’s Court Staffing Agency. If student is offered employment, course enrollment will be processed.
If for some reason, after initial job interview, Heaven’s Court Staffing Agency does not find the student eligible for an offer of employment, the enrollment fee will be refunded immediately.
Please understand that it is a first come first serve basis, so shift opportunities will close once maximum enrollees have been reached even before April 30th.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Medical Surgical Competency New Graduate Nurse Course- 12 month course
This is an online program that includes a series of modules that describes the pathophysiology, assessments, diagnostic tests, clinical manifestations, and nursing care associated with selected medical/surgical conditions. Risk factors, clinical findings, and complications that may accompany these conditions are also addressed. Topics range from pain to shock, from chest tubes to pressure ulcers, from heart failure to asthma.
*This program also includes continuing education units.*
At the completion of this course, the new graduate will take a series of evaluation exams to demonstrate competency. Evaluations include assessing knowledge on gastrointestinal, hematologic, renal, musculoskeletal, and other conditions.
Critical Care Competency for the New Graduate Nurse- 12 month course
This is an online course. It is a series of interactive case studies, tutorials, and staff development e-courses that examine nursing responsibilities in the critical care environment (including evaluation and assessment, nursing diagnoses, nursing interventions, and patient care strategies). Modules provide clinical scenarios and interactive learning exercises that address the care of patients with various medical conditions. Topics come from a wide variety of specialty areas, including cardiology, neurology, behavioral health, emergency, and more.
*This program also includes continuing education units.*
At the completion of this course, the new graduate will take a series of evaluation exams to demonstrate competency. Evaluations include assessing knowledge on cardiovascular, respiratory, neurologic, endocrine, and other conditions.
Compliance and Patient Safety Course – Online Course- 12 month course
The Compliance Program portion of this course is a series of staff development electronic courses designed to assist healthcare staff to meet Joint Commission training requirements. Topics include patient rights, hand hygiene, TCAB, SSI, SBAR, HIPAA compliance, and more.
The Patient Safety Program portion of this course is a series of electronic courses that evaluate a nurse’s understanding of the components of various Joint Commission Goals and standards relating to patient safety, including when specific goals are applicable and the elements of performance for those goals. Topics include patient identification, infection risk reduction, patient falls, and more.
Modules contain tests that assess the learners understanding of the unit content.
*This program also includes continuing education units*
Mandatory Program Course- 12 month Online Course
This program includes a set of understanding the patient courses that focus on different patient experiences, including the adolescent patient, the adult patient, the geriatric patient, and more.
*This program also includes continuing education units.*
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
Student will be employed by Heaven’s Court Staffing Agency for 12 months. Students will be guaranteed one 8 hour shift per week for 12 months. (So Nurse A will work Every Monday, while Nurse B will work every Tuesday etc.). Day shifts and PM shifts available. NOC shifts may be negotiated.
Schedule will be determined at Job Interview.
In the event that there are 5 weeks in a month, the nurse will only work 4 of those weeks.
Pay is $8/hr
Job Requirements:
*Must be able to pass a Criminal Screening background check
*CPR certification (American Heart Association BLS)
*Malpractice insurance- may apply at (HPSO.COM)
*Recent Physical/TB test (within 1 year)
*Copy of Active Nursing License
*Maintain enrollment (with satisfactory performance) in all four New Grad Courses listed above.
*Able to Legally Work in the US- will need to provide- Copy of Social Security Card
Enroll at :
Quest Nursing Education Center
2135 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612
PH: 510 452 1444 FAX 510 452 1444
Mo-Tu- 8:30am-4:30pm, Wed- Fri- 8am-4pm
EMAIL: admin@questnursingeducationcenter.com
WEB: www.questnursingschool.com
What to bring:
1. Copy of PICTURE ID
2. Copy of Nursing License.
3. Tuition
