NURSING PROGRAM GETS GRANT ASSIST COLLEGE PLANS TO GRADUATE ADDITIONAL 38 REGISTERED NURSES BY 2008.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER -- With a critical need for more registered nurses, Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. has been given a $512,787 state grant that should allow the school to get 38 more students through its associate-degree nursing program by June 2008. The money from the office of the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Community Colleges will enable AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C to add a modular building Modular buildings are sectional prefabricated buildings that are manufactured in a plant, and delivered to the customer in one or more complete modular sections. Modular buildings are considerably different from mobile homes. near its new north parking lot to accommodate a nursing skills lab and faculty offices. The lab will include patient-care areas containing beds and manikins. The added space will enable AVC to open the doors to an additional 20 registered nursing students, as well as licensed vocational nurses licensed vocational nurse n. Abbr. LVN A licensed practical nurse who is permitted by license to practice in California or Texas. making the transition to registered nursing. Officials hope to have another 38 students ready to take the national licensing exam to become registered nurses in two years. Dr. Karen Cowell, dean of the college's Health Sciences Division, said the college has reached capacity in its nursing skills lab. Thus, part of the money will pay for a modular building to house a lab, as well as pay the salaries of two full-time instructors. ``This spring, we used our lab from 6:50 in the morning till 9 o'clock at night, and eight hours on weekends,'' she said. A new health sciences building that will provide room to expand the nursing program won't be open for several years. That AVC was able to secure 5 percent of the $10 million grant program available statewide is a credit to the creativity of the proposal and support from area hospitals, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Cowell. ``I think it's really important to give credit to the two hospitals (Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley and Lancaster Community) because both of them are willing to help us any way they can. It helps us immensely. It shows a strong need. And the state likes to see that,'' Cowell said. Cowell expressed hope that the state would continue to provide additional money for nursing education. ``We're hoping this won't be just a once-in-a-lifetime deal. We're hoping we'll be able to sustain this,'' she said. Cowell added that any nurses interested in teaching part-time for the college should contact her at (661) 722-6404. |
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