Train to be a Vocational Nurse

Get the education you need to begin a rewarding career helping people at North-West College in West Covina

Learn how North-West College can teach you the skills you need to become a Vocational Nurse working alongside physicians, registered nurses and other health care professionals. Vocational Nurses provide basic medical care and help assess the basic physical, emotional, spiritual, and sociocultural needs of the patient.

Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) provide direct patient care under the direction of a registered nurse or a licensed physician. Typical duties include assisting physicians with patient examinations, recording patient history and personal information, measuring and monitoring patient vital signs, collecting or preparing samples for laboratory tests, administering injections or medications (as permitted by state law), providing for the basic comfort of patients and more.

Affordable Health Care Training for 50 Years!

North-West College has helped set the standard in allied health education in Southern California by providing affordable career training to more than 45,000 graduates since the college first began in 1966.