Homestead Scores 100% on NCLEX; Everyone Passes

Torrance, California

　　　Homestead Schools loca-ted in Torrance, Calif. sent first of its vocational nursing students who started the class in 2007 for NCLEX, a requi-site to getting a license to practice. To no one’s sur-prise, Homestead scored 100% – everyone who took the exam passed. This was great news for the school and the students who’ve spent more than a year to realize the dream of their lives.

　　　Homestead started its vocational nursing program in January 2007 with 15 students aspiring to become productive members of the healthcare industry. Students came from varying back-grounds, some had worked as CNAs, while some others had no experience in the health industry. But what they all shared was enthu-siasm and determination to take that big step forward and launch a new career.

　　　It’s no secret that there’s a great shortage of nurses across the country and particularly in California. The shortage is ex-pected to get worse over the next few years as the healthcare industry struggles to provide adequate care to a bur-geoning population under strict financial constraints. Hospitals constantly adver-tise in newspapers and trade magazines to recruit nurses and hold job fairs to fill vacancies. In fact, it’s not un-usual for hospitals to offer sign-up bonuses worth several thousand dollars to nurses. A typical LVN in Los Angeles earns $42,365 per annum and is never out of a job.

　　　This is exactly what attracts most young people to the nursing field; they’re not looking for a job, they’re looking for a career. And many of them are attracted to Homestead for Homestead offers a quicker and surer path to their dreams. The school offers flexible class schedules to accommodate the needs of students who in many cases are holding down a job while going to school; the school has morning classes, afternoon classes, and weekend classes.

　　　The school has a policy of keeping classes small; most classes have fewer than 12 students and almost never more than 15. Instructors are able to provide individual attention to students. Further, in the classroom each student gets a desktop computer which is used to hone test-taking skills and do research on the Internet. NCLEX is admini-stered on a computer and if the student has not acquired test-taking skills on a com-puter during the year, the student isn’t likely to perform well in the final exam.

　　　For clinical training the school has affiliation agree-ments with several local-area convalescent and long-term care facilities as well as clinics and hospitals that provide subacute and acute care. Students are accompanied to these facilities by instructors where they receive practical training in patient care. Again, there’s generally one in-structor per 6 students to provide close supervision and attention to detail.

　　　In order to meet the demand of increasing student　

 pop-ulation for more clinical facilities, Homestead Schools recently lined up Centinela Hospital as one more acute care training site making Homestead as the only school with an LVN program at this hospital. Everyone at the school is excited about the prospect of training at such a state-of-the-art clinic in great proximity to the school.

　　　There’s some more good news from Homestead. For a limited time, the school is giving away free laptop computers loaded with NCLEX-style questions to students who enroll in its vocational nursing program. Dozens of students in recent weeks have already taken advantage of this offer. This is one more way the school ensures that its students have all the tools they need to successfully ace the exam.

　　　So when you look at all the things Homestead is doing to enhance the educational experience of students it’s no wonder that the school enjoys 100% pass rate on NCLEX for its students. Everyone–instructors, director of nursing, student counselors, staff members–is very proud of these students and wishes them continued success in their chosen career.

　　　Homestead Schools can be reached at 23844 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 200, Torrance, CA 90505. You can call them at (310) 791-9975 and ask to speak with George Dayrit, their student counselor, for more information.