Getting a Job: 5 Career Paths for LVNs
We put together a brief explanation of what you can look forward to once you become certified and graduate.
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LVN Open House This February
Ever thought of pursuing a career in nursing but didn’t know where to start? We here at CDI are having an Open house! Come join us and learn more about our program, tour the campus, and meet our staff! We are excited to meet and help you figure...
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Meet CDI’S New Admissions Counselor, Alexandria Dotson
The entire management team at Career Development Institute is thrilled to announce that we’ve got a brand new admissions & job developer. We couldn’t be more excited to have Alexandria on staff with us, so we wanted to take a moment to...
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5 Ways to Say “Thank You” to Your Favorite Nurse
Is there a nurse in your life who has made a huge impact on you? Whether you have a nurse in your family who shows up every day for you and their patients, or if you are one of those patients who wants to share some extra love with a nurse who helped...
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From Nurse to Member of Congress
It’s easy to get swept up in the idea of what could come with a nursing degree and a nursing career. Where will it take you? How can you serve and improve your community? We thought we’d take a look at professionals who decided to follow the...
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5 Books About Nursing by Nurses
When it comes to the nursing profession, who better to talk about it than actual nurses? There are quite a few informative, inspiring, and entertaining non-fiction books by experienced nurses for you to choose from, so we narrowed down the list to our...
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Checklist: Must-Have Supplies for New Nursing Students
Congratulations on taking the next step in your career! It took you months to complete all those applications for your LVN program in California, apply for financial and, and make your final selection for a nursing school. Here you are, ready to start,...
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Nursing Specialties: Palliative Care for Alzheimer’s Patients
Many prospective LVN students and new nursing professionals will find many job opportunities for different types of specialties. Palliative care for memory-affected patients is an important and growing area in healthcare. Nurses in this field work with...
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Keeping Cool: 5 Ways Nurses Deal with Tough Patients
Every nurse will tell you that relationship management is as important to the job, if not more so, as the vast medical knowledge that every career nurse has in their arsenal. Nurses face all types of challenges in dealing with patients both in and out...
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Breaking Down Nursing Team Roles
When you enter the healthcare and nursing fields, you will be working within a team at a hospital or a medical office. To help new nurses and students understand where they will probably be slotted as a new staffer, we broke down the various team roles...
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Our Favorite National Nurses Week 2018 Stories
Our Favorite National Nurses Week 2018 Stories If you’re unfamiliar with the week that recognizes the uniformly remarkable contributions that nurses make to our society and our culture: it all started in 1954 in recognition, and on the 100th anniversary,...
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Top 10 Reasons to Become a Nurse
If you’ve just started looking into becoming a nurse or signing up for an LVN program in California, we put together a list of what we think are the most compelling and common sense reasons to take the plunge. The reality is that nursing is a very...
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Advice for New Nurses
The real growth curve for any new nurse starts the minute he or she graduates from nursing school and clocks in for that first shift. While your LVN or RN program provides you ample clinical hours: there’s nothing quite like the shock and thrill...
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What is the Role of a Cardiac Nurse?
As our students get ready to start their careers as LVNs in California, we love to engage and inform them about what kind of a career path is waiting for them once they start working. In honor of Valentine’s Day, what better specialty to discuss...
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5 Causes of the Very Real Nursing Shortage
It’s nearly impossible to scan past a headline today without reading about the pending nursing shortage. Is the pending staffing crisis is real or just media hype? The truth: the healthcare industry is facing a huge need for nurses in the next decade....
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Nurses Show the Nation How to Respond to Natural Disasters Like Earthquakes and Hurricanes
Whether it’s earthquakes in Mexico City or hurricanes on our own shores, nurses continue to show up and make all the difference when and how they can. Nurses know what to do in a crisis. It’s part of their training and their skillset. However,...
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5 Nursing Specialities, Clinical Nurse, Critical Care Nurse, Informatics Nurse, LVN to RN, Neonatal Nurse
Five Nursing Specialties Explained: Neonatal Nurse, Clinical Nurse, Critical Care Nurse & Informatics Nurse
Nursing students enrolled in an LVN program in Los Angeles are granting themselves access to an exciting and rewarding career path. Whether or not you have considered transitioning to an RN later, anyone new to nursing has plenty of opportunity down the...
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Understanding the Ins and Outs of Applying For Financial Aid for LVN Certification
As you consider your future as an LVN, you’re understandably curious about applying for and receiving financial aid. At CDI: we make sure that every qualified student* gets all the support they need in understanding the various levels of aid available...
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Our LVN Graduates Say it Better than We Ever Could
If you’re still looking for an LVN program in California, we hope you’ll spend some time reading about why we were named the #1 nursing school in the state. We could list our many accomplishments and the overall strength of our program, but...
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5 Steps to Negotiating Your Way to a Higher Nursing Salary
It takes a lot of energy, time, concentration, and motivation to become an LVN. You may already be planning steps to transition into a career as an RN or figuring out how to navigate the a brand new and rewarding career as an LVN. No matter where you...
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How to Transition from an LVN to an RN
The advantage of enrolling in a vocational nurse program is beneficial for many people who want, or need, to start their nursing careers as quickly as possible. Once you become an LVN, you can start gaining valuable job experience sooner than enrolling...
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California Nurses and LVNs: Five Ways to Honor Nurses For National Nurses Week
Every year, for National Nurses Week, there are plenty of headlines about nurse honorees in California who have been awarded local, regional and even national awards. Before it rolls around again, before your employer leaves a plant and a card on your...
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Welcome to National Nurses Week
Every year, from May 6 through May 12, the American Nurses Association (ANA) supports National Nurses Week to celebrate the contribution of the literal backbone of the healthcare industry. These dates aren’t arbitrary: May 12 is Florence Nightingale’s...
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Top Five Gross Nursing Duties
Nursing is a proud tradition. It’s also, year after year, named by top pollsters as the most trusted profession in the U.S. Vocational nursing is not, however, a glamor gig. It is hard work. The hours are long. While the job is unquestionably rewarding,...
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Too Good to Be True: Inspiring Real Life Nursing Stories
Somewhere there must be a statistic of just how many heroic things nurses do every minute of every day. There seems to be no end to the level of generosity and compassion that nurses show both to their patients and complete strangers alike. We love to...
Read More5 Nurses Who Are 21st Century Heroes
We all know that nurses perform heroic acts as part of the job. Some, though, go beyond the call of duty on their time off. There are dozens of stories like this out there because nurses are never one to back down from an emergency or a crisis. Still,...
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CDI named Best LVN School in California
It isn’t often that you get to brag, but we’re about to do just that. CDI was just named by PracticalNursing.org as the number one LVN program in California for 2017. We certainly strive to provide the best attention to our students that we...
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10 Career Tips for Nursing Students
Even if you just started your first week of nursing school, it’s an excellent good time to start thinking about how to prepare for your eventual job search. It’s not that far down the road, after all, especially if you’ve enrolled in...
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Five Steps to Survive Long Nursing Shifts
Even when you’re brand new to nursing school, it doesn’t take long to hear the rumblings of how to survive the professional realities of long and overnight shifts. We have some tips from the pros to help you not just survive but thrive as...
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Five Nurse Qualities That Will Make You a Great LVN
Now that you’ve started on the road to becoming a licensed vocational nurse, it’s time to focus on how you can make your profession as rewarding as possible. Nursing is a challenging field, to say the least, and now that you’ve embarked...
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CDI’s Great Nurses in History Series: Florence Nightingale
Nurses and their profession have evolved throughout history. While the practice of nursing predates the founding of the Catholic church, it became a recognized profession in the mid-1800s. The modern nursing movement was born thanks to the ardent efforts...
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Earn More Money Now as an LVN
An LVN Degree Could Help You Earn More Than a Bachelor’s Degree There’s no question that, in 2017, you need some kind of secondary education after high school to get a stable, well-paying job. For many generations, the obvious step after graduation...
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Myth of LVN Programs Online
While online education has become increasingly common and popular, online nursing programs may not be entirely appropriate for achieving the dream of becoming a licensed vocational nurse. If you’re looking to understand the difference between an...
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Attention All Nursing Students: 5 Tips to Avoid Burnout
Change can be exhilarating, and there’s nothing quite like the excitement that comes with embarking on a new program and, with it, a new career. Now that the stress of school, or your nursing career, is truly upon you, it’s time to learn how...
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Understanding LVNs: 5 Most Common Misunderstandings
A licensed vocational nurse, more commonly called licensed professional nurses (LPNs) outside of California, share many of the same duties and responsibilities as registered nurses. Read more below to learn how invaluable vocational nurses are in healthcare....
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Five Reasons to Enroll at CDI
Learn more about becoming a Licensed Vocational Nurse. Find out more about how CDI gets you licensed and working in 13 months. The Career Development Institute has been educating new nurses and kickstarting their exciting new careers in healthcare...
Read More5 Main Differences Between an LVN and an RN
Congratulations on making the decision to enter the expanding healthcare field. If you’re investigating your options for a nursing degree, understanding the difference between a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) or a registered nurse (RN) can be overwhelming....
Read MoreWhy Students Choose CDI
Change your life and become a nurse. Learn what recent LVN graduates have to say and why they picked CDI over other schools. Diego: When I started school, it was… I liked it a real lot. It was… even though it’s far from my, from...
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