Solano Community College 'Pins' 1st Class of Nursing Assistants & Home Health Aides

News from Solano Community College:

Solano Community College (SCC) hosted its first ever Pinning Ceremony for the Certified Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide (CNA/HHA) Program last week.

The District successfully implemented the new CNA/HHA program in 2014; 19 students (including one high school student) participated and graduated from the 8-week program.

The next program begins Wednesday, October 1, 2014. All interested persons must attend orientation on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at SCC’s Fairfield Campus, Building 800, Room 811, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

“I am delighted and pleased to have had an opportunity to work with Ms. Tonya Robinson to initiate and design our program, which was approved by the Department of Public Health in June of this year. This program prepared students and members of our community for employment, and is also an entry level program that may serve as a career pathway for other healthcare professions, such as nursing, medicine, radiography, sonography, nuclear medicine, radiologic oncology and others,” stated Dr. Maurice McKinnon, SCC School of Health Sciences Dean, Interim.

“Solano College is very appreciative of the nursing staff and director of nursing at Vacaville Convalescent and Rehab for helping us educate the students. We cannot provide such an education to students without our local community hospitals and partners.”

The planning process involved our newly established CNA/HHA Advisory Committee, comprised of: Donna Dabeck, Northbay Hospital; Tonya Robinson, Casa de Modesto; Alberta Lloyd, SCC; Terri Shook, Medical Sciences/ Vaca SH; Barbara Brock, Navigator Healthcare and Dr. Maurice McKinnon, SCC.

Once the program was approved, Ms. Myra Kargbo, currently an adjunct faculty member at SCC, was hired to serve as the Program Coordinator/Instructor.

Other program instructors are Ms. Joyce Averett, and Ms. Micaela Medina. The Committee is working diligently to revise the CAN/HHA program curriculum this fall to include an acute care component, in order to prepare students for jobs in hospitals.

For additional information regarding the CAN/HHA program, please contact Janet Schwartz at janet.schwartz@solano.edu or call 707.864.7000, ext. 4641.

About Solano Community College:

The College has served as the preeminent educational institution in Solano County since 1945 when it was founded as Vallejo Junior College. In the early 1970s, the College moved to its present Fairfield site, and is presently serving over 20,000 students throughout the academic year.

In addition to the main campus in Fairfield, the College has one Center in Vacaville, and one in Vallejo. To further serve the community, SCC offers courses at Travis Air Force Base, and operates a School of Aeronautics at the Nut Tree Airport.

Currently, Solano Community College offers Associate Degrees and Certificates in various disciplines, to include transfer courses to California State Universities (CSU) and Universities of California (UC), and provides training in several trades. For more information, please visit us at www.solano.edu.