Allied Health

Department Chair

• Cheryl Gates

Programs Offered

• Emergency Medical Technician Certificate
• Human Services AS Degree | Certificate
• Vocational Nursing AS Degree | Certificate

Faculty

• Cheryl Gates
  Campus & Office: IWV MB 122D
  Phone: (760) 384-6292
  Email: cgates@cerrocoso.edu
• Annette Hodgins
  Campus & Office: IWV MB 130
  Phone: (760) 384-6319
  Email: ahodgins@cerrocoso.edu
• Michael Metcalf
  Campus & Office: IWV MB 122G
  Phone: (760) 384-6246
  Email: mmetcalf@cerrocoso.edu
• Debra Rundell
  Campus & Office: IWV MB 237
  Phone: (760) 384-6284
  Email: drundell@cerrocoso.edu
• Matthew Wanta
  Campus & Office: IWV MB 125
  Phone: (760) 384-6331
  Email: matthew.wanta@cerrocoso.edu

Medical Assisting

Two new programs are being developed in Medical Assisting:

• Administrative Medical Assisting
• Clinical Medical Assisting

Certified Nursing Aid (CNA)

CNA classes offered every semester at IWV/Ridgecrest

• IWV CNA Application Instructions
• IWV CNA Application

CNA classes offered every semester at ESCC Bishop

• Bishop CNA Application

Home Health Aide (HHA)

HHA class offered every summer at IWV/Ridgecrest. You MUST have current CNA certification before you can enroll in the class.

Licensed Vocational Nursing (LVN)

New Accelerated LVN Program starting Spring 2014. Take the pre-reqs now!

LVN offered every spring at IWV/Ridgecrest. Apply in October.

• LVN Application Instructions
• LVN Application

LVN Prerequisites

• HCRS C055 – Certified Nurses' Aide
• CSCI C070 – Computer Literacy or CSCI C101 - Intro to Computers
• HCRS C150 – Medical Terminology
• IC C075 – Intro Library Research
• PSYC C101 – General Psychology
• BIOL C125 – Survey of Human Anatomy & Physiology with a lab
  (Recommended for those just pursuing LVN)
  
  OR
  
  BIOL C251 – Human Anatomy AND BIOL C255 – Human Physiology
  (Recommended for those going on to RN afterwards)

All prerequisites with a grade of "C" or better have to be done prior to the start of the LVN Program. It typically will take a student 2 years to complete both the prerequisites and the LVN Program. Completing the AS degree in Vocational Nursing is strongly encouraged.

IWV/Ridgecrest – New LVN group starts every spring (January). Call 760-384-6219 for more information. LVN applications accepted from October 1-31st.

Bishop/Mammoth Lakes – New LVN group starts every spring (January) on even years. Call 760-872-1565 (Bishop) or 760-934-2875 (Mammoth) for more information.

Licensed Vocational Nursing(LVN) 2010 Pass Rate: 86%

LVN Pass Rates