Thursday, March 26, 2015

Summer Participants 2015

There will be 55 students participating this summer.  They are as varied a group as I have ever had.  Half of the group are senior students from CSU, Chico.  The remainder come from a variety of nursing schools and backgrounds.  Among them are 5 nursing refresher students who are hoping to sharpen their acute care skills after having been out of the field for a significant amount of time.  Another student will be coming to us after graduating from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill's School of Nursing.  I am looking forward to working with all of them!  

Friday, March 6, 2015

Winter Participants Speak

"RCNP is one of the best decisions I have ever made.  I gained experience and confidence in a way I never would have been able to through my school's clinicals.  The program was able to give me very individualized teaching to improve my skills that I never would have received otherwise.  I started the program nervous about my abilities and left much more confident and feel so much more like a nurse!"
                                                 - Hannah Butler, San Jose State University Nursing Student

"This program is a blessing.  A positive coordinator paired with preceptors like Sally is a student's dream preceptorship!  Thank you very much for the experience."
                                                  -Stephanie Cary, RN, new graduate

"Amy and everyone at my site were so amazing! I have never had a better clinical experience."
                                                  -Rachel Thornton, CSU, Chico Nursing Student

"Program was well organized and a wonderful learning experience."
                                                 - Fiona McGovern, San Francisco State Nursing Student

"Best learning experience of my life!! Competent staff, very patient with disruption of a student.  Always available to help and explain.  Always allowed me to learn and observe.  Trish is a superb mentor, clinician and teacher.  She helped me understand the bigger picture.
                                                     -Anna Kane, RN, RN Refresher Student