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UKIAH – The Mendocino College Nursing program will graduate 31 nursing students on May 25, the largest graduating nursing class thus far for the program.
These students will be eligible to take their Registered Nurse (RN) licensing exams and will provide much-needed relief to local hospitals and health facilities.
Of the current 31 graduating students, 23 are two-year RN students and nine are Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to RN Bridge students. One mother and son have completed the nursing program together and will graduate on the same evening.
All graduating students will receive an associate's degree in nursing. Many students plan to go on to further their nursing education toward bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
The Mendocino College nursing program was originally approved by the Board of Registered Nursing in 2003 and graduated their first class of LVN to RN Bridge students in 2004.
Since that time the program was expanded to a full two-year Registered Nursing program and has yearly admissions. Because of expansion of the nursing program, due in large part to $60,000 in funding from the Mendocino College Foundation, the college has hired two new full-time faculty in the past year.
Karen Wilson and Melissa Hladek, both local RNs, have joined the program director Barbara French and assistant program director Fran Laughton in the instruction and administration of the nursing program.
Currently enrolled in the nursing program are the 31 graduating students, and twenty-four first year students. A new first semester class will be admitted in August. Applications for the two-year RN program are accepted each March, and applications for the LVN to RN Bridge program are accepted each November. Admission to these programs is highly competitive as with all nursing programs within the state.
“Our goal is to produce skilled and intelligent nurses that will serve our community at the highest level possible,” said nursing program director Dr. Barbara French. “Our local community had been very happy with our graduates, and we continue to work hard at educating great nurses.”
The 2007 nursing graduates are Theresa Adair (Clear Lake), Mark Albert (Ukiah), Candace Baroza (Ukiah), Annette Barrera (Willits), Steven Bushey (Nice), Kati Christofferson (Philo), Donald Clancy (Willits), Terri Coker (Nice), Bonnie Covarrubias (Ukiah), Jami Flores (Ukiah), Zorah Gluckman (Potter Valley), Sherri Gravier (Laytonville), Katrina Hale (Lakeport), Shellee Hoomalu (Ukiah), Danielle Jones (Ukiah), Denise LaChance (Ukiah), Rebecca Larson (Ukiah), Lindsay Linnell (Lakeport), Jene Lowater (Kelseyville), Amy Niesen (Willits), Jennifer Prince (Ukiah), Kenneth Robinson (Upper Lake), Denise Sams (Ukiah), Shannon Scatena (Potter Valey), Jennifer Seymour (Willits), Carrie Studer (Ukiah), Kristen Terwilliger (Ukiah), Aura Thomas (Clearlake), Erin Webb (Redwood Valley), Jason Winegarner (Lakeport), and Nicole Woodruff (Willits).
General information on the nursing program can be obtained through the Mendocino College Web site nursing pages, or by calling the nursing office, 468-3099.
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LAKE COUNTY – Lake Family Resource Center has announced that registration is open for girls 11 through 15 years of age for the “All That” Camp taking place at Sutter Lakeside Hospital, June 25-29.
Did you ever say to yourself, “I wish I knew then what I know now”? The “All That” Camp will show girls that not all life lessons need to be learned the hard way. Participants will have the opportunity to have fun, learn and develop skills to become safe, healthy, vibrant and engaged members of our community.
Some of the many “All That“ Camp topics will include the importance of friendship, communication skills, resilience, dealing with stress, handling grief and loss, respecting differences, making healthy choices, body image, exercise, dance and movement, Yoga, art, team building, honoring your spirit, journaling, healthy relationships and much more.
One day of the camp will include activities for moms, grandmothers, aunts, etc. and one day for dads, grandfathers, uncles … or whoever the significant adults are in the lives of the girls.
Girls 16 years of age and older will be able to earn community service hours by volunteering as camp counselors. Counselors be able to attend all of the sessions while mentoring the younger girls.
Participating with Lake Family Resource Center to bring this camp to the girls of Lake County are Sutter Lakeside Hospital Wellness Center, Lake County Office of Education, Lake County Alcohol and Other Drugs Services, Inter-Tribal Council of California, Lake County Hospice and the Lakeport Police Department.
Cost for each participant is $75; many scholarships are available through the generosity of the community.
Each day will include breakfast provided by the Lake County Office of Education ROP Culinary Program, and lunch provided by Sutter Lakeside Hospital. In addition, transportation will be available from several Lake County locations.
Registration flyers will be sent home from school with girls in the fifth through eighth grades.
For more information, to register for the camp, or volunteer as either a camp counselor or adult volunteer, call Susan Thompson, Lake Family Resource Center, at 262-1611 or 888-775-8336.
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LAKE COUNTY -- Hundreds of thousands of teens nationwide are expected to participate in the sixth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy on May 2.
The purpose of the day is to focus the attention of teens on the importance of avoiding too-early pregnancy and parenthood. On the national day, teens nationwide are asked to go to www.teenpregnancy.org and take a short scenario-based “quiz” that asks young people what they would do in a number of sexual situations.
The message of the national day is straightforward: Sex has consequences. The online quiz (available in English and Spanish) delivers this message directly to teens and challenges them to think carefully about what they might do “in the moment.”
Sarah Brown, Director of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy states “The simple and direct message of the Quiz is: sex is serious, have a plan.”
Why a national day to prevent teen pregnancy?
Despite hitting the lowest level in 30 years, 31 percent of teenage girls get pregnant at least once before they reach age 20. Many teens say they are concerned about pregnancy, but still think “it can’t happen to me.” But it does – to 750,000 girls every year. And the No. 1 reason teen guys and girls give for not using protection is that they weren’t planning to have sex and it “just happened.” The online quiz is designed to help teens come up with their own plans for avoiding pregnancy.
Lake County has seen major reduction in the number of teen births since the year 2000. According to a report by the Public Health Institute “Teen Births in California 2006 Spring Update” teen birth rates fell 16.6 percent from 54.1per 1000 births in 2000 to 37.5 in 2004.
This rate drop categorized Lake County as a Beacon County due to countywide teen birth rates lower than the state average and a decline in teen birth rates greater than the state average. Although Lake County has shown improvement, we still rank 33rd of 58 Counties.
Adolescents in Lake County have been served through teen parenting programs for 18 years; since 1995 Lake Family Resource Center’s Teen Parenting program has served over 1,100 teen moms and dads.
“We see a significantly lower rate of repeat births for those served in our programs,” said Gloria Flaherty, executive director of Lake Family Resource Center. “We’ve also seen fewer low birth rate babies, children are more likely to be immunized on a regular schedule and over 90 percent have health insurance and a source of medical care.”
Teresa Stewart, Teen Pregnancy Program coordinator, added, “Because of our emphasis on continuing education, we also have seen a higher rate of teens who stay in school and go on to graduate. This year we anticipate more then 20 of our participants will reach their educational goals.“
More than 800,000 individuals took the National Day Quiz in 2006. A survey of some of the teens the participated in the 2006 National Day indicates:
– 83 percent said the quiz made them think about what they might do in such situations;
– 69 percent said the quiz make the risks of sex and teen pregnancy seem more real to them;
– 59 percent said they’d talk to their friends about the situations described in the quiz; and
– 58 percent said they quiz make them think about things they hadn’t thought about before.
Lake Family Resource Center would like you to join us in supporting the National Day to prevent Teen Pregnancy.
For more information about National Day call LakeFRC at 262-1611 or visit www.teenpregnancy.org/national.
For more information on Teen Birth Rates please visit http://teenbirths.phi.org.
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