Nursing

Answer the call to care with Butte College’s Nursing programs. Whether you're beginning your journey as a certified nurse assistant (CNA) or advancing as a registered nurse (RN), our rigorous training and clinical experiences will prepare you for a fulfilling career in healthcare.

Programs

Program Name
Goal
Length
Flexibility
AS CA

Goal

Career or Transfer

Length

2-2.5 years

Flexibility

  • Main Campus
  • Offsite Clinicals
AS CA

Associate Degree or Certificate of Achievement in Licensed Vocational Nursing

The Licensed Vocational Nursing program is a state-approved program that prepares students to qualify for the state board examination for licensure as a vocational nurse. The curriculum includes prerequisites and the equivalent of three academic semesters of nursing theory and supervised clinical experience, emphasizing bedside nursing across a variety of clinical settings. Students study common medical-surgical conditions, their causes, prevention, and treatment, with a focus on related nursing care, as well as psychology and sociology concepts relevant to the development, motivation, and reactions of both healthy and ill individuals. With additional GE graduates can attain an Associate Degree in Licensed Vocational Nursing.

Flexibility

Both programs in this cluster share the same pattern: general education courses are widely available at Chico Center, Glenn Center, and Online, but the required nursing coursework itself doesn't reliably run at any single location. Main Campus offers only a small piece of that core sequence, so completing it typically means combining locations and terms in a customized plan. Because this pattern shifts from term to term, meet with a counselor before registering to map out a realistic path through the required coursework.

How this flexibility note was generated

⚠ AI-generated content can be wrong. This note was produced by Claude (Anthropic) by synthesizing the individual program flexibility statements in this cluster. Verify against the per-program reports before relying on it.
You are synthesizing a single cluster-level flexibility statement for a community college academic cluster (a group of related programs that share a department-page accordion).

CLUSTER
  Title: Licensed Vocational Nursing
  Programs in cluster: 2

PER-PROGRAM STATEMENTS
  • Licensed Vocational Nursing (AS Degree):
      Here's the honest picture: no single location reliably covers your required nursing coursework, and Main Campus only carries a small piece of it. You'll need to plan on combining locations to get the full sequence in, and a counselor can help you map out exactly which courses go where each term. Chico Center, Glenn Center, and Online can cover your general education classes, but not the required nursing courses themselves. Because this puzzle shifts term to term, sit down with a counselor before you register to build a realistic path.
  • Licensed Vocational Nursing (Certificate of Achievement):
      Most of your required LVN coursework doesn't reliably run at any single center — only a small piece is regularly offered at Main Campus, so you'll need to plan carefully with a counselor to piece together a sequence, likely involving Main Campus plus other arrangements. Chico Center, Glenn Center, and Online can cover general education requirements, but not the program's core nursing courses. Meet with a counselor early to map out a realistic term-by-term plan for the required coursework.

WHAT TO WRITE
  Write 2 to 3 sentences — under 120 words total — that summarize the AVAILABILITY STORY shared by these programs. Most programs in a cluster will have similar availability — name the common pattern. Note distinct outliers ONLY if a program's availability story differs in a way that affects student decisions (e.g., one program is online-only, others are not).

  - Plain, student-facing language.
  - Refer to "the programs in this cluster" or "these programs" — don't list each program by name unless an outlier needs calling out.
  - If all programs share the same flexibility story, write one unified statement.
  - Do NOT list percentages, term codes, or jargon.
  - Lead with the most flexible/strongest availability and follow with caveats.
  - Refer to locations ONLY by official center names (Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Cosmetology Center, Online). NEVER use a city or town name — no Oroville, no Willows, and never "Chico" as a city. Write "at the Chico Center", never "in Chico" — even if a per-program statement below used a city name, do not repeat it.

OUTPUT
  Return ONLY the statement text. No preamble, no quotation marks, no markdown.
AS CA

Goal

Career or Transfer

Length

1-2 years

Flexibility

  • Main Campus
  • Glenn Center
  • Offsite Clinicals
AS CA

Associate Degree or Certificate of Achievement Registered Nursing: LVN to RN (ADN)

The Associate in Registered Nursing: LVN to RN (ADN) program prepares Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) for licensure as Registered Nurses (RNs) at the Associate Degree level. The Certificate of Achievement program will provide training as a vocational nurse, and prerequisite courses are applied as the first year of a traditional two-year program. Two semesters of clinical nursing and additional GE provide the additional coursework required for RN licensure. Graduates are eligible to take the national/state examination for licensure and may pursue careers in hospitals, community and home health, long-term care, clinics, physicians’ offices, and private industries connected to health care.

AS CA

Associate Degree or Certificate of Achievement in Accelerated Registered Nursing: LVN to ADN

A 30-unit option is available through the Certificate of Achievement in Accelerated Track Registered Nursing: LVN to RN (ADN) program, a state-approved pathway that provides Licensed Vocational Nurses with the coursework necessary to apply for licensure as Registered Nurses. The program applies vocational nursing training and prerequisite classes toward the first and second semester requirements, allowing students to move through the curriculum more quickly. With additional GE graduates can attain an Associate Degree in Accelerated Registered Nursing: LVN to RN (ADN).

Flexibility

Most programs in this cluster center your major coursework at Main Campus, with Chico Center, Glenn Center, and Online serving well for general education but not for the required nursing classes themselves. The Accelerated Track options are the exception: no single location covers the full nursing sequence, so you'll need to combine two or more sites — typically Main Campus and Online — to complete your major coursework. Across all four programs, plan to meet with a counselor to map out your sequence and locations term by term.

How this flexibility note was generated

⚠ AI-generated content can be wrong. This note was produced by Claude (Anthropic) by synthesizing the individual program flexibility statements in this cluster. Verify against the per-program reports before relying on it.
You are synthesizing a single cluster-level flexibility statement for a community college academic cluster (a group of related programs that share a department-page accordion).

CLUSTER
  Title: LVN to ADN Pathways
  Programs in cluster: 4

PER-PROGRAM STATEMENTS
  • Registered Nursing: LVN to ADN (AS Degree):
      Most of your required nursing coursework runs reliably at Main Campus, so plan on being there for the bulk of the program. A few required slots aren't consistently offered there, so you'll likely need to fill those gaps with GE coursework taken elsewhere or check with a counselor about options for the remaining pieces. Chico Center, Glenn Center, and Online work well for general education, but they won't carry you through the required nursing courses themselves.
  • Registered Nursing: LVN to ADN (Certificate of Achievement):
      For this program, Main Campus carries most of the required coursework, so plan on being there regularly to complete your major classes. Glenn Center and Online each cover only a small piece of what you need, so they won't work as your main base — you'd have to pair them with Main Campus to fill the gaps. The Chico Center works for GE breadth, but not for the nursing coursework itself. Meet with a counselor to map out the sequence.
  • Accelerated Track Registered Nursing: LVN to ADN (AS Degree):
      Here's the honest picture for this program: no single location carries the full load of required coursework, so you'll need to plan on combining sites rather than settling into just one. Main Campus and Online each reliably cover only a piece of the required courses, so you'd need to piece together your major coursework across both, while Chico Center and Glenn Center work well for GE breadth but won't move you through the nursing requirements themselves. Sit down with a counselor to map out a term-by-term plan, since this program takes more coordination than most.
  • Accelerated Track Registered Nursing: LVN to ADN (Certificate of Achievement):
      Here's the honest picture: no single location reliably covers all your required nursing courses, so you'll need to piece this together. Online carries the most coverage, with Main Campus and Glenn Center each offering a smaller piece — expect to combine at least two of these to get through the required sequence. The Chico Center works well for GE breadth, but not for your major coursework. Meet with a counselor to map out a term-by-term plan that fits your situation.

WHAT TO WRITE
  Write 2 to 3 sentences — under 120 words total — that summarize the AVAILABILITY STORY shared by these programs. Most programs in a cluster will have similar availability — name the common pattern. Note distinct outliers ONLY if a program's availability story differs in a way that affects student decisions (e.g., one program is online-only, others are not).

  - Plain, student-facing language.
  - Refer to "the programs in this cluster" or "these programs" — don't list each program by name unless an outlier needs calling out.
  - If all programs share the same flexibility story, write one unified statement.
  - Do NOT list percentages, term codes, or jargon.
  - Lead with the most flexible/strongest availability and follow with caveats.
  - Refer to locations ONLY by official center names (Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Cosmetology Center, Online). NEVER use a city or town name — no Oroville, no Willows, and never "Chico" as a city. Write "at the Chico Center", never "in Chico" — even if a per-program statement below used a city name, do not repeat it.

OUTPUT
  Return ONLY the statement text. No preamble, no quotation marks, no markdown.
AS

Goal

Career or Transfer

Length

2-2.5 years

Flexibility

  • Main Campus
  • Offsite Clinicals
AS

Associate Degree in Registered Nursing

The two-year traditional Registered Nursing Associate Degree program prepares students for licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) at the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) level. This four-semester program provides the theory and clinical training required for licensure, and upon completion, graduates are eligible to take the national/state licensure examination for registered nursing. Registered nurses may find employment in acute care hospitals, community and home health care, long-term care and skilled nursing facilities, clinics, physicians’ offices, and private industries that intersect with health care delivery.

AS

Associate Degree in Accelerated Registered Nursing

The Associate Degree in Accelerated Track Registered Nursing program prepares students for licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) at the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) level. This three-semester program provides the theory and clinical training required for licensure, and upon completion, graduates are eligible to take the national/state licensure examination for registered nursing. Registered nurses may pursue employment in a variety of settings, including acute care hospitals, community and home health care, long-term and skilled nursing facilities, clinics, physicians’ offices, and private industries connected to health care delivery.

Flexibility

These programs rely mainly on Main Campus for nursing coursework, with Online sometimes needed to fill gaps, while Chico Center and Glenn Center cover general education only. The regular track is centered primarily at Main Campus with occasional supplementing elsewhere, while the Accelerated Track requires regularly combining Main Campus and Online, since neither location alone covers all major requirements. Because the exact sequencing varies by term, meet with a counselor to plan which courses to take where.

How this flexibility note was generated

⚠ AI-generated content can be wrong. This note was produced by Claude (Anthropic) by synthesizing the individual program flexibility statements in this cluster. Verify against the per-program reports before relying on it.
You are synthesizing a single cluster-level flexibility statement for a community college academic cluster (a group of related programs that share a department-page accordion).

CLUSTER
  Title: Regular and Accelerated Registered Nursing
  Programs in cluster: 2

PER-PROGRAM STATEMENTS
  • Registered Nursing (AS Degree):
      Most of your required nursing coursework runs reliably at Main Campus, so plan to be there for the bulk of the program. A few required courses aren't reliably offered there, so you'll likely need to fill some gaps through another location or online. Chico Center, Glenn Center, and Online can cover your general education classes, but not the nursing core. Meet with a counselor to map out exactly which courses need to be scheduled where each term.
  • Accelerated Track Registered Nursing (AS Degree):
      For this program, no single location covers your required nursing coursework on its own — you'll need to plan on a mix of Main Campus and Online to reliably get through the major requirements, since neither one alone offers everything. Chico Center and Glenn Center work for your general education courses, but not for the nursing coursework itself. Sit down with a counselor to map out a realistic term-by-term sequence across these locations.

WHAT TO WRITE
  Write 2 to 3 sentences — under 120 words total — that summarize the AVAILABILITY STORY shared by these programs. Most programs in a cluster will have similar availability — name the common pattern. Note distinct outliers ONLY if a program's availability story differs in a way that affects student decisions (e.g., one program is online-only, others are not).

  - Plain, student-facing language.
  - Refer to "the programs in this cluster" or "these programs" — don't list each program by name unless an outlier needs calling out.
  - If all programs share the same flexibility story, write one unified statement.
  - Do NOT list percentages, term codes, or jargon.
  - Lead with the most flexible/strongest availability and follow with caveats.
  - Refer to locations ONLY by official center names (Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Cosmetology Center, Online). NEVER use a city or town name — no Oroville, no Willows, and never "Chico" as a city. Write "at the Chico Center", never "in Chico" — even if a per-program statement below used a city name, do not repeat it.

OUTPUT
  Return ONLY the statement text. No preamble, no quotation marks, no markdown.
CC

Goal

Career

Length

1 semester

Flexibility

  • Main Campus
  • Glenn Center
  • Offsite Clinicals
CC

Certificate of Completion in Acute Care Nurse Assistant

(Not Eligible for Financial Aid) The Certified Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide program prepares students for state certification as a Nursing Assistant through a minimum of 190 hours of instruction, including 82 hours of theory and 108 hours of supervised clinical training in a nursing facility. The program is offered in a 12-week format, three days per week, with classes scheduled for eight hours per day. Upon successful completion, students are eligible to take the written and manual skills exam for state certification.

CC

Certificate of Completion in Home Health Aide for the CNA

(Not Eligible for Financial Aid) The Home Health Aide for the Certified Nurse Assistant program is designed to prepare students to care for clients in the home care setting. Successful competition of the program allows a student to be certified in the Home Health setting.

CC

Certificate of Completion in Certified Nursing Assistant

(Not Eligible for Financial Aid) The Certified Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide program prepares students for state certification as a Nursing Assistant through 190 hours of instruction, including 82 hours of theory and 108 hours of supervised clinical training in a nursing facility. Offered in a 12-week format, with classes held three days per week for eight hours per day, the program provides the knowledge and skills needed to qualify for the state written and manual skills certification exams.

Flexibility

The Certified Nursing Assistant certificate offers the most reliable path, with required coursework consistently available at Main Campus or Glenn Center. The other two certificates in this cluster are less predictable — none of Butte's locations show a steady pattern for their required courses, so general education work can be done at any center or Online, but the core coursework requires checking with a counselor each term to find where it's actually being offered. Across all three programs, plan on some flexibility in where you'll need to show up, and confirm current course locations with a counselor before building your schedule.

How this flexibility note was generated

⚠ AI-generated content can be wrong. This note was produced by Claude (Anthropic) by synthesizing the individual program flexibility statements in this cluster. Verify against the per-program reports before relying on it.
You are synthesizing a single cluster-level flexibility statement for a community college academic cluster (a group of related programs that share a department-page accordion).

CLUSTER
  Title: Skill Builders
  Programs in cluster: 3

PER-PROGRAM STATEMENTS
  • Acute Care Nurse Assistant (Certificate):
      Here's the honest picture for this certificate: none of Butte's centers show a reliable pattern of offering the required courses, so you shouldn't plan on completing the program's major coursework at Main Campus, the Chico Center, the Glenn Center, or Online. You could pick up general education classes at any of these locations, but for the certificate's actual required courses, you'll need to meet with a counselor to find out where sections are currently running before you build a schedule. Plan on some flexibility in where you'll need to show up.
  • Home Health Aide for the CNA (Certificate):
      Right now, none of Butte's locations show a reliable pattern for this certificate's required coursework — Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, and Online only reliably offer general education courses. That means you shouldn't count on finishing the Home Health Aide requirements at any one location or through Online alone based on recent scheduling. Meet with a counselor to find out where the required courses are actually running this term, since you'll likely need to stay flexible about where you show up for the major coursework itself.
  • Certified Nursing Assistant (Certificate):
      You can complete the required CNA coursework reliably at either Main Campus or Glenn Center, so plan on being at one of those two locations for the bulk of the program. Chico Center and Online currently only work for general education, not for the required nursing assistant courses, so they won't get you through the program on their own. Schedules can shift, so check in with a counselor as you plan your path.

WHAT TO WRITE
  Write 2 to 3 sentences — under 120 words total — that summarize the AVAILABILITY STORY shared by these programs. Most programs in a cluster will have similar availability — name the common pattern. Note distinct outliers ONLY if a program's availability story differs in a way that affects student decisions (e.g., one program is online-only, others are not).

  - Plain, student-facing language.
  - Refer to "the programs in this cluster" or "these programs" — don't list each program by name unless an outlier needs calling out.
  - If all programs share the same flexibility story, write one unified statement.
  - Do NOT list percentages, term codes, or jargon.
  - Lead with the most flexible/strongest availability and follow with caveats.
  - Refer to locations ONLY by official center names (Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Cosmetology Center, Online). NEVER use a city or town name — no Oroville, no Willows, and never "Chico" as a city. Write "at the Chico Center", never "in Chico" — even if a per-program statement below used a city name, do not repeat it.

OUTPUT
  Return ONLY the statement text. No preamble, no quotation marks, no markdown.
Department Nursing

Full Time Faculty

Arah Hensley

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Patricia Hubbard

Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistan

Linda Cavaness

Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistan

Kristin A Sinha

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Michelle August

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Kelley Skinner

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

John Beadle

Nursing - Vocational Nursing Instruct

Liam Luden

Nursing - Vocational Nursing Instruct

Annie Connelly

Nursing - Vocational Nursing Instruct

Laurie Bowles

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Anna Dalby

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Andrea Slater

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Diane Wagster Penne

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Lisa Bocks

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Jennifer Juhl-Darlington

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Kelleen Galli

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Kimberly Wheeler

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Deana Ward

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Michael Hannan

Nursing - Vocational Nursing Instructor

Associate Faculty

Mollie Openshaw

Nursing - Vocational Nursing Instruct

Amelia Taylor

Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistan

Jaide McMillin

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Laurie Meyer

Associate Dean, Nursing Programs

Jennifer Stevens

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Marguerite Holtkamp

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Jennifer Roush

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Maritsa Juarez-Whittaker

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Lynsey Cooprider

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Erin White

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Melissa Dunning

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Taylor Larson

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Joannie Berry

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Michelle Parsons

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Miranda Bedene

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Adrianna Snelling

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Jennifer Till

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Haley Maciel

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Amanda Carlile

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Cortney McLeod-Kerr

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Jennifer Gustafson

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Maya Armenta

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

Michael Silva

Nursing - R.N. A.D.N Instructor

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