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Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Preference for SF Nursing Students
On June 27th the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to urge the City College Registered Nursing Program to give San Francisco residents preference in admissions.
The Resolution, introduced by Supervisor Mirkarimi, was grounded on several important factual findings. The Resolution noted that only 38% of the 80 students admitted to the program for fall 2007 were residents of San Francisco and that the high demand for the program is such that all or most of the positions could be filled by San Francisco residents.
It was further found that other community colleges such as the College of San Mateo and the College of Marin consider residency in determining admissions to their registered nursing programs. Under the state Education Code, the Board of Governors of City College may impose restrictions on inter-district attendance pursuant to a finding that resident students are being displaced by students who do not reside in their district.
Pursuant to this authority, the Resolution
1) urges the City College of San Francisco Registered Nursing Program to petition the Board of Governors to allow the adoption of this preferential admission, and
2) urges the City College of San Francisco Registered Nursing Program to adopt a residency requirement giving preferential admission to San Francisco residents.
Vice President of the Community College Board, Julio Ramos, will be convening a hearing on this resolution before the Board of Trustees' Legislative Committee in August. For information on upcoming CCSF Board of Trustee meetings, please see www.ccsf.edu/Board/.
About the CCSF Nursing Program:
The program prepares students to work as registered nurses. Upon completion, the graduate will receive an Associate Degree in Nursing. The graduate is entitled to take the California State Board of Registered Nursing licensing exam.
The program offers a series of courses that combine academic classes on campus, skills practice in the nursing skills laboratory, and patient care experience in various hospitals and facilities in the San Francisco area. The courses are Fundamentals of Nursing, Pharmacology in Nursing, Nursing Skills Laboratory, Basic Medical-Surgical Nursing, Maternal and Newborn Care, Psychosocial Nursing, Nursing of Children, Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing and Trends and Issues in Nursing.
I hope the City College Board of Trustees listen to the advice of the SF Board of Supervisors. In the past they have been pretty arrogant about the wishes of the community.
Take the issue of City College police officers carrying sidearms for example. Despite calls from students, teachers, the CCSF Police Chief and citizens of San Francisco to better protect the faculty and students by authorizing the police to carry firearms - despite all that - the Board of Trustees still refuse to arm the college police and protect the students.
Why should we expect they are going to listen to anybody this time around? Their track record is abysmal.
Hey! What about all the other health-related programs. Shouldn't SF residents get preference with admission into the LVN and the Radiologic Sciences programs? What makes RNs so special. The demand for LVNs and medical imaging specialists is just as high.
The FIRST and the HIGHEST priority of City College should be to meet the educational needs of SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS.
Everybody else - whether they are from the South Bay, the East Bay or some distant continent - should take a back seat to San Francisco residents - not just with the nursing program, but with EVERY CLASS OFFERED.
Yeah too bad there aren't any jobs for RN grads in SF. I graduated from Michigan's nursing program last year, moved to the city, and am still unable to land a job at a decent hospital here.
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I hope the City College Board of Trustees listen to the advice of the SF Board of Supervisors. In the past they have been pretty arrogant about the wishes of the community.
Take the issue of City College police officers carrying sidearms for example. Despite calls from students, teachers, the CCSF Police Chief and citizens of San Francisco to better protect the faculty and students by authorizing the police to carry firearms - despite all that - the Board of Trustees still refuse to arm the college police and protect the students.
Why should we expect they are going to listen to anybody this time around? Their track record is abysmal.
Hey! What about all the other health-related programs. Shouldn't SF residents get preference with admission into the LVN and the Radiologic Sciences programs? What makes RNs so special. The demand for LVNs and medical imaging specialists is just as high.
The FIRST and the HIGHEST priority of City College should be to meet the educational needs of SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS.
Everybody else - whether they are from the South Bay, the East Bay or some distant continent - should take a back seat to San Francisco residents - not just with the nursing program, but with EVERY CLASS OFFERED.
Yeah too bad there aren't any jobs for RN grads in SF. I graduated from Michigan's nursing program last year, moved to the city, and am still unable to land a job at a decent hospital here.
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