College of the Canyons

The short version

You would park on a college campus in Santa Clarita, not in a hospital garage. College of the Canyons runs a nursing program that recently had sixty graduates celebrated at a hiring event, and it hires part-time nursing instructors to staff that work.

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   You would be applying to teach: the college hires part-time nursing instructors and runs a program that turns out nursing graduates.

   For experienced nurses

   Sources

   Source 1: facebook.comSource 2: facebook.com
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   Sixty College of the Canyons nursing graduates were celebrated at a hiring event, so this campus is already in the business of sending new nurses out to work.

   For new grads

   Sources

   Source: facebook.com

The hard parts

• Rush-hour driving in and out of the Santa Clarita Valley is the main local complaint.

• Rush-hour driving in and out of the Santa Clarita Valley is the main complaint

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• Santa Clarita is expensive, like much of Southern California

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• California is not a compact-license state

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What to ask

• How is base pay set for the role, and which differentials apply?
• Which shifts are open, and what are the weekend, holiday and call rules?
• How long is orientation, and will I have one preceptor?
• What does a usual day’s workload look like?
• Where would I work, and on which unit or team?