“Nursing program is very tough and every day is challenging, however because of supportive instructors and friends and I think my journey to this program is, in the words of Tim Cahill, ‘A journey [that] is best measured in friends and [instructors], rather than miles.’” – Lydia K. (Program Completion: May 2018)
“The stories that [instructors] tell while they’re teaching in the class, it’s motivation. When they were teaching, I remember one instructor, Golriz, she’d been teaching at Stenberg for two or three years. She was a nurse who worked with the geriatric population and would come and teach our professional communications class. Her stories and the way she would talk about nursing, it would bring tears to our eyes because she was crying. While she was teaching, saying her sentences, she would get emotional. For her to feel like that about a job she loves, I wanted that. It was a source of motivation for me.” – Nelofar R.(Program Completion: April 2016)
“Between my kids, my job, and school, I barely had time to sleep, but the support of my family, my instructors, and my classmates kept me going. I believe that my class was one of the strongest Practical Nursing classes ever at Stenberg College… I remember during the second term, studying for pharmacology (one of the hardest exams), we all supported and helped each other. Arrangements were made to either come early or stay late just to make sure everybody passed. In our class when one of us fell, there was always somebody to say ‘let me help you study.’” – Nelofar R. (Program Completion: April 2016)
“I loved my practicums at Stenberg College. It does help you land a job. I just got a job because they were impressed with my preceptorship … I was shocked and happy to know my nursing career was finally taking off!” – Justin B., LPN (Program Completion: April 2014)