Charlotte Hopkins:  

College Since my graduation from FCC (AS degree in nursing - L.V.N.), I have attended Reedley City College (for one class because a friend and co-worker was the instructor) and San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton (I was in the process of getting my pre-requistes for the R.N. program out of the way when my husband died). I have completed a home study course in Webpage Design. Recently I attended a class in Microsoft Access and completed my first semester of Interior Design. Lately I have been toying with the idea of going back to school for a BS in Healthcare Administration. Workplace I began in my career path right out of high school. I have been in the medical profession for a couple of years longer than I have been a licensed nurse. Since being licensed I have worked many different types and settings of nursing. As I tell people, when I retire I will have done everything a L.V.N. could possibly do. During my working career, I was also a letter carrier for the USPS in Fresno for about six years. I gave up the career before I went "postal". After I moved to the Monterey area, I worked in a skilled nursing facility in Carmel, CA. During that time I wore two hats, one as the ...Expand for more