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General Contact
- School Code: 324230
- Phone: (562) 988-0000 x0000
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Admissions Office
- Phone: (714) 437-9697
Financial Aid Office
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FINANCIAL AID RATE
68%STUDENT TEACHER RATIO
30:1DEGREE OFFERED ONLINE
4FINANCIAL AID AWARD AVG.
$4,386Average Grants + Scholarship Aid Awarded to Undergraduate Students
Percent of Full-Time Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid
Percent of Students Paying In-State Tuition vs Out-of-State Tuition
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Surgical Technologist Program
A surgical technologist program at Career Networks Institute prepares students for careers as part of a surgical team in hospitals and surgical centers. The program focuses on maintaining, monitoring, and enforcing the sterile field and adherence to aseptic technique by preoperative, surgical team, and postoperative personnel. Program courses includes: instrument and equipment sterilization and handling, surgical supplies management, wound exposure and closure, surgical computer and robot operation and monitoring, maintenance of homeostasis, and patient and team scrubbing. Get more details below including other California colleges that offer surgical technologist program.
The Surgical Technologist program at Career Networks Institute is accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools since 1997.
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Career Networks Institute (CNI College)
1600 East Hill St, Signal Hill, CA
Career Networks Institute (CNI College) is a private community college in Orange County, CA, that offers two-year associate’s degrees. Originally founded in Santa Ana in 1994, CNI College finally found a home in the City of Orange after having moved there in 1997 as well as expanding its campus to an additional facility in Costa Mesa. The college is now fully located in the City of Orange in 35,000 square feet of office and classroom space.
CNI College is accredited at the institutional and programmatic levels by several organizations, such as the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools, the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians and the American Registry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists, among others.
The college boasts fully equipped pharmacy and medical laboratories, a computer laboratory, a personal training laboratory and a library with internet access. All students also have access to the online library database.
CNI College offers eight course programs, including an associate’s degree in nursing and other career-oriented courses such as Vocational Nursing, Surgical Technology and Medical Assisting.
The college enrolls under 1,000 students, making it an average-sized institution. Financial aid is an option for qualifying students, and a survey showed that in 2012, 92% of students received financial assistance in some form.
The college runs a fully functional Career Services Department that assists graduating students with job placement at entry-level positions in the health care industry.
Students Enrolled in the Surgical Technologist Program
Get more details below regarding enrollment, academics, and school demographics. CNI College offers a less than two-year award program in surgical technologist.
Students by Gender (2019)
Graduates | |
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Male | 6 |
Female | 13 |
Students by Race (2019)
Graduates | |
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Asian | 1 |
Black | 1 |
Hispanic | 8 |
White | 7 |
Non Resident Alien | 1 |
Unknown | 1 |
Source: IPEDS Survey 2012-2020: Data obtained from the US Dept. of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Data may vary depending on school and academic year.
Career Options for Graduates
Upon completion of the Surgical Technologist program at Career Networks Institute, most students have pursued careers in the following fields:Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Description
Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.
Surgical Technologists
Description
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
Career Outlook & Projections (
)
According to the BLS, surgical technologists employment is expected to grow at a rate of 14.8% from 2014 to 2024
Source: Job descriptions, estimated salary and wages, and projected job growth are taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Academics & Student Services
Student Services
To help students and recent graduates, Career Networks Institute may offer services like those listed below:
- Online classes
- Assistance to find work