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Location: HS-235 [map]
Phone: (949) 582-4701
Fax: (949) 347-1533

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8am to 5:00pm
Closed Weekends

Faculty:
Alda Babusek
Professor
(949) 582-4792

Barbara Belyea
Professor
(949) 582-4972

Betsy Brewington
Professor
(949) 582-4678

Linda Call
Professor
(949) 582-4740

Jennifer Forouzesh
Professor
(949) 582-4243

Ginny Giguere
Professor
(949) 582-4798

Linda Gleason
Professor
(949) 582-4729

Margaret Huang
Professor
(949) 582-4387

Barbara Huggins
Professor
(949) 582-4523

Phillis Kucharski
Professor
(949) 582-4251

Terry Miller
Professor
(949) 582-4251

Johe Morris
Professor
(949) 582-4796

Susan Nawa-Raridon
Professor
(949) 582-4974

Janine O'Buchon
Professor
(949) 582-4727

Diane Pestolesi
Professor
(949) 582-4790

Loretta Tharpe
Professor
(949) 582-4709

Samantha Venable
Professor
(949) 582-4746

Terri Whitt
Professor
(949) 582-4807

Michelle Wolff
Professor
(949) 582-4222

Danuta Zakrzewski
Professor
(949) 582-4973

Nursing Program

Saddleback College offers a National League for Nursing (NLN) and Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) accredited Registered Nursing Program. The purposes of this program in Nursing are to provide the education necessary to develop competent practitioners in nursing and to provide a base for the continuing development of the student as an individual. Completion of the nursing program allows the student to sit for the State of California NCLEX examination.

Criteria for admittance and application packets are available in the Health Sciences and Human Services division office or click on the links located at the left side of this page.

Students who have been invited into the nursing program must pass the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) prior to program enrollment. This is a diagnostic test that covers Basic Math, English, Reading, and Science. Students who fail to achieve a passing score will be required to complete additional pre-nursing course work. Students will have one year to complete their remediation, then they must re-take and pass the TEAS test for entry. For more information on the TEAS test, or to purchase a study guide, log on to the ATI Testing website.

The Saddleback College Associate Degree Nursing Program requires background checks on all students enrolled and/or entering the nursing program. This policy was instituted because the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals and other Organizations (JCAHO) requires any health care facility that requires employees to have personal criminal background checks must also require the same background check for students and volunteers involved in patient care.

We invite students into the program based on our academic scoring system. This score is determined by using the three pre-requisite science grades, and overall GPA from a transcript with the most recent 12 units or more from a college or university. Please refer to the Procedure for Application and Admission for more information on academic scoring.

Applications for Spring 2010 will be accepted June 15-30, 2009 in the Division Office during the hours of 8am to 4:30pm. Applications are not accepted on holidays, Saturdays or Sundays. Only complete applications will be reviewed. In progress work will not be accepted. Once a student is invited into the program, there will be specific deadlines for paperwork and testing that will have to be met in order to be cleared to register for classes. Since the program is impacted, we will not be accepting students with international student F-1 visas into the nursing program.

A student does not need an appointment to complete an application, but it is imperative that students continue to meet with their counselors to determine transferability of classes, general education requirements, and eligibility for application to the nursing program.

We encourage all students interested in our nursing program to attend a nursing information session. The next RN information sessions are scheduled for September 14, 2009 noon-2pm and November 9, 2009 7-9pm. Our LVN-RN information sessions are scheduled for August 25, 2009 11am-noon, October 6,2009 11am-noon, and November 19, 2009 5-6pm. All sessions will be held in the Ronald Reagan Auditorium located on the first floor of the Health Sciences Building. Reservations are not required.