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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
Need More Info?
Call 949-582-4701
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
Michelle Wolff 
Professor
(949) 582-4222
Danuta Zakrzewski 
Professor
(949) 582-4973
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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.
New Enrollment Criteria Effective June 2010 for the Spring 2011 Class. |
Students requesting enrollment for the Spring 2011 nursing class will be chosen using the new enrollment criteria. To see the new criteria, click here. Effective June 2010, nursing program applicants are required to take the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) test before applying to the Saddleback College Nursing program. This is a diagnostic test that covers Basic Math, English, Reading, and Science. For more information on the TEAS test, or to purchase a study guide, log on to the ATI Testing website.
Only Saddleback College prospective nursing students will be permitted to take the TEAS test at Saddleback College. Reservations for a testing date is on a first-come first-served basis. To reserve a testing date, call (949) 582-4235, with your name, student ID and phone number. Date changes are not allowed. You will be called to confirm your reservation.
TEAS Testing Dates:
| April 12, 13, 14, 2010 |
8:30 am; Room HS 103 |
Must bring picture ID |
| May 17, 18, 19, 2010 |
8:30 am; Room HS 103 |
Must bring picture ID |
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 multi-criteria enrollment system. Click here for an overview of this new criteria. 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 session is scheduled for April 19th at 7pm. Our next LVN-RN information session is scheduled for May 4th at 4pm. Reservations are not required. The location will be announced when available.
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