Welcome to the Registered Nurse Program at Ohlone College
We've Moved to the Ohlone College Newark Center!
We are pleased to announce that we have moved to the Ohlone College Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology. Our new address is 39399 Cherry Street, Newark, CA 94560. The Health Sciences Division Office can be reached by calling (510) 742-3100. The Ohlone College Health Science programs (Physical Therapist Assistant, Registered Nursing, Respiratory Therapist, and Allied Health/Phlebotomy) will all be located at this new campus.
About the Registered Nurse Program
Ohlone College offers an Associate of Science Degree in Nursing accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) and the California Board of Registered Nurses (BRN). Students who graduate from this Nursing program are eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN which leads to licensure as a registered nurse (RN).
With help from corporate, public and private sponsors the Ohlone Nursing Program has been able to actively address the regional nursing shortage, increasing the number of graduates by 36%. Through the support of the community, Ohlone College has been instrumental in mitigating the critical nursing shortage in the region.
The California Board of Registered Nurses (BRN) in August 2005 commended the Ohlone College Nursing program for “Innovation and Leadership”.
The program features:
- 60% of students from multi-cultural ethnicities
- “Human Simulator” practical instruction
- A clinical learning site
The Nursing program can be completed in two academic years and one summer session. The graduates of an associate degree program in nursing are prepared to practice as staff nurses providing direct patient care in hospitals and long-term care facilities, clinics, and other agencies where nursing roles and services are structured and well developed.
All classes are held on the Newark Center campus. Clinical, hospital, and community experiences are provided at a number of sites in Alameda, Santa Clara, and other local counties. During the first year, nursing students take basic nursing and support courses to the major. The development of critical thinking, professional oral and written communications, and ethical practice form the foundation for success in future nursing courses. Beginning in the latter part of the first year and continuing through the second year, nursing courses are more specifically concerned with the care of patients ranging in age from infants to the elderly with various conditions affecting their health. With expert faculty guidance, nursing students learn to function in the clinical setting as they care for clients with a wide variety of health-illness problems.
This section of the Ohlone College website provides basic information about the Registered Nurse Program, admission process, and commonly asked questions.
In the News
- Good news in sight for nurse shortage: Education Boost Expected to Pay Off in a Decade - Mercury News, November 24, 2007 -"Ohlone uses a lottery to fill its 30 seats each year, program director Gale Carli said, but the school's 95 percent completion rate doesn't cry out for a makeover. Instead, she said, the college will give lottery winners a written test; if they fail, they will have another year to study."
- State short of medical workers: Study recommends colleges expand programs in nursing and related fields - Inside Bay Area, November 9, 2007 - "Out of 157 applicants, Ohlone College could only accept 33 of them, and at the growing nursing program at California State University, East Bay, in Concord, about 170 qualified applicants were denied entrance last year."
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Students fine-tune skills on simulator - Monitor, March 8, 2007 - "You learn more when you’re actively engaged,” said Kathy Dewan, an associate professor of the Ohlone nursing program, concerning the new human simulation in the college’s nursing program."
Students work on Ohlone’s human simulation Tuesday. Above, nursing student Ferd Rosales looks up from the mannequin while other students look on.
— Photo by Jack Husting.
Announcements!
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Please note: Effective Fall 2007, all students must complete Speech 101 or 103 prior to graduation.
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SB 1309 states that all accepted nursing students must pass a math, English and science diagnostic assessment prior to enrollment into the nursing program. The ATI TEAS Assessment will be used. Passing score has been set statewide at 67.
Students who do not pass the diagnostic assessment must complete a remediation plan prior to enrollment into the nursing program.
Implementation of the diagnostic assessment will begin with the Fall 2008 cohort.
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Beginning with the Fall 2009 semester, all California Community College students will be required to take Intermediate Algebra or above as a graduation requirement. Ohlone College Math 155 will meet this requirement.
All nursing students who plan to apply during the October 1-15, 2008 application period for Spring 2009 admission must have completed Intermediate Algebra, or Ohlone College Math 155, or any college math course higher than Intermediate Algebra to meet the new California Community College Math graduation requirement.
Let us hear from you! If you would like to contribute to this website, please feel free to contact Gale Carli at gcarli@ohlone.edu.
Degree
Review academic requirements in the Catalog and in the Curriculum Guides. All students are encouraged to meet with a counselor to review academic program requirements and/or have questions answered.
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- Associate of Science (A.S.) Degree
Review a sample listing of Courses for this major.
