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The Registered Nursing Program
at De Anza College has been part of the exceptional program offerings
since the college opened in 1967. Because of the program's excellent reputation
in the community, De Anza's Registered Nursing graduates are recruited
by health care institutions in Silicon Valley and throughout Northern
California.
The Nursing Program provides students with state-of-the-art
technology in the classrooms, laboratory, and clinical settings. The outstanding
faculty, who are content and clinical experts in their respective fields,
facilitate unique opportunities for a professional nursing education. |

Information Meetings
and Application Workshops:
» New dates and times
(Updated 4/18/08)
RN
Application and General Information
(Updated Equivalency Spreadsheet on 1/25/08)
Important
Admission Requirement Changes Coming
(Updated
5/14/08)
We
are considering changing our eligibility requirements to use:
1) A weighted formula that produces a score representing the probability
of successfully completing the nursing program.
2) A standardized pre-admission screening test.
Please check this
web site periodically for further updates with more details or plan to
attend an information meeting (see link on the left hand side of this
page).
Fall
Quarter 2008 Applications
(Updated 4/18/08)
Applications
and Reactivation Forms should have be mailed & postmarked no later
than April 15. Contact Robert Jeckell ("Contact Us" link
on left side of this page) if you have not received your Self-Addressed
Stamped Envelope by April 21st.
Processing of Applications takes 4 to 6 weeks. Do not call or email
asking for status on your application. If you do not receive an
invitation to the lottery, LVN Transition/Advanced Placement invitation
letter,or an application rejection letter by June 1st, please contact
Robert Jeckell by email or phone.
People who participated in the Spring lottery drawing (those given tickets)
were not required to send in any paperwork to participate in the Fall
2008 lottery on June 13, as was stated on the paper you were given at
the Spring lottery as you exited.
Fall
Quarter 2008 Lottery
(Updated 3/13/08)
DATE
CHANGE
June 13, 2008,
7:45AM, Forum Bldg, Room 1, on the De Anza Campus.
Eligible participants
only need to bring a photo ID for check-in. If you cannot make it, you
may send a representative with a letter from you indicating that they
are to represent you. Check-in begins at 7:00 AM with doors closing
for the lottery at 7:45 AM. No late entry will be allowed. You will
need to pay for parking if you don't have a DAC sticker. Keep looking
here for any change to the date, time, or location. Attendees of the
Spring Lottery who were not picked do not have to submit any paperwork
to come to the Fall Lottery. Anyone else must be invited.
People who were invited to previous lotteries but did not attend the Spring
2008 lottery must send in a Reactivation Application by the deadline.
The reactivation form is found on this web site on the same page as the
application form.
Winners and Alternates
selected at this lottery will be required to attend an orientation meeting
here at De Anza on June 17, from 12:30 to about 3:00.
Winter
Quarter 2009 Applications
(Updated 3/14/08)
The application
period is July 15 to September 15.
Spring
Quarter 2009 Applications
(Updated 3/14/08)
No
RN Program Applications will be permitted for Spring 2009.
This is to permit the large pool of existing lottery candidates
a higher probability of being selected. We will be accepting
LVN Transition and Advanced Placement Applications because such candidates
do not participate in the lottery. The application period
is November 15 to January 15.
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Check this site regularly for
changes in dates and locations.
Career
Opportunities for Students
Documents:
» for enrolled Nursing Students
» for Nursing Faculty |