Courses for the Hawai'i Community College Associate of Science in Nursing (Registered Nurse) are offered through the University of Hawai'i Center at West Hawai'i (UHCWH). Subject to adequate interest, available space, and sufficient faculty a nursing class will be admitted in Fall 2008. This is in the planning stages and is subject to change. If a class is not admitted in Fall 2008, the next class will be Fall 2009.The 30 credits of pre and co requisite courses for the nursing program are offered prior to the acceptance of each first year nursing class. Consult the schedule of courses for Hawai'i Community College's current offerings at the UHCWH.
Students interested in the nursing program should be aware of the admission requirements. Admission information for the nursing program is found in the Hawai'i Community College 2005-2006 General Catalogue or at the Division of Nursing and Allied Health home page:
http://www.hawcc.hawaii.edu/nursing
If you have questions or wish to speak with a nursing advisor call the Nursing Office in Hilo (808) 974-7560 or the nursing faculty in West Hawaii, Kathy Kotecki, at (808) 322-4868.
INFORMATION FOR WEST HAWAII NURSING APPLICANTS TO THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE (RN) PROGRAM
REGARDING THE NLN EXAMINATION
Hawaii Community College nursing applicants must take the National League for Nursing Pre-admission Examination-RN. West Hawai'i residents planning to apply to the West Hawaii class in Spring of 2008 for Fall 2008 admission need to take the examination in West Hawaii on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. at UH Center at West Hawaii, B-1, Vidcom Room. This is the only time the examination will be given in West Hawaii. Advanced registration and payment ($50.00 non-refundable) for the examination is required. APPLICANTS WHO DO NOT REGISTER FOR THE EXAM BY THE DEADLINE (4:00pm, December 28, 2007) WILL NOT BE TESTED. Come by or call the nursing office at 974-7560 for an registration form or to download the form, click here.
Applicants who have taken the examination within the past two years may, if they wish, use their old scores instead of retaking the test. If the Nursing Office does not presently have a copy of your previous test results, you will need to arrange with the NLN for a copy to be sent. It is the student's responsibility to make sure that test scores are received by the Nursing Office prior to the application deadline.
Applicants must bring to the examination two sharpened number 2 pencils and some form of picture identification. Applicants without proper identification will not be tested.
Please plan to spend approximately four hours in the examination room. The test will cover three major areas: verbal (word knowledge and reading comprehension), math (integers, fractions, decimals, percentages, basic algebra and geometry), and science (general science, health, biology, chemistry, physics). All questions are of the multiple-choice type. Practice exams can be ordered directly from the National League for Nursing. A review book, Review guide for RN Pre-Entrance Exam (ISBN 0-7637-2486-6, 2nd Edition) by the National League for Nursing may be purchased from your local book store or through the publisher, Jones and Bartlett (800-832-0034). Order forms are available through the HawCC Nursing Office (Ph. 974-7560).
Additional questions about the examination should be addressed to the HawCC Nursing & Allied Health office (974-7560).
Hawaii Community College Nursing
Last updated October 4, 2007 by Julie
Moore, Assoc. Professor
