Delgado Community College Nursing Reviews.

Nursing Program

Delgado Community College is famous for Charity School of Nursing. The institution offers two Associates Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs; registered nursing and practical nursing. It runs dual admissions for each of the programs annually.

Furthermore, there are two added special courses: Nursing Success Course and RN Refresher. Since 1894 the school has trained tens of thousands of nurses. Presently it has contemporary services such as conference rooms, a computer center, skills labs, parking, video classrooms, traditional classrooms, lounges, a gym, a library, and patient simulator labs.

About the school

Delgado Community College (DCC) started in 1921 in the form of Delgado Trades School but today as one out of the nine public community colleges that operate under Louisiana Community and Technical College System.

It has several campuses scattered around the East and West Banks of New Orleans, the New Orleans metropolitan area, Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, the East Bank of Jefferson Parish and on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain in Covington. The City Park Campus located in the Navarre neighborhood close to New Orleans City Park is the main campus.

After several restructuring and reorganizing, it finally became “Delgado Community College” by the State Legislature of Louisiana in 1980 during the administration of David C. Treen as the Governor.

Total program cost for residents is about $12,237.12 and $25,103.52 for non-residents.

Admission Requirements for ADN-RN Program

Visit www.dcc.edu and complete the general Delgado Community College admission procedures.

A completed Charity School of Nursing application package must be received for application to be complete. The application packet consists of the application, copy of HESI score 70% or higher, high school transcript or documentation of GED (only if applicant has never attended any regionally accredited college or university), Technical Standard forms signed and dated, official college transcripts of all colleges attended except Delgado Community College, course descriptions for each course in the nursing curriculum taken outside of DCC, curriculum checklist and self-assessment page. The application must be typed (no photocopies). The paperwork can be mailed to: Charity School of Nursing Admissions Office, 450 S. Claiborne Avenue, Room 613, New Orleans, LA 70112. v No applicant will be considered for admission until all of the required documents are received in the admissions office.

1. Charity School of Nursing application (submit one application only)
2. All official College transcripts except Delgado Community College
3. Copy of HESI (A²)score (70% or higher)
4. High school transcript or documentation of GED. This is to be submitted ONLY if applicant has never attended any regionally accredited college or university.
5. Signed and dated Technical Standards
6. Course descriptions for each course taken in the nursing curriculum outside of DCC
7. Self-assessment page h. Curriculum Checklist

ALL INFORMATION MUST BE SUBMITTED AT THE SAME TIME.

• An overall grade point average of 2.500 in any general education and required related courses in the School of Nursing curriculum.
  • Grade of “C” or higher in all required related courses and general education courses
  • Delgado Community College GPA of 2.000 or higher, if applicable.
  • HESI (Health Education System Inc.) RN Admissions Assessment (A²) score of 70% or higher
    • There is no limit to taking the HESI.
    • More information on this examination can be obtained from the Advising and Testing Center on the City Park Campus. The phone number is (504) 671-5080.
  • Completion of at least 4 credit hours of Anatomy and Physiology I (3hrs. of lecture; 1 hr. lab), 3 credit hours of English Composition and 3 hours of non-remedial Mathematics are required before applying.
  • Courses taken more than 10 years prior to application must be approved by appropriate DCC division.
  • Ability to meet the technical standards as attested to on the nursing application.
  • A student may not have four or more enrollments resulting in grades D, F or W in Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II (BIOL 251, 253, 252 and 254) or the equivalent, taken within the last 5 years of possible entry into the program.

Address/contact

Delgado Community College

615 City Park Ave.

New Orleans, LA 70119

(504) 671-5000

www.dcc.edu/