Vocational Nursing

The Vocational Nursing program requires a separate application and admission process from Temple College.

Admission Steps

1. Apply to Temple College
2. Take the HESI Admission Assessment at the Testing Center
3. Review the following documents then complete the application below
   • Application Instructions
   • CPR, Drug Screen and Immunization Information
   • Core Performance Standards
   • Texas Board of Nursing Background Check Process

  Application Packet

The program uses several settings to provide the nursing students with a variety of clinical experiences. Several hospitals in the area are utilized including Baylor Scott and White Health and the Central Texas Veteran’s Health Care System.

In addition to the hospital-based experiences, vocational nursing students also have opportunities to practice clinical skills in a number of local nursing homes and long-term care facilities as well as outpatient clinics and community health organizations.

All of these experiences help prepare VN students for the workplace environment. 

2022 In-Person Information Sessions

Date: April 21, 2022 & September 1, 2022
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Dell Martin Nursing Education Center, Room 1003
Building #10 on the Campus Map

Virtual Info Sessions

If you cannot attend one of our in-person sessions, view our Virtual Info Session selecting the button below, and open and/or print the fact sheet below to follow along.

• Students in the Temple program have had NCLEX-PN pass rates of more than 90 percent since 2011, with a 100 percent pass rate in 2016 and 2018.

Student Handbook 2021-2022