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To qualify for the MSN Family Nurse Practitioner Program, you must meet the following minimum criteria:
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SSU admission criteria as a Classified Graduate student |
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R.N., licensed in California |
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Two years' experience as an R.N. preferred, Will consider individual background experience. |
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BSN degree* |
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Overall Grade Point Average of 3.0 in last 60 units of college-level coursework |
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Completion of college level Statistics |
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Completion of community health nursing course |
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In addition, students will be required to complete an upper-division health assessment course the semester prior to beginning their clinical courses (N509 Advanced Assessment & Clinical Decision Making, or its equivalent) |
There are two parts to the application process. You must complete both parts.
1. CSU Graduate Applications are accepted from October 1 to January 31. Apply online at CSU Mentor.
2. FNP Supplemental Applications are accepted from November 1 to January 31 in SSU's Department of Nursing, 1801 E. Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928. Download the application from http://www.sonoma.edu/nursing/applicforms/applicdefault.htm
A complete supplemental application consists of:
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Application form, including essay and paragraph |
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Three Recommendations, (submit with application in sealed envelopes, 1 form is included in application above. |
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Copy of RN license
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$25.00 non-refundable application fee, made payable to SSU |
 Submit items 1-4 as a packet to the Nursing Department.
A packet missing any of these items will not be considered.
*SSU offers an ADN-MSN (Pathways Program) for RNs who have a Bachelor's degree in an area other than nursing which makes them eligible to apply SSU's Master's programs. For more information, go to the Pathways information page or contact the Nursing Department at (707) 664-2465 or 2466.
Effective for Fall 2012: SSU's Nursing Department no longer requires the NLN Challenge exam for Anatomy and Physiology.
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