Post-Master's Family Nurse Practitioner
Certificate Program
Prerequisites

To qualify for the post-Master's Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate Program, you must meet the following minimum criteria:
	1.	Master of Science in Nursing*
	2.	R.N., licensed in California
	3.	Two years' experience as an R.N. preferable. Will consider individual background experience
	4.	Overall Grade Point Average of 3.0 in graduate program coursework
	5.	Completion within the past 7 years of physiology **
	In addition, students will be required to complete an upper division course in physical assessment the semesterr prior to beginning Clinicals (N509 Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Decision Making, or its equivalent)

Applications are accepted from November 1 to January 31. Download the application.

Submit complete application to:

Nursing Department
Sonoma State University
1801 E. Cotati Ave.
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Fax: 707/664-2653

An incomplete application will not be considered.

A complete supplemental application consists of:

1. Application form, including essay and paragraph.
2. Three Recommendations (submit with application in sealed envelopes, 1 form is included in the application.)
3. Official transcripts of your MS and BS programs.
4. Copy of RN license
5. $55.00 non-refundable application fee, made payable to SSU

*If you are an RN with a Master's in an area other than Nursing, please contact Dr. Wendy Smith, FNP Director, at (707) 664-2276 or via email to determine your qualification for the program.

Effective for Fall 2012: SSU's Nursing Department no longer requires the NLN challenge exam for Anatomy and Physiology.