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 in the summer prior to beginning the program (N509 Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Decision Making, or its equivalent)

Applications are accepted from November 1 to March 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.
2. Three Recommendations (submit with application in sealed envelopes)
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.

**SSU's Nursing Department offers a National League for Nursing Anatomy and Physiology Exam which can be taken to challenge the physiology requirement. See Challenge Exam Registration Confirmation Form. A Study Guide is available.