College of Nursing Graduate Nursing Brochure

8 | Nova Southeastern University R.N. to M.S.N. Admissions Requirements 1. Applicants must declare R.N. to M.S.N. as their major upon application to the program. 2. Applicants must have graduated from a college or univer- sity that is regionally accredited and a nursing program accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (formerly the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission [NLNAC]) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) unless otherwise stated by the program director based on specific regional accreditations. Applicants who graduated from a diploma program will be reviewed on an individual basis. 3. Applicants must have a current, active, unencumbered United States R.N. license. The license must remain cur- rent in the jurisdiction of the practicum throughout the M.S.N. program. Students pursuing the nurse practitioner concentrations must have an active, unencumbered Florida nursing license. 4. Applicants must have an overall GPA of 2.6 or higher on a 4.0 scale. 5. Applicants must have completed the 30 semester hours of undergraduate general education courses listed below (from a regionally accredited college or university) prior to the end of the first semester, and received a grade of C (2.0) or higher. (Please note that courses beginning with 00 are not considered college level.) Undergraduate General Education Courses Written composition (6 semester hours) College-level written composition Social behavioral sciences (6 semester hours) One PSYC and Human Growth and Development Arts and Humanities (6 semester hours) Any ARTS, HIST, HUMN, LITR, PHIL, THEA, FILM, MUSC, DANC, WRIT, or foreign language Mathematics (6 semester hours) MATH 1040 or above and Statistics (from a college mathematics department) Natural/physical sciences (6 semester hours) Credit with an R.N. license* Total General Education Semester Hours ...................... 30 *An additional 6 semester hours of prerequisite natural/ physical sciences are granted with an R.N. license, in con- junction with the general education credits listed above. All R.N. to M.S.N. students will be required to meet with the program director at the end of the first semester to complete an assessment of their academic status and determine eligibility for progression to either the R.N. to M.S.N. or R.N. to B.S.N. program. The student will complete three terms of B.S.N. course- work. At the end of three terms, the student must meet the 3.0 or higher GPA admissions requirement for the M.S.N. The 3.0 GPA will be calculated from the B.S.N. courses completed at NSU. Any student enrolled in the R.N. to M.S.N. program who does not meet the 3.0 GPA requirement in the third term will be transferred to the R.N. to B.S.N. program and must complete the remaining B.S.N. course requirements. The program directors for the RN to B.S.N. and the graduate programs will review applicants at the completion of Term III. Notification to the student regarding progression into the M.S.N. program will be sent at that time by the program director. Students choosing the clinical M.S.N. program need to successfully interview with the program director prior to gaining acceptance into the program.