Application
Requirements
The
following are the requirements for admission into the OHSU School of Nursing
Master's Degree Programs. Please see the
international applicant web page for additional requirements if you
are a resident of a country other than the United States.
Prior
Degree
It is expected that applicants
have a B.S. in nursing or B.S.N. degree from a program accredited by the
National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission or the Commission of
Collegiate Nursing Education. The exception is for the Master of Public
Health degree program; this program requires a bachelor's degree in any
field.
RN Status (MPH applicants excluded)
- Must be eligible for an Oregon registered nurse license upon application.
- Must be licensed in the state of Oregon prior to matriculation.
- May need to have completed at least one year of clinical practice as an RN (depending on individual specialty requirements).
Work
Experience
Depending
on your program of interest, you may need at least one year of experience
as an RN to qualify. Below is a list of programs that require or recommend
work experience:
- Certified Nurse Midwifery - recommended one year of labor and delivery experience.
- Family Nurse Practicioner - strongly recommended one year of experience as an RN.
- Nurse Anesthesia - required one year of experience as an RN in a full-time, adult, critical care, ICU setting. Typicaly admitted applicants have two to five years of such experience.
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practicioner - recommended one year of experience as an RN.
Grade
Point Average
Minimum cumulative GPA
of 3.0.
Graduate
Record Exam (GRE) Scores
GRE
scores competitive (typically combined score of 1000 for Verbal and Quantitative
sections).
Statistics
Must successfully pass
a basic statistics course with a grade of "B" or better within
five years prior to entry into the master's program. Go
to Oregon Prerequisites
Guide and Washington Prerequisites
Guide.
Graduation
Requirements
There are also additional progression and graduation requirements
for the master's programs.
Research
Project
OHSU School of Nursing does not have a
written thesis requirement in the master's of science or master's of
nursing degree programs. Instead, the candidate for the master's of
science degree conducts a community service research project within
the core course sequence. The master's of nursing requirements do not
include a research component.
Residence
Course Completion Requirement
Master's students are required to complete
no less than 30 hours of the program in residence, and are expected to
develop a program of study with the assigned faculty advisor before entering
a program. The master's students' full-time course load is nine credit
hours.
Academic
Standards
It is expected that master's students in
good standing will maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of 3.0 in
the nursing major.
Time
Limit
All requirements must be completed within
a period of four years for master's students.
Computer
Requirements
School of Nursing students are required to
have access to a computer with pre-determined minimum capabilities, independent
of the School of Nursing and university resources. All students are required
to have minimal computer literacy skills. Please see the Computer
Requirements web page for more information. Please view and print
the Student Self Assessment Guide for
Computer Literacy. (Self Assessment Guide is in Adobe Acrobat 4.0
format, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to print this document.
Go to Adobe
Acrobat to download the free Acrobat Reader.)
Courses
See specialty program
of study pages for details on specific course requirements for each
specialty program.
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