Requirements
Please see the international applicant web page if you are a resident of a country other than the United States. The following are the requirements for admission into the OHSU School of Nursing Post-Master's Certificate Option Program:
Prior Degree
It is expected that all applicants have a Master's Degree in Nursing from a program accredited by the National League for Nursing and Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
- Must be eligible for an Oregon registered nurse license.
- Must be licensed in the state of Oregon prior to matriculation and have a satisfactory working knowledge of statistics.
Grade Point Average
Minimum GPA of 3.0
Graduate Record Exam (GRE) Scores
Not required to take the Graduate Record Examination.
Statistics
Not required to fulfill the master's degree statistics requirement.
Coursework
Not required to fulfill the master's core courses. Most certificate options take an additional one to two years of specialty coursework and clinical hours. Click on links below for specific program requirements.
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Post-Master’s Certificate in Advanced Practice Gerontological Nursing
- Post Master's Certificate Option: Adolescent Specialty Concentration for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
- MS or MN in Nursing Education with an emphasis in Community Health Nursing
- MS or MN in Nursing Education with an emphasis in Gerontological Nursing
- Nurse-Midwifery
- Nursing Education
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.