College of Nursing
Admission Requirements Specific components for the College of Nursing graduate programs are included in the WSU Graduate School application. Prerequisites for master’s program: bachelor’s degree in nursing, minimum of 3.00 GPA from undergraduate work, recent history-taking and physical assessment skills, completion of a basic statistics course, Washington State RN licensure or eligibility, and recommendations addressing the applicant’s professional nursing competence and ability to succeed as a graduate student. A written or personal interview is required. Prerequisites for doctoral program: master’s degree in health care field, minimum of 3.50 GPA in master’s program, statement of professional goals and research interests, example of scholarly work, resume, letters of reference, and transcripts of former college work. Program Description The program prepares students for leadership positions in advanced nursing practice. Areas of concentration are: family nurse practitioner, psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner, and community-based/population-focused nursing, which has sub-specialties of nursing administration, education, care management of adults or children, and an individualized study option. Each concentration may be completed in two years of full-time study; part-time study is also available. The doctorate in nursing program accepted its first class in summer 2007. The program prepares students as nurse scientists, equipped to assume roles as faculty in schools and colleges of nursing, and/or to function as nurse researchers.
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