Direct Entry to Advanced Practice Nursing Program
The Direct
Entry to Advanced Practice Nursing Program allows individuals
with a Bachelor's degree in another field, who wish to enter
nursing and already have an advanced practice role in mind,
to pursue both an Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing
and a Master of Science in a nursing specialty.
- The program consists of our 16-month Accelerated
Second Degree BSN program followed by a graduate nursing specialty for a streamlined
path to advanced practice nursing.
Direct Entry to Advanced Practice is available in the following graduate specialties.
Upon receipt of the BSN and completion of the NCLEX-RN examination, students may enter the graduate program for the Family Nurse Practitioner specialty. The Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nursing Education specialties require one year of experience as an RN. During this year of full-time experience, students may opt to take core non-clinical courses part-time and then resume full-time graduate study after the year is complete.
Admissions Information
All Direct Entry applicants must simultaneously apply
to the Accelerated
Second Degree BSN program and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. BOTH applications
are due by the Accelerated Second Degree
BSN application deadline found on the admissions
calendar.
Applicants to the Direct Entry to Advanced Practice Nursing Program will complete 3 total recommendations submitted as part of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences application. The Accelerated Second Degree BSN Program application will prompt you to identify yourself as a Direct Entry applicant and will adjust requirements accordingly.
In addition to meeting
all of the requirements
of the Accelerated Second Degree BSN Program, Direct Entry
applicants must also meet the following requirements:
- Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0
scale
- Scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
Questions? Please visit our FAQ
page.
If you have any other questions related to the
Accelerated Second Degree BSN or Direct Entry Program, please
visit the Admissions
and Program Director Contact Page.
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