Requirements for Clinical Nurse Specialist Program Admission and Progression
Requirements for Clinical Nurse Specialist Program Admission and Progression
See Admission to Graduate Study section of this Catalog. Additional Note: Students must have undergraduate research and statistics within the past five years or demonstrate a basic understanding of research and statistical concepts. Completion of a Community Health Nursing course is recommended for nurses with a non-nursing bachelor’s degree. Completion of this course at Dominican will fulfill the California Board of Registered Nursing requirements for Public Health Nursing certification. Students must maintain an overall 3.0 GPA as defined in this catalog under Graduate Education.
Transfer of Credit
Up to nine semester units of credit towards the MSN degree may be allowed for graduate work at another institution fully accredited for granting the MSN degree, if the grade is ‘B’ (3.0) or higher. The MSN faculty determines whether the work presented for transfer is acceptable. The units are transferred after the student has satisfactorily completed at least six units of graduate study in Dominican’s MSN program. See the Admission to Graduate Study section of this Catalog.
