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Sep 01, 2024
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2014-2015 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
R.N. to M.S.N.
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Program director:
Sarah Newton
3004 Human Health Building
(248) 364-8771
newton@oakland.edu
The R.N.-M.S.N. option is designed for high achieving Registered Nurses who are already admitted to the Oakland University School of Nursing (SON) R.N.-B.S.N. Degree Completion Sequence and who want to pursue a Master of Science in Nursing in Adult/Gerontological Nurse Practitioner or Family Nurse Practitioner after completing the B.S.N. degree. The R.N.-M.S.N. option allows R.N.-B.S.N. students to take two graduate level courses. NRS 515 and NRS 516 , while still an undergraduate and pay undergraduate tuition rates. NRS 515 and NRS 516 replace NRS 355 and NRS 450 in the R.N.-B.S.N. curriculum and two graduate courses, NRS 521 and NRS 610 , will be waived after the student begins the graduate nursing program.
To be eligible for the R.N.-M.S.N. option, students must:
- Have earned a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher in their Associate Degree in Nursing educational program AND have completed the following courses with a minimum over-all grade point average of 3.0 or better to be eligible to transfer to the R.N.-M.S.N. option:
• CHM 104, Introduction to Chemical Principles
• CHM 201, Organic and Biological Chemistry
• BIO 121, Clinical Anatomy and Physiology
• BIO 307, Introduction to Human Microbiology
• WRT 160, Composition II
• NRS 310, Conceptual Foundations of Practice
• NRS 340, Health Promotion in the Community
- Be fully admitted to the R.N.-B.S.N. Degree Completion Sequence.
- Request a change in program status from R.N.-B.S.N. to the R.N.-M.S.N. option.
When a student admitted to the R.N.-M.S.N. option is enrolled in their final OU course (for degree, not just in the R.N.-B.S.N. curriculum), he/she should formally apply for admission to one of the following graduate specialty tracks: Adult/Gerontological Nurse Practitioner or Family Nurse Practitioner (the Nurse Anesthesia track is not available in the R.N.-M.S.N. option). Besides the B.S.N. degree, all other OU/SON graduate program admission requirements must be fully satisfied. Meeting the minimum requirements for graduate admission does not guarantee admission.
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