R.N. to M.S.N.

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:

1. 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
    
2. Be fully admitted to the R.N.-B.S.N. Degree Completion Sequence.
3. 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.