Prospective Students

School Nurse Certificate Program

Admission Criteria

For Illinois nurses interested in ISBE Type 73 School Nurse Certification, in order to be admitted, you must:

1. Have an Illinois RN license, a BSN including required course content (grades of B or better in the required course content), and an overall GPA of 2.75 in the last 60 hours of your BSN.

Required course content:

• Public Health Nursing (Public Health Nursing Theory, Practice, or Community)
• Human Growth and Development (Human Development or Child Health Nursing)
• Social Science (Sociology, Psychology, or Cultural Anthropology)
• Mental Health (Mental Health Nursing, Psych Nursing, Child or Adolescent Psychology)

2. Pass the ISBE Test of Basic Skills, which is administered by the Illinois Certification Testing System (ICTS).

3. Apply as a non-degree student. Find out exactly how to apply.

4. Have basic computer skills. No student will be admitted who is not proficient in the following: e-mail, attachments, word processing, cutting and pasting, search engines, web resources, etc.

 

For nurses interested in the coursework (for master’s credit) but not seeking the certificate, in order to be admitted, you must:

1. Have a BSN.

 

For nurses interested in the School Nurse Advanced Community Clinical Specialist or School Nurse Practitioner master’s degree:

1. Visit the graduate section of our web site.