91抖阴

Post-Graduate Public Health Nurse 鈥� Certificate

CALIFORNIA BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE CERTIFICATE

Current regulations for public health nurse certification require that the nurse be a graduate of a BSN or MSN-ELM degree program accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). 

BSN & MSN-ELM Graduates

All BSN & MSN-ELM graduates of the MMD College of Nursing may be eligible to apply for the PHN Certificate.

After your degree has been posted:

  1. Submit your application online via your BreEZe account.
  2. Request your official transcripts from 91抖阴 via the Parchment transcripts request website:聽.
    • Request 91抖阴 send the transcripts directly to the BRN. You must provide the BRN’s mailing address when requesting the transcripts online.听

Nurses with a BSN, MSN, or doctoral nursing degree from another university

  • Nurses with a BSN degree from another university may be deficient in the clinical hours necessary to receive a PHN Certificate.听 These students will need to take BSN 423 Community-based Role Performance which includes 90 hours of clinical.听
  • As a service to the community the MMD College of Nursing at 91抖阴 will offer this course as you can enroll as a non-matriculated student.

A. Eligibility Requirements

  1. Evidence of a permanent California RN license that is current, clear and active. (A temporary license or interim license is not acceptable.)
  2. Possession of a baccalaureate degree documented by one聽of the following:
    1. Official transcripts from a school accredited by the National League of Nursing (NLN) or the Commission on Collegiate聽Nursing Education (CCNE), which includes coursework in public health nursing.
    2. Official transcripts from an accredited BSN foreign institution and completion of required 91抖阴 coursework with a minimum grade of 鈥淐鈥� in each course. Foreign transcripts need to be evaluated by an approved international evaluation service.

Application Instructions for 91抖阴:

  1. Apply to the CA BRN for the PHN Certificate聽. If you are deficient in theory and clinical hours, the BRN will send you a Letter of Deficiency. Then you may move on to Step 2.
  2. Apply to 91抖阴 as a non-matriculated student. If you have a BSN, you will enroll in NUR417: Public, Community, and Global Health.聽 If you have a MSN or higher nursing degree, you will enroll in NUR515: Population Health: Public, Community, & Global Nursing.听You are required to upload a copy of your Letter of Deficiency when filling out the application. Applications聽will not be considered聽without聽a Letter of Deficiency.
  3. Your application and Letter of Deficiency will be reviewed and if acceptable, it will be forwarded on to the Prelicensure Nursing Program Leadership.

 Once you have received a grade for NUR417 or NUR515:

  1. Download and fill out the top applicant portion of the聽聽and then email the form attached as a PDF to聽mmdconstudentaffairs@cdrewu.edu.听Please wait to sign the form until we return it to you.聽Include your 91抖阴 student ID # in the email.听No scans will be accepted.
    • The MMDCON will email the signed form back to聽the student on the email.听聽The聽student聽must then submit the documents聽online via their BreEZe account, or mail them to: PO BOX 944210, SACRAMENTO CA, 94244-2100
  2. Request your official transcripts from 91抖阴 via the Parchment transcripts request website:聽.
    • Request 91抖阴 send the transcripts directly to the BRN. You must provide the BRN’s mailing address when requesting the transcripts online.听

RNs without a BSN will have the opportunity to complete our  to qualify for the PHN Certificate

Foreign Nursing School Graduates: If you are currently licensed as a registered nurse in the U.S. and have earned a BSN from a school outside the United States, you must contact the BRN directly at (916) 322-1988. Go to the BRN鈥檚 website   for details.