2. Get Ready To Graduate!

3. Today’s Topics Degree audits. BRN certification. Ordering transcripts and diplomas. School of Nursing Commencement. Nursing Alumni Association. Evaluating the program.

4. Degree Audits

5. THREE TYPES OF DEGREE AUDITS THREE TYPES OF DEGREE AUDITS UC Degree Audit. UC Degree Audit. BRN NP, CNS, Midwifery Degree Audit. BRN NP, CNS, Midwifery Degree Audit. Specialty Degree Audit. Specialty Degree Audit.

6. UC DEGREE AUDIT The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) will check each graduating MS student to help ensure that you are eligible to receive your Master of Science degree. The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) will check each graduating MS student to help ensure that you are eligible to receive your Master of Science degree. Every graduating student must have completed a minimum of: Every graduating student must have completed a minimum of:  36 200-series units  18 of these must be “N”: or Nursing units.  8 400-series units In addition, NP students have distinct NP course requirements, CNS students have distinct CNS course requirements, and Nursing Administration, OH Admin, Education, or Health Policy have their own distinct course requirements. In addition, NP students have distinct NP course requirements, CNS students have distinct CNS course requirements, and Nursing Administration, OH Admin, Education, or Health Policy have their own distinct course requirements.

8. NP Course Requirements Course #Course Title N262A Research Methods Research Util. One of the following: N 262.01; N262.02; N262.03; N262.04; N262.05 (N236C); N262.06; N206A; N256; N280.01; Epi 190 S222 Health Care Economics & Policy N241 Dimensions of Advanced Practice Nursing N221 or N221.01 or N279 or N253 or N232.04A Theory … N270 Advanced Health Assessment N245 Health Protection & Promotion N246 Symptom Assessment & Management N257 Transitions & Health Socio-Cultural Variable / 2 units required.

9. CNS Course Requirements Course #Course Title N262A Research Methods Research Util. One of the following: N 262.01; N262.02; N262.03; N262.04; N262.05 (N236C); N262.06; N206A; N256; N280.01; Epi 190 S222 Health Care Economics & Policy N241 Dimensions of Advanced Practice Nursing N221 or N221.01 or N279 or N253 or N232.04A Theory … N270 Advanced Health Assessment N234 Program Development & Management N230 Measuring Outcomes of Health Care Socio-Cultural Variable / 2 units required.

10. NURSING ADMINISTRATION, OH ADMIN., EDUCATION, HEALTH POLICY COURSE REQUIREMENTS Course # Course Title N262A Research Methods Research Util. One of the following: N 262.01; N262.02; N262.03; N262.04; N262.05 (N236C); N262.06; N206A; N256; N280.01; Epi 190 S222 Health Care Economics & Policy N221 or N221.01 or N279 or N253 or N232.04A Theory … N270 Advanced Health Assessment N234 Program Development & Management N230 Measuring Outcomes of Health Care Socio-Cultural Variable / 2 units required

11. Nursing Administration Modal Curriculum (2005-2007) FALL QUARTER – YEAR 1 Theories of Health Policy Process Issues in Nursing Administration and Leadership Health Systems Management Human Resource Issues in Health Care WINTER QUARTER – YEAR 1 Research Methods Introduction to Health Care Informatics Financial Management Cultural Competency SPRING QUARTER – YEAR 1 Program Development & Management Advanced Financial Management Leadership in Health Care FALL QUARTER – YEAR 2 Measuring Outcomes of Health Care Business School elective Managing Change in Health Care Systems WINTER QUARTER – YEAR 2 Ethics Introduction to Epidemiology Data Management & Analysis Comprehensive Examination SPRING QUARTER – YEAR 2 Residency Health Care Economics and Policy Comprehensive Examination

12. POSITIVELY CERTIFIABLE!

13. BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING NP, CNS, & NURSE MIDWIFERY APPLICATION PROCESS 1. After June 2, download the application(s) from the BRN website [ www.rn.ca.gov ] 2. Print the appropriate application(s). 3. Order a transcript from the UCSF Registrar; have it sent to Cynthia Ellis in OSA (Box 0602). 4. Complete appropriate “Application for…” (two pages) and mail to BRN with $75.00. CNS applicants only should also complete page 11 and mail with above application. 5. Fill out top half of “Verification of the Completion of a …” form and drop off or mail this form to OSA.

14. www.rn.ca.gov

15. FORMS & PUBLICATIONS

16. ADVANCED PRACTICE APPLICATIONS

17. APPLICATION FOR NURSE PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION

18. PAGES 6 & 7 SEND DIRECTLY TO BRN WITH APPLICATION FEE

19. PAGE8 SUBMIT TO OSA

20. APPLICATION FOR CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION

21. PAGES 7 & 8 SEND DIRECTLY TO BRN WITH FEE

22. PAGE 9 SUBMIT TO OSA

23. PAGE 11 SEND TO BRN WITH APPLICATION

24. APPLICATION FOR NURSE MIDWIFE CERTIFICATION

25. Pages 6 & 7 SEND TO BRN WITH FEE

26. PAGE 8 SUBMIT TO OSA

27. TRANSCRIPT REQUEST: Available at Registrar’s Office Cost $15.00 Have sent to Cynthia Ellis, Box 0602 NP and MW: Hold for SP 06 grades CNS: Hold for Degree Posting

28. NO MAN’S LAND... The Gap Between Program Completion And BRN Certification The BRN will not complete the NP/CNS certification process for 2-3 months. They will notify you of your NP license number once they receive all the necessary paperwork and process it. During this period, you cannot “hold yourself out” as a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist, because you do not yet have your license and have not been formally recognized by the State of California, nor may you practice as a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist during this period. Having said that, you certainly can practice as a nurse using your new knowledge and skills to supplement your nursing practice. Until such time as you have your license in hand, we recommend that you identify yourself as “RN, MS” whenever you write your name and whenever you chart.

29. School of Nursing COMMENCEMENT

30. Graduation Regalia Available from Millberry Union Bookstore. Can be purchased anytime between March 27th and June 2. Cost: $61.00

31. DIPLOMAS

32.  May be ordered at MU Bookstore until March 10 th  Available for pickup after April 24 th GraduationAnnouncements

33. Graduation Ceremonies

34. MASONIC AUDITORIUM 1111 California St., San Francisco June 2, 2006

35. THINGS TO REMEMBER: Detailed information will be mailed in April Location: Masonic Memorial Auditorium, San Francisco Time: Ceremony is at 6:00 - 7:30. Reception is 7:30 - 8:30. No limit to the number of guests you may invite. No tickets necessary. Consider your family and friends. Is it better to plan a later celebratory dinner reservation (e.g., 9:00 pm) or late lunch somewhere? Think, also, about planning parties or celebrations with classmates on the weekend or another day as the reception can be fun but chaotic. Arrive at Masonic at 5:00 p.m. We will separate family from graduates at 5:00. In the student/faculty assembly area, we will ask MS students to line up single file in two lines. Remember that if you want to sit with friends, you need to line up in front or in back of your friends as the two lines will go into separate sections of the auditorium.

36. NURSING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

37. Did you know that the UCSF Nursing Alumni Association....?  Grants twelve $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to students every year?  Supports an ENDOWED CHAIR in the school of nursing?  Offers a FREE MEMBERSHIP in the NAA for the first year after graduation?  Sponsors an annual ALUMNI DAY?  Provides BENEFITS to members of the Nursing Alumni Association?

38. EVALUATION