School Nurse Services Credential

Cost: $11,000 total. The program requires 24 units, including 22 units completed at SFSU at $500 per unit. Additional expenses may include textbooks, travel, audiometry and other program-related costs. Tuition and fees are subject to change.

Program Length: Two semesters

Program Format: Online with three in-person days

When to Start: Fall

When to Apply: Oct. 1 to Feb. 28 

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1. Analyzes organizational and systems leadership skills to promote quality and safe health care.
2. Demonstrates advanced depth and breadth of nursing and related sciences and integrates this knowledge into practice.
3. Integrates clinical prevention and population health concepts in the design and delivery of health care.
4. Utilizes the principles of evidence-based practice to organize, implement, and evaluate practice.
5. Integrates meaningful data from nursing, computer, communication, and information sciences to coordinate and improve care.
6. Demonstrates understanding of how school-age youth may be impacted by health disparities perpetuated by implicit bias, educational policies, and school health practices.

As a credential candidate, you will collaborate across disciplines and strengthen your ability to provide compassionate and ethical care that supports student health and academic success. You will develop your role as a school nurse leader and agent of change, with an emphasis on identifying and addressing systems of oppression through nursing practice in educational settings.

Find courses, faculty and the roadmap in the SFSU Bulletin.

Bulletin: School Nurse Services Credential

The School Nurse Services Credential program is offered through the SFSU School of Nursing in partnership with the College of Professional & Global Education and the Graduate College of Education.

The program reflects the School of Nursing’s philosophy, mission and commitment to student-centered care, student safety, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based anti-racist practice, quality improvement, informatics, leadership and lifelong learning.

Fall
Application Opens: Oct. 1
Deadline: Feb. 28

Applications submitted after the deadline may be accepted if there is space available.

To apply to the School Nurse Services Credential program, you must:

• Hold a valid California School Nurse Services Preliminary Credential
• Be currently working as a school nurse in California
• Have a minimum 3.0 GPA in your undergraduate degree or in the last 60 semester units (90 quarter units) you completed, or have earned a post-baccalaureate degree

You must submit two online applications.

1. Apply Through Cal State Apply

Start by submitting your application through Cal State Apply.

You may submit an unofficial transcript with your application. If you are admitted, you will be required to submit official transcripts.

After you apply, you will receive your SFSU ID. You will need the SFSU ID to complete your NursingCAS application.

2. Apply Through NursingCAS

After you receive your SFSU ID, submit your application through NursingCAS.

Your NursingCAS application must include:

• Two letters of recommendation. One must be from your direct supervisor and the other from another manager in the district where you work. NursingCAS will request the letters directly from your recommenders. Do not upload the letters yourself.
• A transcript showing a minimum 3.0 GPA in your undergraduate degree or in the last 60 semester units (90 quarter units) you completed, or a transcript showing that you earned a post-baccalaureate degree
• Responses to prompts about your experience and interest in the program

Visit NursingCAS for additional application details.

Admission to the program does not guarantee that you will receive a clear credential. Credential requirements are established by agencies outside the CSU and may change at any time.

After you successfully complete the program and receive a formal recommendation from SFSU, you may apply for the School Nurse Services Clear Credential through the SFSU Graduate College of Education. You must also:

• Hold a Preliminary School Nurse Services Credential
• Hold a valid California registered nurse license
• Complete two years of successful experience as a school nurse

For complete and current requirements, visit the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing School Nurse Services Credential page.