Pre-licensure
Advising
Dr. Deborah A Roberts
• Sonoma State General Education Pattern
• http://www.sonoma.edu/advising/ge/gepattern.shtml
• GE pattern in nursing
• Lower Division
• Area A & B completed with prerequisites
• Area C & D 12 units each required
• Area E Psych 302
• Upper Division
• 9 Units (2 areas)
• 3 units in nursing Area E-waived
• 3 units Psych 302 Area E
• 3 units Needs to be non Area E—NO EXCEPTIONS
General Education
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Integrated Chemistry
Anatomy w/ lab
Physiology w/lab
Microbiology w/lab
English Composition A2 + A3
Oral Communication A2
Critical Thinking A3
Statistics
Prerequisites
Fall-Year One
Spring-Year One
BIOL 115 (3) Intro to Biology (GE Area B3 )
BIOL 220 (4) Human Anatomy (GE Area B3)
CHEM 105 (5) Elem of General, Organic & Biochemistry (GE Area B1)
MATH 165 (4) Statistics (GE Area B4)
GE, A3 (4) Critical Thinking
GE, A2 (4) Fundamentals of Communication
GE, D1 (3-4) Social/Behavioral Science: Individual and Society *
GE, C1 (4) Arts, Theatre, Dance, Music, and film *
Fall-Year Two
Spring-Year Two
BIO 224 (4) Human Physiology
BIO 240 (4) General Microbiology
GE, C2 (4) Literature, Philosophies, and Values *
PSYC 302 (3) Development of the Person UDGE AREA E
GE, C3 (4) Comparative Perspectives and/or Foreign Languages *
GE, D3 (3) Social/Behavioral Science: United States History
GE, D2 (3) Social/Behavioral Sciences: World History and Civilization
GE, D4 (3-4) Social/Behavioral Science: Us Constitutions & California
State and Local Government
Best to have most, if not all, GE complete before entering the major
First Two Years
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All must be completed with a grade of B or better
May be repeated however original grade remains in overall GPA
Some courses at SSU are non-repeatable due to space
Check with Dr. Roberts for equivalent courses at any other school
prior to taking course. Send her the course description from the
school catalog you wish to take the course.
Only 2 courses may be in progress the Spring of application
submission. One science and one non science.
AP course do count for specified courses when you arrived as a
freshman they are entered into your ARR.
Prerequisites do not expire.
You do not have to get them all done in two years.
25 points/100 assigned to prerequisite courses
Prerequisite Requirements
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Required to apply to the major
TEAS Version V Study Guide 85.00 atitesting.com
May repeat twice for most programs (not SSU)
Offered at SSU and dates/times/locations posted at
www.sonoma.edu/nursing
• 15 points/100 assigned to TEAS score as outlined below
Test of Essential Academic Skills
15 Points Total
TEAS Score
Points assigned
90.5 or above
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90.4-87.375
12
87.374-84.250
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84.249-81.125
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81.124-78.0
Below 78.0
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Test of Essential Skills
• Not a prerequisite for application
• May be done after accepted admission
• Some ideas:
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American Red Cross
Local Community College
Private agencies
http://www.cnalicense.org/states/california-cna-license/
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/certlic/occupations/Pages/AidesAn
dTechs.aspx
Certified Nurses Assistant Certificate
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Essay questions are posted on application
Read all instructions carefully
Limited pages and font strictly observed
Essay is assigned 20/100 points
Essay
• Overall GPA is computed for all coursework taken or
transferred to SSU.
• If you take college courses at other campuses you must send
your official transcripts to SSU for college credit here.
• You can compute your GPA by the GPA calculator at:
http://www.back2college.com/gpa.htm
• You can also look at your ARR
• Once you know your GPA multiply by 6.25 for your total
points.
• Overall GPA has 25/100 point assignment
Overall GPA
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Sonoma State
College of Marin
SRJC
Mendocino CC
Solano CC
Napa CC
15/100 point assignment
Local Service Area
• Executive Order from Governor
• Any honorable discharged veteran has priority admission
after meeting minimum program criteria
• Generally this has been one-two veterans a year
Veterans
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Clear Background check
Clear Drug screen for non-prescribed medications
Physical
IMZ
CPR
Program Requirements
• In addition to SSU fees items below are approximate
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Books 2000.00
Supplies and supplies kit 350.00
Uniforms 50.00
CAS (new for this application cycle) 105.00
Certified Background 110.00
ATI 700.00
Any physical/medical costs
Costs
• Pre-requisite Courses ( One science and one non-science may be in progress)
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English
Speech
Critical Thinking
Statistics
Chemistry
Anatomy
Physiology
Microbiology
GPA 3.0 in prerequisites
Overall GPA of 3.0 in college
Completion of LDGE
TEAS Exam
CNA may be in the summer
Ready to Apply?
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New System this year called CAS
Prerequisite course completion
Overall GPA of 3.0 or above
Science GPA of 3.0 or above
B grade or above in all prerequisites
Test of Essential Skills
Deadlines: late applications not accepted. No exceptions!
Completion of Application into CAS
No other work experience required
No letters of recommendation required
Application Due 2/28/14
• College Prerequisite GPA
• Overall College GPA
• Essay
• TEAS
• Local Students
Total
25 points
25 Points
20 Points
15 Points
15 Points
100 Points
Application Scoring
• Residents outside the state are placed after all in state residents
• You must have a valid SSN to be admitted due to a Board of
Registered Nursing and Background Check requirement
• You must have a clear background check to be admitted
• Second Baccalaureate students only apply to the major if not
already admitted to SSU
• Transfer students must apply to the university by November
30th in the Fall semester before they are going to apply to the
major the next Spring
What else do I need to
know?
Questions