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Foundations for Graduate Nursing Certificate Requirements

Review UND's Foundations for Graduate Nursing  graduate certificate requirements.

Admission Requirements

  1. Completion of a bachelor’s degree or higher in nursing.
  2. Current U.S. unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse (upload Nursys verification report in application).
  3. Satisfaction of current health and immunization requirements of the Department of Nursing will be required upon offer of admission. 

Certificate Requirements

A total of 9 credits is required for the Foundations of Graduate Nursing Certificate. Student may choose from the following courses offered by the graduate nursing department to meet the credit requirement:

Course List
CodeTitleCredits
NURS 500Theories/Concepts Nursing3
NURS 510Adv Physiology/Pathophysiology I3
NURS 511Adv Physiology/Pathophys II3
NURS 514Essentials in Epidemiology3
NURS 522Advanced Pathophysiology3
NURS 523Health Promotion3
NURS 565Rural and Underserved Population Health3
NURS 582Applied Univariate Statistics for Nursing Professionals3
NURS 604Health Informatics3
NURS 585Advanced Health Assessment3

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Department Contact
Zauna Synnott
Office of Student Services Mgr, Nursing
P 701.777.4553
UND.graduatenursing@UND.edu

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