C&I: School Nurse Concentration
The School Nurse Concentration, approved by the Illinois State Board of Education to prepare registered nurses for the School Service Personnel Certificate Type 73 with school nurse endorsement, presents an exciting opportunity for registered nurses to practice in a dynamic specialty. School nurses utilize professional skills to promote health, prevent disease, and solve the health problems of the young people of our nation.
For a complete course outline for this program, please view the core requirements as well.
Certification Requirements:
A Bachelor's Degree
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An Illinois license as a Registered Professional Nurse
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30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours undergraduate
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or graduate coursework in: Public Health Nursing, History and/or Philosophy of Education, Educational Psychology Human Growth and Development, Community Health Problems, Sociology, Exceptional Child, and Electives: Nutrition, School Administration, Curricula Design, Communicative Skills, Guidance and Counseling, Diversified Occupations, Social Case Work, Health Education, Health Careers, Mental Health, Child or Adolescent Psychology
National College of Education graduate coursework which meets the State of Illinois requirements for School Nurse Type 73 certificate (as listed above) include:
| CIN508* |
Community Health: Nursing Practice Theory & Contemporary Problems |
3 |
| CIN560 |
Issues in School Nursing |
2 |
| CIN590** |
School Nurse Internship |
4 |
| EPS500B |
Human Development with a Focus on Elementary and Middle Childhood |
2 |
| EPS510 |
Theories of Teaching and Learning |
2 |
| EPS541 |
Cognition and Instruction |
2 |
| FND504 |
History and Philosophy of Education |
2 |
| SPE500 |
Introduction to Exceptional Children and Adolescents/Special Education |
3 |
* Meets requirements of the Illinois State Board of Education for "Introduction to Public Health Nursing" and/or "Introduction to Community Health Problems."
** This ten-week, four semester hour internship in school nursing is supervised by a certified, experienced school nurse; CIN560 is taken with the internship.
Candidates must complete certification requirements within a six year period.
Concentration Coursework:
CIN508, CIN560, CIN590, as described above under the School Nurse Certification requirements.
Any courses taken at the graduate level to meet the School Nurse Certification requirements described above may be used as electives in the School Nurse Concentration. Additional electives may be selected with approval of an advisor.
