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Program Information

School Nurse Certificate

The School Nurse Certificate Program is built upon the Public Health Nursing curriculum with a focus on health care management for school-aged children. It is designed to broaden, refine and strengthen the nurse’s ability to implement the nursing process in response to the diverse needs of children in the school community.

Five goals of the School Nurse Certificate Program are as follows:

  1. Improve the quality of school nursing.
  2. Provide a program leading to certification of school nurses.
  3. Respond to the life-long learning needs of school nurses.
  4. Improve health care services and health outcomes for children and families.
  5. Demonstrate the relationship between health and education.

Classes meet twice on the Chicago campus—once at the beginning and once at the end of the semester. Otherwise, all program coursework and class discussions are conducted online.

Graduates are eligible for national certification through the National Board for School Nurse Certification. Graduates are also eligible to seek certification for the Illinois State Board of Education School Service Personnel Type 73 Nurse School Certificate.

College:

College of Nursing

Delivery Mode:

Online

Total Required Hrs:

10 credit hours

Contact Name:

 College of Nursing

Contact Phone:

(312) 355-2793

Web Site:

 http://www.uic.edu/nursing/schoolnursing/