In addition to the application and its accompanying materials, applicants may submit a professional portfolio documenting education and experience as a professional nurse in which selected BSN outcome competencies were acquired. Competency Evaluation Applicants to the RN-MS Articulation Path must meet BSN outcome competencies before formal matriculation into the MS Program. Challenge Examination . Applicants choosing to demonstrate competency through examination register and pay tuition for the course. The students take a paper and pencil exam in the didactic courses and both a paper and pencil examination and a clinical competency performance examination in the clinical courses.
Applicants can challenge each course only one time.
If the examination is not completed successfully the applicant must enroll in the course. Portfolio Evaluation . Applicants may develop a portfolio that documents products from their professional work, community service, or informal education that may demonstrate required competencies. The applicant should make specify the relationship between the experience and the competencies explicit within the portfolio.