School of Nursing - CSU, Chico
RNs: Apply for a Public Health Nurse Certificate
The following information was obtained from:
Board of Registered Nursing
P. O. Box 944210
Sacramento, CA 94244-2100
phone: 916-322-3350
www.rn.ca.gov
To be certified as a Public Health Nurse, you must be in possession of a valid California Public Health Nurse Certificate issued by the Board of Registered Nursing.
Transcripts
In the Instructions for Applying for Certification as a Public Health Nurse in California, you are asked to submit your official transcripts. If you graduated from CSU, Chico School of Nursing and therefore taken boards in California, there is no need to request transcripts from the School of Nursing to submit them with your application. The Board of Registered Nursing will already have the transcripts of your course work which include public health nursing. However, if you were in the CSU, Chico RN-to-BSN Program, transcripts must be requested through the CSU, Chico Records office. The CSU, Chico Records office processes all transcript requests for the School of Nursing.
Instructions for Applying for Certification as a Public Health Nurse in California
and
Application for the California Public Health Nurse Certificate: Instructions and Application
Page 1 and 2 are the Instructions
Page 3 is the Application*
Page 4 is the Request for Transcript (disregard)
Page 5: Information Collection and Access
Page 6 is information on Mandatory Reporter
*Verification of Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Training - CE Provider/School name is "CSU, Chico". Please include this description: "The content of CSU, Chico curriculum includes the child abuse/neglect prevention training." in the Course Name and Number box. You can leave Number of Hours blank.