Registrar's Rx
Required Reading
The Registrar’s Rx is published once a semester and is required reading for all students.
Graduating?
Planning to graduate in the upcoming term?
ALL students expecting to receive their degree (including BSN-DNP students receiving their MSN) must apply to graduate using the Student Information System (SIS). The School of Nursing’s deadline to apply to graduate for the fall semester is Tuesday, October 1. The Nursing School's Registrar’s Office will individually check each graduating student’s record to confirm that degree requirements have been met.
If you fail to apply to graduate on time, please email the School of Nursing Registrar.
Even if the Expected Graduation Date is listed in SIS for a future term, students are not prevented from submitting an application. An audit will ultimately determine if a student is eligible to be put forward for degree conferral.
When applying for graduation in SIS, be sure to validate that the Primary Name and Diploma Address listed are correct. This is the name that will be listed on the diploma and the address to which it will be shipped. Name changes must be made with the Office of the University Registrar (UREG) using an Applicant Name Change Form.
Students that have completed all coursework prior to their graduation term need to be enrolled in Affiliated Status to receive their degree. Additional information can be found on the School of Nursing Affiliated Status Request Form itself.
Note: Students cannot graduate with a missing grade or a grade of Incomplete, even if the course is not required for the degree to be awarded.
Enrollment Instructions
Advising Spring 2025
- The schedule of classes will be available on October 11.
- Advising begins October 21-November 1.
Spring 2025 Enrollment
- Shopping Cart opens on October 11.
- Graduate student enrollment begins October 29.
- Undergraduate student enrollment begins November 4-8.
- Individual enrollment dates and times may vary by student. These will be listed in SIS.
- Open enrollment begins November 25.
Additional information about using SIS for enrollment-related functions is available to students on the SIS Help pages.
Holds
Advising Holds
All Nursing students will see that they have an “Advising Hold” listed in the SIS. Only the advisor can remove the hold, which means all students need to meet with their advisor prior to enrolling. Graduate students are all required to have an updated and complete SIS Planner as well before the hold can be removed. Students' advisors are listed in SIS.
Please note, the advising holds do not impact Summer registration. Current advising holds will impact Fall registration.
Other Holds
The SIS Dashboard will display all current Holds (also listed under the "My Information" menu). If there are other holds listed in SIS, click on “details” to see why the Hold has been placed and what must be done to remove the hold. Students cannot register for classes until all holds have been removed. Please do not contact the School of Nursing Registrar’s office concerning any hold other than those coming from the School of Nursing, as only the department responsible for placing a hold can remove it. Typically, for a Student Health hold please call (434) 924-1525 and for a Student Accounts hold please call (434) 982-6000. Do not contact the School of Nursing Dean for Dean of Nursing holds.
Full-time vs. Part-time - Graduate Students
Part-Time/Full-Time Status – Full time status is 12 credit hours (fall & spring). SIS is quite restrictive about course enrollment based on status, so it is important for us to keep your status correct. Therefore, if you are currently a full-time student and wish to change to part-time, or vice-versa, you must complete an Enrollment Status Change Request Form and have it signed by your advisor and your Program Coordinator. Failure to do so could make it much more difficult to register for the appropriate classes and your bill could be incorrect.
The University's full-time minimum is 12 credits and part-time minimum for some financial aid types is 6 credits. Students who must meet the corresponding full-time or part-time status must enroll in elective(s) when the required coursework for the semester is below the minimum thresholds.
Students can view their full-time or part-time status in SIS by clicking on “Enrollment Dates”, which falls under the “Enrollment” heading on the side bar. Select the applicable term and look under “Term Enrollment Limits”. If the maximum credit limit is less than 12.0, students are part-time for the term; more than 12.0 equates to full-time.
Note: PhD students are governed by GSAS guidelines, which may be different from School of Nursing guidelines.
Spring 2025 Graduate Electives
GNUR 5009: Medical Yoga – 3 credits
Th 4:30-7:30 p.m.
The Neuroscience, Medical Yoga, and Psychology course will provide students with a foundational understanding of the history and theory of yoga (and mindfulness) as it relates to an integrative healthcare modality. Students will explore a bio-neuro-psycho-spiritual model of care and health from both a historic perspective and from theoretical conceptualizations of neuro-yoga as it is has evolved into contemporary biomedicine and psychology.
GNUR 5010: Introduction to Telehealth – 3 credits
Online
This course explores telehealth technologies and application to nursing practice. Focus is placed on translating telehealth technologies into practice through learning and utilizing real time video conferencing, home monitoring technologies, and store and forward technologies. Credentialing, reimbursement, regulatory, and policy issues related to implementation are emphasized.
GNUR 5230: Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare – 3 credits
Tu 1:00-4:00 p.m.
This seminar introduces students to the ethical and legal issues undergirding today's major healthcare issues. Students will engage US case law, ethical theories and public policy to grapple with the impact these issues have on current and future provision of health care.
GNUR 5390: Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System
Wed 5:00-7:30 p.m.
This course is designed to provide an overview of (1) how health care is financed, organized, and delivered in the U.S., as well as (2) the major policy challenges created by the system's organization, or lack thereof. In drawing from a variety of perspectives-including political science, economics and history-the course surveys the key stakeholders: those who pay for, provide and receive care.
HHE 5600: Health, Aging, and Society: An Interdisciplinary Seminar
Th 2:00-4:30 p.m.
Caring well for an aging population is among the greatest challenges facing the United States—and the world—not only in the near future, but also in the here and now. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its disproportionate effects on older adults, has exposed dramatic gaps between the health and social systems that aging Americans need, and those to which they have access. This course uses a multidisciplinary approach—encompassing history, biomedicine, public health, ethics, the social sciences, and literature (among others)—to explore these gaps, their impact, and their meaning. This exploration will also consider innovations in healthy aging aimed at closing these gaps. In so doing, methodologically, this course will engage the social challenge of aging through the lens of the “health humanities and ethics,” an interdisciplinary and interprofessional field of inquiry. Students will also have the option (not required) to contextualize their knowledge through service learning experiences with Virginia at Home, UVA’s home based primary care program for older adults, as well as through conversations with key leaders in social services for older adults in our region.
EDHS 5230: Women, Work, and Wellness
Online
Have you wondered what the world of work looks like for women? Is it just about equal pay or could there be deeper, systemic dynamics and systems in place than we realize? And what about "having it all" or a work-life balance? Explore what women experience(d) in the workplace in the past, present, and future. Specific attention will be given to career development and wellness models related to women and gender using a growth-oriented perspective.
EDIS 5000: The Exceptional Learner
Online
Introduction to the study of exceptional children and adults. Extends principles of learning and intellectual, socio-cultural, emotional, and physical development to persons with disabilities. Includes gifted, autism, TBI, dyslexia, ADHD and other medical conditions; historical, ethical, and legal aspects; application of federal/state regulatory requirements; identification, education, and evaluation of students with disabilities.
PSLP 5300 Foundations of Leadership
Online
Introduces students to various styles and theories of leadership. Through self-assessment and guided inquiry, students examine and create their own unique style of leadership. Students will develop approaches to adapt and modify leadership styles to various situations and individual personalities to influence organizational outcomes.
PSMP 5030 Introduction to Project Management
Online
Introduces students to the various aspects of the project life cycle and project management. Explores best practices and the application of these best practices for project success.
PSPM 5200 Project Schedule, Cost and Budget Control
Online
Introduces students to a variety of project scheduling and cost control techniques that are vital for a project to meet its schedule and cost goals and objectives. Concentrates on the variety of scheduling techniques (Gantt Chart, Critical Path Method, and Program Evaluation Review Technique) that can be used to guide and monitor project performance. Activities that are critical in preparing a realistic schedule are explored, discussed, and practiced. Students are then introduced to a variety of budgeting, cost estimating, and cost control techniques.
Spring 2025 Undergraduate Nursing Elective Offerings
NUIP 2250: Principles of Nutrition – 3 credits
Covers basic nutrition, nutrition for clients of various age groups and therapeutic diets, and nutrition of the critically ill, hospitalized patient.
NUIP 3230: Spanish for Health Care Providers - 3 credits
This introductory seminar facilitates the student's mastery of their Spanish language ability as applied to health care settings and encounters. It provides an introduction to the vocabulary and cultural relevancy of terms that are relevant to students planning to work in the healthcare professions to better serve Spanish-speaking patients and their families.
NUIP 4430: Statistics for Healthcare – 3 credits
This course is an introduction to data analysis for nursing and healthcare-related research. Course emphasis is on practical application and understanding how the research question drives the choice of particular statistical procedures. Descriptive and univariate inferential statistics will be covered. Students will learn how to create and manage simple databases in SPSS, interpret SPSS outputs, and draw statistical conclusions.
NURS 1010: First Year Seminar: Pathways to Success – 1 credit
This course is designed to assist first year nursing students in their transition to academic and college life and to ensure all students can thrive in college regardless of their backgrounds.
We will discuss and explore academics, diversity, goal setting, lifestyle choices, healthy behaviors, responsibility and commitment in personal actions, community service, and leadership.
NURS 3003: Nursing Leadership in Action – 3 credits
Online
This course provides nursing students opportunities to develop leadership and management skills through participation in a variety of programs and activities. Students learn how to work in cooperative relationships with peers, faculty, students in other disciplines, community service organizations, and the public in a service learning environment. Membership in National Student Nurses Association and Student Nurses Association of Virginia is a requirement. Instructor permission.
NURS 3005: Perioperative Nursing – 1-2 credits
This course serves to introduce students to the role of the professional nurse in the perioperative specialty area. The course begins with an overview of the history of perioperative nursing and the role of the professional nurse on the interdisciplinary team. The course explores the challenges of perioperative nursing, including safety issues, advocacy, and legal and ethical issues. The importance of continuity of care throughout the perioperative experience is a major theme in both the classroom and clinical content. The clinical focus is on understanding basic principles of asepsis, safety, and applying pathophysiology and pharmacology to specific patient care experiences. Prerequisite: Completion of Pharmacology and pathophysiology courses.
NURS 3006: Oncology Nursing and End of Life Care – 1-2 credits
This elective in Oncology Nursing gives undergraduate students an opportunity to experience the related specialties of oncology nursing, palliative care, and hospice care. They will be able to apply basic knowledge about cancer pathophysiology and nursing management and develop basic nursing skills as they visit selected clinical settings. The course will emphasize current concepts and practices in oncology nursing and issues related to palliative and hospice care. Prerequisite: Third-year and fourth-year traditional students or RN to BSN and MSN-CNL students; permission of instructor.
NURS 4006: Practicum in Leadership Development – 2 credits
The Independent Practicum in Clinical Leadership Development gives the student an opportunity to apply leadership theory and practices in the clinical setting through mentoring and coaching third year traditional and first-year second degree students during their assigned clinical rotations. Specific emphasis is given to developing basic teaching and precepting skills, serving as clinical resource, demonstrating performance of basic skills, and providing other with peer review and performance feedback. Instructor permission.
GNUR 5009: Medical Yoga – 3 credits
The Neuroscience, Medical Yoga, and Psychology course will provide students with a foundational understanding of the history and theory of yoga (and mindfulness) as it relates to an integrative healthcare modality. Students will explore a bio-neuro-psycho-spiritual model of care and health from both a historic perspective and from theoretical conceptualizations of neuro-yoga as it is has evolved into contemporary biomedicine and psychology.
GNUR 5390: Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System
This course is designed to provide an overview of (1) how health care is financed, organized, and delivered in the U.S., as well as (2) the major policy challenges created by the system's organization, or lack thereof. In drawing from a variety of perspectives-including political science, economics and history-the course surveys the key stakeholders: those who pay for, provide and receive care.
This course can be counted toward the social science/history area requirement for traditional BSN students.
Planners - Graduate Students
SIS Planners must be populated for all terms in the program and be up to date before Advisors will lift the Advising Hold.
Planners are a Board of Nursing requirement and are crucial elements to the course scheduling process from term-to-term.
Note: Students need to update their Planner whenever a revision to the standard Plan of Study (POS) is made.
Use SIS to register for the courses listed below. General education or elective courses should complete your full-time enrollment.
Attention: An asterisk (*) next to a course means that this is a clinical or lab that is picked for you by the School of Nursing. Remember: You cannot enroll in your clinicals or labs. Whitney Pippin, the BSN and CNL Program Manager, will do this for you. A list of clinical assignments will be sent to your UVA email as soon as they are available.
BSN Required Spring Courses
Second Year
- NUIP 2430: Pharmacology I (3 credits)
- NUIP 2311: REAL I (2 credits)
- NUIP 3420: Patho II (3 credits)
- NUCO 2440: Case Based Learning * (2 credits)
- An elective to be full-time
Third Years
- NUCO 3310: Pediatrics* OR NUCO 3610: Maternal/Child* (4 credits)
- NUCO 4210: Public Health* OR NUCO 4310: Psych Mental Health* (4 credits)
- NUIP 3311: REAL II (3 credits)
- An elective to be full-time
Fourth Years
- NUCO 4056: Health Policy (3 credits) - enroll in your assigned rotation
- NUCO 4710: Team Based Care (3 credits) - enroll in your assigned rotation
- NUCO 4720: Synthesis Practicum* (3 credits)
- NUCO 4730: Professional Nursing Practice Synthesis (3 credits)
To be certain that courses enrolled in do satisfy the expected requirement, refer to the Academic Requirements report in SIS after placing the courses in the Planner or Shopping Cart.
Use SIS to register for the courses listed below. General education or elective courses should complete your full-time enrollment.
Attention: An asterisk (*) next to a course means that this is a clinical or lab that is picked for you by the School of Nursing. Remember: You cannot enroll in your clinicals or labs. Whitney Pippin, the BSN and CNL Program Manager, will do this for you. A list of clinical assignments will be sent to your UVA email as soon as they are available.
Spring Courses
ABSN Year 1
- NUIP 2311 - Section 3: REAL I (2 credits)
- NUIP 3430: Pharmacology II (3 credits)
- NUCO 3110: Adult Gero * (4 credits)
- NUCO 4310: Psych Mental Health * (4 credits)
ABSN Year 2
- NUCO 4056: Health Policy (3 credits) - enroll in your assigned rotation
- NUCO 4710: Team Based Care (3 credits) - enroll in your assigned rotation
- NUCO 4720: Synthesis Practicum* (3 credits)
- NUCO 4730: Professional Nursing Practice Synthesis (3 credits)
RN-to-BSN Required Courses
Spring Courses:
Students will enroll themselves in the courses listed below. It is important that you select the course section that matches your site location. Section 1 = Charlottesville, Section 2 = Richmond and Section 3 = Northern Virginia
1st Year RN to BSNs:
- NUIP 4420: Basic Research Concepts (4 credits)
- NUCO 4450: Population & Public Health Nursing Perspectives (3 credits)
In person class dates: 1/14/2025, 2/11/2025, 3/18/2025, 4/22/2025
2nd Year RN to BSNs:
- NUIP 4200: Pathophysiology (4 credits)
- NUCO 4440: Trends & Issues in Clinical Nursing Practice (3 credits)
In person class dates: 1/21/2025, 2/18/2025, 3/25/2025, 4/29/2025
CNL Required Courses
For Spring Semester
Year 1 CNL Students enroll in:
- GCNL 5130: Clinical Practice & Decision-Making: Nursing Care of Adults with Common Health Problems*
- GCNL 5170: Clinical Practice & Decision-Making: Nursing Care of Persons with Complex Health Problems*
- GCNL 5230: Theory for Research and Nursing Practice
- GNUR 5260: Care Environment Management I & Leading Teams
- GNUR 6010: Advanced Pathophysiology
Year 2 CNL Students enroll in:
- GCNL 5250: CNL in the Health Care System
- GCNL 5991: CNL Role Immersion & Capstone*
- GNUR 6052: Epidemiology and World Health
- GNUR 6056: Health Policy: Leading Change to Advance Population Health
*Courses in which the CNL Program Manager must enroll you in.
Post-BSN RN-CNL Required Courses
For the Spring Semester
Year 1 post-BSN RN-CNL Students enroll in:
- GNUR 5260: Care Environment Management I & Leading Teams
- GNUR 6052: Epidemiology and World Health
Year 2 post-BSN RN-CNL Students enroll in:
- GCNL 5250: CNL in the Health Care System
- GCNL 5991: CNL Role Immersion & Capstone*
*Courses in which the CNL Program Manager must enroll you in. Please email your request to enroll to Whitney Pippin at wmp5w@virginia.edu.
Post-ADN RN-CNL Required Courses
For the Spring Semester
Year 1 post-ADN RN-CNL Students enroll in:
- GCNL 5230: Theory for Research and Nursing Practice
- GNUR 5260: Care Environment Management I & Leading Teams
- GNUR 6010: Advanced Pathophysiology
Year 2 post-ADN RN-CNL Students enroll in:
- GCNL 5250: CNL in the Health Care System
- GCNL 5991: CNL Role Immersion & Capstone*
- GNUR 6052: Epidemiology and World Health*
*Courses in which the CNL Program Manager must enroll you in. Please email your request to enroll to Whitney Pippin at wmp5w@virginia.edu.
MSN Course Information
SIS Planners must be reviewed and updated as needed each semester. The planner must be updated before advisors can lift the Advising Hold in SIS.
Please reference your planner and the Graduate Plans of Study for enrollment.
Summer Semester 2024:
In-person class dates: 5/28, 6/11, 6/25, 7/9, and 7/30
Fall Semester 2024:
In-person class dates: 8/27 for Stats Only, 9/3, 9/17, 10/15, 11/19, and 12/3
Link to Plans of Study:
You will find BSN-DNP standard track POS's, BSN-DNP accelerated track POS's, and Post-Master's DNP POS's.
https://community.nursing.virginia.edu/students/academic-resources/curriculum/
Department Consent Form for GNUR 9600:
This is a required DocuSign form to be completed by you, the student, signed by your advisor, and then lastly signed by the APRN/DNP Program Manager. Once the form is complete, you will be manually enrolled in GNUR 9600 by the APRN/DNP Program Manager.
https://apps.nursing.virginia.edu/forms/dnp-department-consent/
Health Sciences Library:
https://guides.hsl.virginia.edu/SON
PhD Required Courses
For the Spring Semester:
Year 1 PhD students enroll in:
- GNUR 8110: Quantitative Research Methods
- GNUR 8120: Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
- GNUR 8140: Statistical Methods for Health Care Research II
- GNUR 8230: Historical Inquiry in Nursing
Year 2 PhD students enroll in:
- Cognates and electives
Variable Semesters
- GNUR 8435: Scholarship in Research Ethics OR (BIMS 7100)
- BIMS 7100: Research Ethics OR (PHSE 7650)
- GNUR 9110: Research Practicum (4 credits minimum)
- GNUR 9890: Dissertation Seminar (enroll post-comprehensive exam)
- GNUR 9999: Dissertation Research (enroll post-dissertation proposal approval)
- Cognates and Electives
GSAS Dissertation and Graduation Requirements
Please refer to the GSAS website for important information related to Dissertation approval and Graduation.
Important Dates
Apply to Graduate:
- Fall Semester - by October 1st
- Spring Semester - by February 1st
- Summer Semester - by July 1st
All degree requirements (except grades) are expected to be completed by the following deadlines:
- Fall Semester - November 30th
- Spring Semester - April 30th
- Summer Semester - July 31st
Contacts
School of Nursing Registrar
CMN 1026
son-registrar@virginia.edu
BSN Program Manager
Diana Torres
MCL 4044
gqf9ta@virginia.edu
CNL & PhD Program Manager
Whitney Pippin
CMN 2017
wmp5w@virginia.edu
Advanced Practice Program Manager (MSNs and DNPs)
Devan Cooper
MCL 4017
ded6v@virginia.edu
Checklist
Checklist
- All students graduating in December must apply to graduate in SIS.
- Graduate students must be sure the Planner is up to date in SIS.
- Meet with your Advisor.
- Make sure all Holds are cleared.
- Enroll in Summer and Fall courses in SIS at the assigned date and time.