• Appropriate references are from those who have worked with you in a supervisory or leadership capacity in a professional setting.
• References from peer-level co-workers, close friends, or relatives are not appropriate.

You will enter your reference contact information into the application. Please use professional emails (not personal - i.e. Gmail, Yahoo) and include the reference's job title. Electronic evaluation requests will be sent to your references once you submit their information into the application. (Note: You do not have to wait until you have all items of the application complete and ready to submit - if the application deadline is nearing, we recommend submitting your evaluation requests ASAP to give your references adequate time to respond while you work on completing the other components of the application.)

Be sure to return to your application to verify that your references have submitted their evaluation - it is your responsibility to ensure that you have two evaluations by the application deadline. Applications must be complete by the application deadline in order to be forwarded to faculty for review.

Your resume or CV should include, if applicable:

• RN experience—be sure to include employment dates (month & year) and include details such as role and unit
• Other healthcare-related work experience
• Significant prior careers
• National certifications (please spell out certification & organization names - do not use acronyms)
• Professional development
• Leadership and/or committee roles in your place of employment (examples: charge nurse, shift leader, nurse manager, committee member, committee chair)
• Awards, nominations, or other recognition with the field of healthcare or academics
• Preceptor and/or teaching experience
• Research experience
• Healthcare-related volunteer experience
• Membership to nursing organizations—be sure to denote any committee service or leadership roles held

There is no page limit—please feel free to use as much space as you need to in order to convey to the admission committee who you are as a nurse and potential graduate student. The IU School of Nursing does not provide a resume template. You may use whatever resume format you prefer.

Complete and submit an IU graduate application for your intended nurse practitioner program by the application deadline. We recommend using Google Chrome to complete your application.

Be sure to upload the required supplemental materials to your application before submitting:

• Résumé/CV
• RN License

You do not need to upload unofficial transcripts to your application.There are optional places in the application to do so, but you may skip those.

If you have questions about your application submission, please contact Graduate Nursing Admissions at nuadmit@iu.edu.

Request official transcripts be sent from ALL college and universities that you have previously attended (including IU). Only transcripts sent directly from the institution to the IU Indianapolis Graduate School are considered official.

IU Student Transcripts: Applicants must request their IU transcripts through the Office of the Registrar (How to Order). There is no charge to the student/applicant for electronic delivery. 

• Current or recently enrolled students with active IU computing accounts request transcripts here (One.IU login required). 
• Former students request transcripts here (FireForm).

Mailing address for printed transcripts:
IU Indianapolis Graduate School
University Library 1170
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Official transcripts must be received by the School of Nursing no later than 14 days after the application deadline.