Required RSVP
To reserve your seat or decline acceptance, the RSVP Form (sent to you via NursingCAS notification) must be completed and emailed directly to traditionalbsn@csub.edu. The RSVP form is to be received no later than the deadline stated on your conditional acceptance notice.
Post-Acceptance Requirements
We’ve partnered with Verified Credentials to complete your Background Check and Drug Screening. To get started, create an account using the code provided in your Student Letter. If you did not receive this letter, please contact us at nursing@csub.edu.
IMPORTANT: Only complete the background check and drug screening before your assigned deadline. Do not complete any post acceptance requirements until after the first orientation. You will receive specific instructions at that time.
Additional Requirements Instructions
- Clinical Requirements Reference Sheet
- Students should begin gathering and preparing records for the required items as soon as possible. Do not upload any documents to Verified Credentials until after the first orientation.
- Canvas Requirements
- Review the documents carefully and sign. These documents will be submitted in the Nursing Communication Center (NCC) on Canvas after the July Orientation.
- BSN Clinical Agreement Form
- Review the below documents for each topic, initial on the Clinical Agreement form
that you have read them. You will then submit the Clinical Agreement Form to NCC.
- Photo Release Agreement
- Undergraduate Handbook Acknowledgment (must review the Handbook)
- Guidelines for Professional Appearance
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Review the below documents for each topic, initial on the Clinical Agreement form
that you have read them. You will then submit the Clinical Agreement Form to NCC.
- Kaplan Package Payment Instructions
- Information coming soon!
- HealthStream
- Students will complete their clinical training modules through the HealthStream service.
- Mask Fit/ Respirator Fit Test
- This requirement will be completed within the first two weeks of the fall semester as part of your clinical course. Please do not complete this requirement until further notice.
Final Official Transcripts (non-CSUB courses)
Final official transcripts to include Spring 2026 grades (prerequisites, cognates, general education, and/or electives) are to be received in the Office of Admissions by July 1, 2026. Official Transcripts must be official and may base sent directly from the institution (college/university) or through a transcript servicing service to incomingtranscripts@csub.edu. Official transcripts can also be mailed to the following address:
California State University, Bakersfield
Office of Admissions and Records, 47SA
9001 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, CA 93311-1022
Mandatory Nursing Student Orientations
More information on orientation will be sent via email. Failure to attend both orientations will result in being administratively dropped from the nursing program. Should there be extenuating circumstances that conflict, you will be expected to contact the Department of Nursing immediately at nursing@csub.edu.
- Orientation 1: July 21st (In person)
- Orientation 2: August 17th (In person)
You will be expected to wear your CSUB Nursing uniform to this Orientation 2, please plan accordingly.
Please read the Guidelines for Professional Appearance.
Appropriate scrubs with required embroidery may be purchased at Personally Yours Embroidery. You will find contact information and the Order Form below. Please complete one Order Form. All prices include the CSUB emblem over the left chest.
- Order Form Rayon (Polyester/Rayon)
Failure to complete requirements as expected will result in revoked admissions status to the Traditional BSN program and non-enrollment into nursing courses.