Nursing

The Nursing Program at Westminster University

To become a nurse who puts patients’ needs at the forefront, you need a nursing program that prioritizes your skills, understanding, and experience. Westminster layers a rich foundation of liberal arts with faculty mentoring and a student-focused learning environment.

In addition to being to admitted to Westminster, students interested in pursuing the Nursing program must be admitted to the program. The application process for the program varies based on if you are a high school senior (direct entry or early admit), transferring to Westminster, are a current Westminster student, or returning for a second degree.

Learning is a Lively Activity

Learning in the nursing program happens in a broad range of environment including classroom, lab, simulation, and bed-side nursing in clinical settings. The focus of the program is on active student learning, coaching, and mentoring. Professors serve as teachers, facilitators, and mentors. Every student is assigned a faculty advisor who guides and oversees student pathways to learning, clinical and academic success.

Westminster's nursing faculty are teaching faculty. This allows creation of an environment that inspires meaningful discussions, hands-on learning, effective clinical decision making, and critical thinking. Students utilize state-of-the-art facilities in the Nursing Skills and Simulation Lab to develop and maintain competencies essentials to a career in nursing; these tools include high fidelity mannequins and dynamic simulations Student nurses are afforded the opportunity to apply their nursing knowledge base and clinical skills to patience care in a safe environment.

Why Pursue a Profession in Nursing?

Westminster's nursing program enables one to pursue a life in the profession of nursing. People become nurses to help maintain and develop patient health. In addition to being prepared to provide ethically-minded care to patients, the nursing program enables you to develop leaderships skills throughout the program. Close interactions with faculty, preceptors, and healthcare departments give a global view of healthcare.

What Are the Key Benefits of the Nursing Program?

• Faculty-led tours and in-depth program information for prospective students

• Small class sizes allow students to receive valuable coaching and mentoring from faculty

• 4-semester curriculum with courses developed to enhance learning and reinforce principles and concepts learned in the classroom, labs, and clinical experiences

• Active learning provides students with the skills and knowledge to be competent registered nurses

• Clinical experiences in various healthcare settings provide students with the opportunity to develop well-rounded nursing competencies

• Community nursing experiences facilitate awareness and understanding of health policy and population health

• Dedicated, professional faculty of expert nurses

• Networking and community-building opportunities through the Student Nurses of Westminster (SNOW) club
• Faculty advising and a pathway for exceptional Nursing students who would like to immediately apply for APRN or NP degrees.

sample nursing courses

liberal education courses

You must complete the WCore program or join the Honors College (and complete requirements) to fulfill your liberal education credits.

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