The School of Nursing offers

  • career-oriented education and outcomes
  • pre-licensure preparation
  • graduate nursing education  in a variety of specialties

In all of our innovative programs, students obtain a breadth of complex healthcare knowledge, clinical reasoning skills, and technological expertise that enable them to deliver high-quality population-oriented healthcare from prevention to end of life. Our nurses complete our program prepared as population health experts in acute care and settings.

Graduate and doctoral students in practice and research work closely with individual faculty to gain in-depth clinical specialty knowledge or research expertise in several specialty areas, including aging, mental health, community engagement and health disparities, and symptom and data science.

call for public comments for CCNE reaccreditation

The University of Delaware School of Nursing BSN, MSN, post-graduate APRN certificate and DNP programs are pursuing reaccreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the accrediting body of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The on-site evaluation is scheduled for March 12-14, 2025.

 

Written third-party comments will be received by CCNE until 21 days before the accreditation visit. All comments must be received by CCNE no later than February 19, 2025. Only signed comments are accepted by CCNE. CCNE shares third-party comments with members of the evaluation team prior to the visit, but at no time during the review process are these comments shared with the program. During its review of the program, the evaluation team considers third-party comments that relate to the accreditation standards. All third-party comments submitted to CCNE must be written in English, consistent with CCNE’s policy on Conduct of Business in English.

 

If you would like to submit a third-party comment for the University of Delaware, BSN, MSN, post-graduate APRN certificate, and DNP programs, please submit to: thirdpartycomments@ccneaccreditation.org.

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EXPLORE OUR PROGRAMS

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master's degree program in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post graduate APRN certificate program at the University of Delaware are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).

Why choose University of Delaware's School Nursing?: youtube.com/watch?v=Y8oIuyrkPiA

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OUR RESEARCH

 

Interdisciplinary research in the School of Nursing focuses on aging, symptom science and healthcare innovations including technology and big data analysis. External funding from NIH and other R01-level funded grants put our faculty on the forefront of the science behind healthcare’s toughest challenges.

 

Nursing Simulation Labs in McDowell 105 and 121.

UD's Center for Simulation Innovation Interdisciplinary Education and Entrepreneurship: youtube.com/watch?v=O4c91kH9Lao

SIMULATION

 

The UD Center for Simulation Innovation, Interdisciplinary Education, and Entrepreneurship is a cornerstone of the School of Nursing experience. Innovative programs and state-of-the-art facilities enrich the learning environment for our students, giving them a deeper understanding of patient care. 

 

CLINICAL CARE

 

UD Health’s Nurse Managed Primary Care Center provides a wide range of healthcare services for adults, and gives students the opportunity to put classroom theory into practice.

Nurse Practitioners at the Nurse Managed Health Center (NMHC) working with patients and students. - (Evan Krape / University of Delaware)

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