愿景声明
The Eleanor Wade Custer 护理学院 at 澳门线上赌博平台大学 will be a recognized leader in educational and professional development with dynamic diverse programs that span the continuum of learning. The humanitarian contributions embedded in the community by faculty and students will distinguish the 护理学院 as unique and strengthen the profession of nursing.
使命宣言
The mission of the 护理学院 is to empower lifelong learners who provide evidence-based, 富有同情心的护理促进所有人的健康.
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澳门网上赌博平台的护理史
The nursing program at Shenandoah began in 1962 when Winchester Medical Center, 然后是有400张床位的社区医院, transferred its diploma nursing program into this academic setting. In 1981, 教师和项目负责人, responding to the American Nurses Association (ANA) endorsement of the baccalaureate degree as the minimal education qualification for entry into professional nursing practice, sought to determine the need for BSN nurses in the local community. The faculty developed and established a post-RN baccalaureate in nursing program. The program offers a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing (BSN), and is the entry point for registered nurses wishing to earn their degree. The RN-BSN program achieved initial National League for Nursing (NLN) accreditation for the undergraduate BSN program in 1993.
Expanding on its accomplishments and based on an analysis of community needs assessment, 1995年, conceptualized three specialty tracks; those were Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Nurse-Midwifery (NMW), 和成人健康.
Students seeking a Master of Science in Nursing now have the option of seeking psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner certification as well as the FNP and NMW. Fall 2008 witnessed the inception of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. The initial DNP programs were for FNPs and PMHNPs. In 2016, the DNP for 健康 Systems 领导 was initiated.
Most of the faculty members hold doctorates and several hold Master’s Degrees in Nursing. The faculty includes Certified Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP), 注册临床专科护士(CNS), 注册护士助产士(CNM), and dually certified as Nurse Practitioner Psychiatric (NPP) and a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatric Mental 健康 Nursing.
The Northern Virginia campus was founded in 2001 with an accelerated BSN program, 每年有两次招生——秋季和春季.
In 2008, the Division of Nursing welcomed the addition of 继续教育 and Parish/Faith Community Nursing.
The Division of Nursing became the Eleanor Wade Custer 护理学院 in October, 2012, named after a long-time supporter of nursing at 澳门线上赌博平台大学. At that time the Division of Respiratory Care was moved into the 护理学院. The 护理学院 now has its own Dean and governance independent from the 卫生专业学院. In 2017, 澳门线上赌博平台大学 and INOVA created a partnership to educate the next generation of health care professionals. Programs in 澳门线上赌博平台大学’s health professions, 包括护理, 八月开始, 2017, 在费尔法克斯的新校区, VA, known as the INOVA Center for Personalized 健康 (ICPH). Graduate programs in nursing offered at this campus are a Master of Science in Nursing or post graduate certificate as a Psychiatric Mental 健康 Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) and a Master of Science in Nursing or post graduate certificate as an Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP). A new certificate in Patient Care Navigation is also offered. All programs are designed to serve the needs of current, practicing health care professionals both at INOVA and across the country.
10月5日, 2012, at a gala marking the 50th anniversary of 澳门线上赌博平台大学 Nursing, 大学校长博士. Tracy Fitzsimmons announced the transition of the SU Division of Nursing to the Eleanor Wade Custer 护理学院, 博士命名. Kathryn Ganske, director, as the first dean of the School.
On June 30, 2016, the 护理学院 welcomed Kathleen LaSala, Ph.D., RN, PNP, CNE as dean, who remained dean through January 2020. 丽莎·莱文森博士.D., RN was the Acting Dean until September 2023 when she became Dean of the Eleanor Wade Custer 护理学院.
Eleanor Wade Custer was a tireless supporter of nursing. She was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Francis Payne Bolt 护理学院, and she worked at both Johns Hopkins and the Cleveland 访问ing Nurses Association. In 1983, the nursing center at 澳门线上赌博平台大学 was named for her, and will be carried forward as the name of our new school of nursing.
SU Nursing has accomplished much over the past 50 years, growing to the third largest program at the university, 有480多名学生. Nursing has also garnered nearly $6 million in grants and scholarships, increasing its reputation through faculty and staff recruitment and serving on regional and national boards. 我们为我们所取得的成就感到自豪, providing an outstanding education to new and advanced practice nurses for 50 years!