Nursing

School of Nursing

 

Nursing Sciences Building

NAU, PO Box 15035, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5035

928-523-2671 (fax 928-523-7171)

 

http://www.nau.edu/nursing/

 

Executive Director

Ilene Decker

Undergraduate Information

You may pursue the following undergraduate academic programs in NAU’s School of Nursing:

Nursing education at NAU involves challenging and rewarding coursework that reflects the standards of professional nursing and prepares you to be a competent professional practicing in a variety of health-care settings; our plans also prepare you for admission to graduate school.

 

Throughout  our programs, you learn to think critically, work collaboratively, and function interdependently, using a systematic approach to assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for individuals, families, groups, and communities in a variety of urban and rural settings. We emphasize the health-care needs of rural and diverse populations, especially American Indians.

 

We prepare you to function as a leader, innovator, and caring practitioner in health-care settings and professional nursing organizations, and we focus on holistic nursing principles and practices that reflect a body of knowledge based in nursing art and science as well as the natural and social sciences, humanities, and arts.

 

Clinical experiences are an integral component of NAU’s nursing program. Because our program focuses on rural health, you participate in a wide variety of clinical learning experiences in health-care facilities and community agencies throughout Arizona.  Please be aware that you are responsible for your own travel and overnight expenses during all clinical experiences.

 

To be admitted, you must apply to both the nursing program and to NAU. Please refer to the School of Nursing website at http://www.nau.edu/nursing/ for current admission requirements, on-line applications, and application deadlines. For advisement, contact the School of Nursing.

 

NAU’s nursing program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and is approved by the Arizona State Board of Nursing.

 

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Graduate Information

You may pursue the following graduate academic plans through the School of Nursing:

We offer these academic plans, which are approved by the Arizona State Board of Nursing and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, to prepare nurses to function in rural health settings, with the focus on meeting the health needs of cross-cultural and rural populations within Arizona.

 

These plans prepare you to assume a variety of roles, such as leadership and management, case management, education, public health, or family nurse practitioner, depending on your area of interest.

 

Please be aware that you are required to travel extensively as our clinical practica are in rural areas. You are responsible for your own housing and transportation expenses.

 

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