Current News

New Program - Doctor of Nursing Practice

Our new Doctor of Nursing Practice program is scheduled to start Fall of 2010

Congratulations faculty and students: Celebrating 100% pass rates!

Congratulations UNC, School of Nursing faculty and December 2008,Baccalaureate graduates on a 100% NCLEX pass rate…. AND, Congratulations to graduate faculty and FNP graduates in 2008: ANCC nurse practitioner certification pass rate continues at 100%! UNC’s FNP pass rate has consistently been 100% since 2003.

Center to Champion Nursing in America

National Summit addressing Faculty Capacity Issues in the U.S., June, 2008

Fulbright Fellow

Dr. Janice Hayes, coordinator of the Doctoral Program in the School of Nursing is also a Senior Fulbright Fellow who worked with preschool children in Jamaica. Her work focused on developmental outcomes in preschool children.

The Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. The program is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Criteria used to choose scholarship recipients include reputation as a scholar, artist or professional; teaching ability; research activity; previous experience abroad; and ability to serve as a cultural ambassador.

Nursing faculty gain prestigious certification

Certified Nurse Educators

The School of Nursing is home to three nurse educators who have passed the National League for Nursing Certified Nurse Educator CM Examination. Passing this rigorous exam recognizes that the nurse educator is committed to high standards of excellence and demonstrates their expertise in the role of nurse educator. Dr. Debra Leners, Director of the School of Nursing, Dr. Carol Roehrs, Maternal-Newborn Nursing Coordinator and Bret Lyman, Nursing Foundations Coordinator are all Certified Nurse Educators.

The School of Nursing located on the 3rd floor of Gunter Hall is part of the College of Natural and Health Sciences. Approximately 100 baccalaureate students and 25 masters level students graduate each year from its programs. In 2008, there were 10 graduates from the PhD program. The PhD program admitted its first cohort in 2004. The School’s programs are approved by the Colorado State Board of Nursing and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

The Nursing Program offers several degree and certificate options including a bachelors of science degree in nursing (traditional, RN to BS, and second degree options), masters of science in nursing (education emphasis, clinical nurse specialist, or family nurse practitioner emphasis), and a doctoral degree in nursing education. Certificate programs are offered in nursing education, family nurse practitioner, and transcultural nursing.

Nursing faculty are clinical experts who believe in the importance of clinical practice both for themselves and their students. Approximately 70% of the faculty are doctorally prepared and their research activities are in areas such as chronic illness, nursing education and cultural aspects of health care.