NURSING PROGRAMS - Regis College
NURSING PROGRAMS - Regis College
NURSING PROGRAMS - Regis College
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welcome<br />
PENELOPE GLYNN, _<br />
PHD, RN, ANP<br />
DEAN, SCHOOL OF<br />
<strong>NURSING</strong>, SCIENCE &<br />
HEALTH PROFESSIONS<br />
_Dear Prospective Student:<br />
Nursing at <strong>Regis</strong> <strong>College</strong> has a twenty-eight-year history and has evolved<br />
into one of the most reputable programs in Massachusetts and the country.<br />
Starting as a small RN-to-BS Upward Mobility degree-completion<br />
program, <strong>Regis</strong> nursing currently has five tracks comprised of 500 graduate<br />
and 250 undergraduate students. It is the most rapidly growing major<br />
at the <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Housed in the School of Nursing, Science and Health Professions, nursing<br />
at <strong>Regis</strong> consists of four programs: associate, baccalaureate, master’s<br />
and doctorate.<br />
why <strong>Regis</strong> <strong>College</strong>?<br />
Our Lawrence Memorial/<strong>Regis</strong> <strong>College</strong> Associate Degree Collaborative<br />
program* offered on the Medford campus provides students the option to earn an associate degree in Nursing with barrier free<br />
matriculation into the RN-BS-MS Upward Mobility track.<br />
The undergraduate baccalaureate program is a four-year traditional pre-licensure program and the fastest growing major at<br />
the <strong>College</strong>. Select undergraduate students may qualify for the Degree-in-Three program by approval of the Vice President<br />
for Academic Affairs.<br />
Within the graduate program, nursing offers a nurse practitioner track with specialties in family health, psychiatric/mental<br />
health, women’s health, and pediatrics, a clinical specialist track in adult acute/critical care, as well as the nursing leadership/health<br />
administration track, and the nursing leadership/regulatory and clinical research management track. The Doctor<br />
of Nursing Practice (DNP) curriculum is a post-master’s curriculum built upon advanced practice curriculum and is designed<br />
for the Clinical Specialist, Nurse Practitioner, or Nurse Leader. The DNP curriculum is comprised of an eight-course core curriculum<br />
and three electives. Students may elect concentration in leadership, education, health policy, gerontology, health<br />
informatics, or integrative health. The leadership concentration is focused on leadership and management in advanced<br />
practice with an orientation toward aggregate systems, health policy, and aggregate populations. Selection of the nursing<br />
education concentration provides the opportunity for DNP candidates to obtain additional pedagogy in educational theory, _<br />
and curriculum development and assessment toward the promotion of doctoral-prepared nurse educators.<br />
Despite the current and predicted growth, the nursing programs have maintained their true essence of flexibility, openness,<br />
and dedication to individual learning and program planning. The hallmark of our program is dedication to accessibility, support,<br />
and embracement of diversity of students.<br />
While the <strong>Regis</strong> <strong>College</strong> undergraduate nursing program is committed to educating future nurses who will practice in hospitals,<br />
clinics, nursing homes, and in home care, the graduate and doctoral programs build on the undergraduate foundation to prepare<br />
future nursing leaders, nurse practitioners, and nurse educators. One thousand nurses have graduated from <strong>Regis</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
and have become leaders in advanced practice, administration, academe, research, and government.<br />
The <strong>Regis</strong> <strong>College</strong> master’s and doctoral programs cater to the adult learner with part-time, evening, and weekend options in<br />
the following programs of study:<br />
■ RN-to-BS-to-MS Upward Mobility<br />
■ RN to MS in Nursing for RNs holding a previous non-nurse<br />
baccalaureate degree<br />
■ Certificate Program in Nursing Leadership<br />
■ Accelerated BS/MS in Nursing for non-nurse college graduates;<br />
accelerated program for career changers (full-time only)<br />
■ Part-time BS in Nursing for non-nurse college graduates<br />
■ MS in Nursing Leadership/Health Administration<br />
■ MS in Nursing Leadership/Regulatory & Clinical Research<br />
Management<br />
■ MS Nurse Practitioner<br />
■ MS Clinical Nurse Specialist<br />
■ Post-Master’s Nursing Certificates: Nurse Practitioner and<br />
Nursing Education<br />
■ Doctor of Nursing Practice<br />
The faculty and staff at <strong>Regis</strong> <strong>College</strong> embrace the opportunity to play a role within the college and profession while<br />
educating qualified, highly-skilled nurses. We continue to promote our program as one with excellence, coupled with<br />
compassion and tenderness.<br />
I wish you the best as you embark on your nursing endeavors.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Penelope Glynn, PhD, RN, ANP<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> <strong>College</strong> offers nursing<br />
programs that are designed to<br />
be responsive to your needs,<br />
your goals, and your schedule.<br />
Our students say the nursing programs at <strong>Regis</strong>:<br />
■ provide a wide base of knowledge<br />
■ are taught by supportive and experienced<br />
faculty<br />
■ include excellent clinical placements<br />
■ offer flexible class schedules that<br />
accommodate the needs of working nurses<br />
■ are dedicated to global connections<br />
<strong>Regis</strong> partners with nursing faculty in Haiti<br />
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