Department of Nursing
275 Mount Carmel Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518
Quinnipiac University
Quinnipiac University has a lot to offer, including nationally recognized academic programs, a corps of dedicated and gifted professors, a full array of technologies and computer networks, and lively community life on a beautiful campus. These attributes combine to produce graduates ready to make their mark in the world.
Our location in Hamden, Connecticut, halfway between New York City and Boston, places us at the center of one of the Northeast's most dynamic corporate and health care corridors, and we are just minutes away from the theaters, museums and concert halls of New Haven. Quinnipiac's scenic 300-acre campus, situated adjacent to Sleeping Giant Mountain, offers an ideal environment for teaching and learning as well as a variety of outdoor activities.
The Department of Nursing
The undergraduate and graduate nursing programs offered by the Department of Nursing at Quinnipiac University are based on the following philosophical beliefs about nursing, holistic health and education:
Nursing is a creative, goal directed and evidence-based practice discipline concerned with the health and dignity of the whole person. Professional nursing encompasses the use of the political process to influence change in the health care delivery system and foster support for nursing education and research.
Holistic health occurs on a continuum, results from continual person-environment interaction, and is unique to each individual. Each person has the right to a level of health that ensures the maximization of his/her potential as an individual, a family member and a contributing member of a community.
Education is a dynamic, cognitive, multi-sensory process that provides for an individual's continued growth and development in a changing world of diverse cultures. It occurs in a highly personalized, student-centered learning community which provides for a reciprocal interchange based on mutual respect and integrity. This encourages the learner to think critically and creatively, become an effective communicator, and be able to make informed value judgments.
Quinnipiac's approach to professional education reflects the personal attention and care expected of our health care graduates. Quinnipiac offers:
- Small classes and individuals attention with a low student/faculty ratio
- Full-time or part-time schedules to accommodate personal responsibilities
- Excellent clinical and preceptored experiences guided by the faculty
- Guest lecturers who are expert health care professionals
- An outstanding, experienced faculty prepared at the doctoral level
- An excellent record of graduate employment soon after graduation
- Extensive library facilities, including professional and web-based data bases
- Pass rates over 90 percent on national certification examinations
