College of Nursing and Health care Professions

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1 College of Nursig ad Health care Professios

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3 a history of excellece Grad Cayo Uiversity s College of Nursig ad Health Care Professios has bee providig a outstadig health care educatio for over 25 years. The College prides itself o the ability to create degree programs based o the demad for highly qualified health care professioals. Set i a eviromet that provides extesive hadso traiig, the College of Nursig ad Health Care Professios provides quality ursig ad health care simulatios ad a outstadig huma dissectio ad aatomy program. As a GCU ursig or health care professios studet, you are cotiually asked to make a coectio betwee what is leared, its relevace, ad its applicatio. You are able to apply the kowledge ad skills you ve leared directly to your ursig or health care professios job. reasos urses choose gcu s college of ursig ad health care professios demadig curriculum Our demadig curriculum i both our bachelor s ad master s degree programs ehaces itellectual kowledge ad develops critical thikig skills that serve our graduates throughout their career progressio. coveiece With the majority of our programs you have the choice to take your classes olie or at our traditioal campus. flexibility to meet your eeds GCU offers programs with a full or part time optio. i-demad career field Our health care professios programs are geared toward real-world applicatio for i-demad career fields. highly-recogized ursig ad health care programs Grad Cayo Uiversity s ursig ad health care programs provide quality educatio through a exceptioal curriculum that fuses academic ad cliical rigor with Christia values. This outstadig educatio prepares studets to become skilled, carig ursig ad health care professioals, who are equipped to meet the challeges of a rapidly-chagig health care settig. The RN to BSN program started i 1988 ad allows studets with a Associate s Degree i Nursig to trasfer i up to 84 commuity college credits. Studets who have a Diploma i Nursig will be give credit for 60 college credits. If these studets have take ay additioal college credits, they will be reviewed for trasfer up to 84 credits. The RN to BSN program is offered i a variety of modalities: olie, o-campus at all GCU locatios, as well as through cohorts at various hospital parter locatios. The Master of Sciece i Nursig (MSN) programs started i 2004 ad some are offered completely olie. The olie offerigs iclude the Master of Sciece i Nursig with a Emphasis i Nursig Leadership ad the Master of Sciece i Nursig with a Emphasis i Nursig Educatio. trasfer friedly We will request your trascripts, evaluate your graduate coursework, ad determie your aticipated graduatio date withi 24 hours. No GRE or etrace exams are required. earlier graduatio Our 4-credit courses allow you to complete your degree program i less time. fiacial optios Take advatage of umerous fiacig optios icludig scholarships for academic achievemet. GCU s olie graduate ursig programs were raked #8 i the atio by U.S. News ad World Report. U.S. News ad World Report, Studet Egagemet ad Accreditatio Survey, 2012

4 the growig field of ursig The educatio I received through this program was top-quality ad provided a learig-eriched eviromet that surpassed other ursig programs that I had experieced. I liked the cooperatio betwee my employer ad the college, which helped bridge a gap i the ursig educatio system for the adult learer with other commitmets. Joseph J. Gaw, RN, BSN, Nursig The field of ursig is projected to experiece a rapid rate of growth over the ext decade due to the agig of the baby boomer geeratio, as well as techological advaces i patiet care. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that urses will experiece a 22 percet job growth from 2008 to 2018, which meas there will be approximately 3.2 millio jobs available for registered urses by 2018.* Based o these projectios, quality ursig programs are ecessary to meet future demad. a record for success Nurses impact the lives of others i a major way, which is oe of the mai motivatios most idividuals have for pursuig a degree i this rewardig field. Studets who pla to become professioal registered urses (RNs) ca eter GCU as freshme to begi the pre-requisites, or come later with trasfer hours. They will ear a Bachelor of Sciece i Nursig (BSN) degree ad be prepared for a excitig health care career. Our traditioal BSN program icludes five semesters of cliical coursework to develop the studet s skills from the begiig health care level to the professioal level ad to istill ad develop leadership skills appropriate to the role of the urse i today s health care system. atioally accredited ursig program Grad Cayo Uiversity sets the stadard i esurig that your degree is valuable ad recogized, with the followig accreditatios: The baccalaureate degree i ursig, master s degree i ursig, ad post-graduate APRN certificates at Grad Cayo Uiversity are accredited by the Commissio o Collegiate Nursig Educatio ( GCU s College of Nursig ad Health Care Professios is also approved by the Arizoa State Board of Nursig. Grad Cayo Uiversity is regioally accredited by the Higher Learig Commissio of the North Cetral Associatio of Colleges ad Schools ( ; cahlc.org). * U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Career Guide to Idustries, Editio. This program has bee a blessig for me. I am so grateful for the opportuities that I have already had, ad the may more that I will have. I kow that I will be helpig may people o matter what part of ursig I go ito. cliical parters regard gcu s ursig traiig as amogst the very best A ursig educatio from GCU offers direct ad immediate applicability of the course curriculum. As a GCU ursig studet, you are cotiually asked to make a coectio betwee what is leared, its relevace ad its applicatio to your job as a urse. You ca apply the kowledge ad skills you re learig directly to your ursig job, so your employer ca reap the beefits of your degree sooer. the college of doctoral studies At Grad Cayo Uiversity, our doctoral programs are dyamic, respodig to the eeds of a global society. Through our programs, learers develop the isight ad ispiratio to make a positive impact o orgaizatios. Goig beyod the typical program of study to focus o servat leadership, iovatio ad ethics, GCU s doctoral programs offer the rare opportuity to evolve your leadership expertise i ways that positively impact all stakeholders i your orgaizatio. Toi Nagore, BSN, Nursig Studet

5 faq s i m ot a computer geius, will i still be able to take o lie classes? GCU s olie platform is user friedly ad simple to use, eve for studets that are ot techologically savvy. Your academic couselor is there to walk you through your first class ad offer assistace whe eeded. will the faculty teach me theory-based cocepts that are ot applicable to the real world? At GCU, you lear relevat, real-world kowledge ad skills from subject matter experts. Your kowledge is directly applicable ad you ca immediately start applyig the cocepts you ve leared to your job. do i have to take classes full time? May of our GCU studets opt for a part-time class schedule. At GCU you are able to take classes aroud your busy schedule, whether olie or at the traditioal campus. is it difficult to trasfer credits? Your Academic Couselor hadles the credit trasferrig process ad evaluates your credits i just 24 hours. By lettig us do all the work, this is a stress-free process for you. how log does it usually take to graduate? GCU s 4-credit courses allow you to complete your degree program i less time. As every studet s situatio is differet we recommed cotactig a Erollmet Couselors about havig your trascripts evaluated to determie your estimated date of graduatio. how do i get started? Cotact a Erollmet Couselor today at to get started o your college degree! udergraduate programs Bachelor of Sciece i: Nursig (Pre-Licesure) Nursig (RN to BSN) Athletic Traiig Health Care Admiistratio Bachelor of Sciece i Health Scieces: Professioal Developmet ad Advaced Patiet Care Bridge to Master of Sciece i Nursig with a Emphasis i: Acute Care Nurse Practitioer * Adult Cliical Nurse Specialist Family Nurse Practitioer Health Care Iformatics * Nursig Educatio Nursig Leadership i Health Care Systems Public Health Bridge to Master of Busiess Admiistratio ad Master of Sciece i Nursig Leadership i Health Care Systems (Dual Degree) graduate programs Master of Sciece i Nursig with a Emphasis i: Acute Care Nurse Practitioer * Adult Cliical Nurse Specialist Family Nurse Practitioer Health Care Iformatics * Nursig Educatio Nursig Leadership i Health Care Systems Public Health Master of Sciece i Public Health Master of Sciece i Health Care Admiistratio Master of Sciece i Health Care Iformatics Post-Master of Sciece i Nursig with a Emphasis i: Acute Care Nurse Practitioer Certificate * Adult Cliical Nurse Specialist Certificate Family Nurse Practitioer Certificate Nursig Educatio Certificate doctoral programs Doctor of Philosophy i Geeral Psychology with a Emphasis i: Cogitio ad Istructio * * Idustrial ad Orgaizatioal Psychology * * Itegratig Techology, Learig ad Psychology * * Performace Psychology * * Doctor of Educatio i Orgaizatioal Leadership with a Emphasis i: Behavioral Health Christia Miistry Higher Educatio Leadership K-12 Leadership Orgaizatioal Developmet Special Educatio * * * Doctor of Busiess Admiistratio with a Emphasis i Maagemet fiacig your gcu ursig educatio Oe size ever fits all ad the optios for fiacig your educatio are o exceptio. Fortuately, at GCU we are here to walk you through the various optios so you ca fid the oe that best fits your eeds. Your fiacial optios iclude fiacial aid, scholarships, direct bill ad military beefits. direct bill Studets may have employers offerig to pay school tuitio directly. I these situatios, the employer will create a accout with GCU so the Studet Accoutig Office ca sed bills directly to them. This paymet relatioship bypasses the studets completely; however, studets must have their employers complete a Direct Bill Voucher to submit with their applicatio. military beefits Grad Cayo Uiversity offers may beefits ad opportuities to veteras ad those curretly elisted i our atio s armed military services. From tuitio ad fee reductio programs to vetera affairs beefits ad call to active duty/deploymet opportuities; GCU believes that every studet deserves the right to fulfill his or her ow dreams i pursuig a college degree. *Oly offered olie Oly offered o campus **Ph.D. programs do ot require residecies. This degree is ot iteded for those seekig licesure i cliical practice. Those iterested i licesure or certificatio should idetify the applicable requiremets by iquirig directly with their state or provice. ***All eterig Ed.D. learers i Orgaizatioal Leadership with a Emphasis i Special Educatio, must have obtaied a udergraduate, graduate or doctoral degree i educatio to be admitted ito the program

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7 ear a ursig degree from a uiversity with a reputatio for success Get the kowledge, skills ad credetials you eed for a career i ursig. To lear more about our degree programs ad get started without delay, cotact a Erollmet Couselor today at or visit us at gcu.edu/cohcp Grad Cayo Uiversity. All Rights Reserved. For more iformatio about our graduatio rates, the media debt of studets who completed the program, ad other importat iformatio, please visit our website at gcu.edu/disclosures. Please ote, ot all GCU programs are available i all states ad i all learig modalities. Program availability is cotiget o studet erollmet. Grad Cayo Uiversity is regioally accredited by the Higher Learig Commissio of the North Cetral Associatio of Colleges ad Schools. ( ; The baccalaureate degree i ursig, master s degree i ursig, ad post-graduate APRN certificates at Grad Cayo Uiversity are accredited by the Commissio o Collegiate Nursig Educatio ( GCU s College of Nursig ad Health Care Professios is also approved by the Arizoa State Board of Nursig. The Commissio o Accreditatio of Athletic Traiig Educatio (CAATE) accredits the Athletic Traiig Educatio Program (