The headlines have been prominent and frequent in all the national media, and the message is clear: National demand for professional nurses in all areas is far outpacing the number of practicing nurses. From emergency rooms to walk-in clinics, nurses' contributions to patient care have never been more important — or necessary.

Nursing majors bring heightened knowledge of health care practices and technologies and an acute ability to integrate a patient's health care, personal and spiritual needs to deliver high quality, evidence-based nursing care.

THE MARQUETTE nursing major

 

 

DIRECT ADMISSION. Your passion for nursing won't be put on hold. Marquette's direct admission policy means you'll start your nursing major courses on the first day.

WE DELIVER. We alone. Graduates of our nurse-midwifery program, the only such program in Wisconsin, have established practices in hospitals and clinics to help mothers and fathers bring sons and daughters into the world.

JUMP START. Classroom learning is necessary, and real experience is essential. In your second year of the nursing major, you will begin one of five distinct practica.

LEARN FROM THE BEST. Your professors will be nurses who have distinguished themselves with practice and research in pre-term labor prevention, alternative therapies, quality of life and chronic illness, and nurse staffing, discharge preparation and patients' outcomes. They've also taken their care abroad to a variety of international settings. Faculty, in collaboration with advanced practice nurses, also provide care at Marquette's own Neighborhood Health Center.

FOUR YEARS AND OUT. If you follow the college's rigorous program plan, you will graduate in four years.

HIGH TECH SIMULATION. Our state-of-the-art Simulation Technology and Learning Resource Center develops your clinical reasoning skills through participation in “real life” patient care simulations representing patients of all ages with various conditions in acute and community health care settings.

STUDY ABROAD. Gain a competitive edge. Study in a nursing-specific abroad program in Peru or Ireland.

You might like the nursing major if you:

• Like science
• Have strong communication skills and a strong sense of character
• Are compassionate

What can you do with a major in nursing?

While some of our graduates pursue further studies in graduate school, most start working right away. In fact, 100 percent of our graduates who sought employment found it within three months of graduation, at an average starting salary of $50,000. Learn more about what you can do with a major in nursing.

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