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SCHOOL OF NURSING

The School of Nursing offers

  • career-oriented education and outcomes
  • pre-licensure preparation
  • graduate nursing education  in a variety of specialties

In all of our innovative programs, students obtain a breadth of complex healthcare knowledge, clinical reasoning skills, and technological expertise that enable them to deliver high-quality population-oriented healthcare from prevention to end of life. Our nurses complete our program prepared as population health experts in acute care and settings.

Graduate and doctoral students in practice and research work closely with individual faculty to gain in-depth clinical specialty knowledge or research expertise in several specialty areas, including aging, mental health, community engagement and health disparities, and symptom and data science.

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The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master's degree program in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post graduate APRN certificate program at the University of Delaware are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).

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Our Impact in Numbers

100%

Clinical Placement


 

96%

NCLEX Pass Rate
 

 

96%

Employed After Graduation
 

OUR RESEARCH

 

Interdisciplinary research in the School of Nursing focuses on aging, symptom science and healthcare innovations including technology and big data analysis. External funding from NIH and other R01-level funded grants put our faculty on the forefront of the science behind healthcare’s toughest challenges.

 

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Nursing Simulation Labs in McDowell 105 and 121.
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SIMULATION

 

The UD Center for Simulation Innovation, Interdisciplinary Education, and Entrepreneurship is a cornerstone of the School of Nursing experience. Innovative programs and state-of-the-art facilities enrich the learning environment for our students, giving them a deeper understanding of patient care. 

 

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CLINICAL CARE

 

UD Health’s Nurse Managed Primary Care Center provides a wide range of healthcare services for adults, and gives students the opportunity to put classroom theory into practice.

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Nurse Practitioners at the Nurse Managed Health Center (NMHC) working with patients and students. - (Evan Krape / University of Delaware)

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SON NEWS
  • Nursing majors who are cadets in UD Air Force ROTC stand inside a C-130 military aircraft for an aeromedical evacuation simulation. Here, students are shown wearing camouflage and headphones as an instructor speaks with them.

    Nursing takes flight

    March 12, 2025 | Written by Amy Cherry
    From the classroom to the cockpit, nursing students train for military healthcare careers.

  • Expanding access to healthcare

    February 27, 2025 | Written by Amy Cherry
    School of Nursing students partner with the HOPE Commission in Wilmington to provide free health screenings during American Heart Month.

  • December College of Health Sciences For the Record

    January 07, 2025 | Written by CHS Staff
    College of Health Science community reports appointments, exhibitions, publications, and honors for December.
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