An education at Quinnipiac embodies the University's commitment to three core values: high-quality academic programs, a student-centered environment and a strong sense of community. Learning occurs in a highly personalized, student-centered community, which promotes academic excellence. Graduate nursing e.ducation broadens the scope of practice and provides for the acquisition of expertise in an area of specialization. Students prepare for leadership roles in advanced specialty practice, nursing leadership and organizational management.
The nursing faculty welcomes a diversity of ideas, persons and cultures and supports students to advance their nursing education. The program promotes holistic nursing approaches, professional collaboration and ethical scholarship in an exciting environment dedicated to learning. The graduate nursing program offers four uniquely focused tracks leading to the doctor of nursing practice.
The Quinnipiac Advantage: Key Features
- New state-of-the art facility
- Convenient schedule for adult learners
- Supportive classroom instruction
- Rigorous and focused educational goals
- Superb clinical affiliations
- Immersion and residency experiences
- Intensive international health option
- Portfolio capstone project
Outstanding Facilities
Our students learn and practice their skills in Quinnipiac's 180,000 square-foot facility, which opened in Fall 2009. With $3.5 million in cutting-edge equipment, the facility features 24 teaching laboratories, including an orthopedics lab, a rehabilitative sciences lab, a clinical skills lab, an intensive care unit, a health assessment lab, a physical exam suite, a physical diagnostics lab, a motion analysis lab and other special amenities that set it apart from other universities offering health sciences programs. Read more about the center or watch a photo slideshow.