There is no better time to be a NURSE!

The demand for health care professionals is expected to reach a critical need within the next decade. Nurses with advanced degrees are in great demand as the complexity in the health care system increases. New careers will be developed to provide care for the aging population. Educators for the new generation of men and women nurses are needed now more than ever!

Description of Programs

The Department of Nursing offers three degrees: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). The department also offers a Second Master's Degree in Nursing. Your plan of study will be determined by your entry qualifications. Programs are dynamic and changes occur periodically.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN): For individuals seeking initial licensure as a Registered Nurse.
• Online Registered Nurse to Masters of Science in Nursing (RN to MSN): For RNs who hold a current RN license without a baccalaureate degree.
• Online Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN): For RNs with a baccalaureate degree and a current RN license.
• Online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) : For Masters prepared nurse practitioners who have expertise in advanced nursing specialty practice.
• Online Second Master's Degree: (formerly Post-Master's Certificate): For a nurse with a Master's degree in nursing and a current RN license seeking a secondary area of specialty.

Why Gonzaga?

• Ranking - Gonzaga is ranked fourth among the Best Universities-Master's in the West by U.S. News and World Report (2012 Edition of U.S. News and World Report's special issue "America's Best Colleges").  This year's rankings mark the 15th consecutive year that Gonzaga has been ranked among the West's best universities.
• Accreditation - Gonzaga's Nursing programs are fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
• Humanistic Approach - Gonzaga online nursing students experience subtle, yet intentional fusion of the Jesuit mission of men and women for others. This humanistic approach creates a community that encourages an exchange of knowledge with and among each other -- the faculty, the students, and the communities in which they live and work to impact change.
• Flexibility - Distance learning allows the RN-MSN and graduate level student to stay in his/her home community while earning an advanced degree or certificate.
• Quality - Gonzaga's Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) graduates average 95% pass rate on the national nurse practitioner certification exams.
• Careers - 75% of Gonzaga's nursing graduates have jobs waiting for them upon completion of study.