From helping bring new babies into the world to reviving patients in the ER, nurses work in every corner of the healthcare profession, caring for people across their lifespan. The Quinnipiac School of Nursing offers both a January and an August start date that will set you up for success in the nursing field.
Our Accelerated BS in Nursing enables students with a bachelor’s degree in another discipline to transition toward a fulfilling career in nursing. Students can choose to start the program in either January or August and will earn their degree in just twelve months.
Our program concentrates entirely on nursing coursework and practice. The curriculum blends classroom learning on our North Haven Campus with online courses and clinical experiences in a variety of settings throughout the state.
All students in the ABSN program receive personalized support from the School of Nursing faculty and staff. These experienced practitioners are dedicated to healthcare excellence and equity and give you the tools to become an integral member of a healthcare team and a transformational leader in the field.
The CT Health Horizon’s grant will allow Quinnipiac to provide $10,000 per student per year in tuition assistance for qualifying accelerated bachelor of science in nursing students with the goal of increasing the number and diversity of students in this program.
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Connecticut Health Horizons also promotes a faculty hiring grant that will support faculty levels across Connecticut's educational institutions and clinical sites. Prospective faculty members are encouraged to contact the School of Nursing to learn more about employment opportunities at Quinnipiac.
Email cthorizonnursing@qu.edu to learn more about the faculty hiring grant
Upon completion of the program, the BSN graduate will demonstrate the following competencies:
Consistently ranked among the best nursing programs in the country, Quinnipiac continues to explore innovative ways to prepare our students for the challenges they will face throughout their careers in healthcare. By developing strategic clinical partnerships with health systems and hospitals throughout the state, Quinnipiac ensures that undergraduate and graduate nursing students have the resources and hands-on training they need to excel before and after graduation.
Alongside established relationships at clinical sites with nearly all health systems throughout the state, our groundbreaking new partnership with Hartford HealthCare will play a key role in promoting the comprehensiveness of our nursing programs and advancing Quinnipiac as one of the state’s primary educators of nursing professionals.
By way of this partnership, the School of Nursing and Hartford HealthCare will:
Develop and innovate clinical learning opportunities and job placements for all students.
Partner in delivering state-of-the-art, high-fidelity simulation education.
Offer primary clinical placements within the Hartford HealthCare system for each student in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) cohorts.
Provide all qualified graduates of the ABSN cohorts with an employment opportunity following graduation.
Develop a program for nursing students to serve as assistants and technicians in the Hartford HealthCare system.
Provide students with a no-cost opportunity for Patient Care Technician training and offer employment within a Hartford HealthCare facility as student nurse techs.
Support the development of a new Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program.
Develop a certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program
Clinical rotations at HCC for participants in a new Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program that is being developed
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, the Master of Science in Nursing program and the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Quinnipiac University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, D.C. 20001, 202-887-6791.
Many of the nursing programs within Quinnipiac University’s School of Nursing also are endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation. Graduates of these programs are eligible to take the appropriate national exam to become board-certified holistic nurses at the basic or advanced level of nursing:
Bachelor’s degree (HNB-BC)
Nurse practitioner graduate degree (APHN-BC or AHN-BC)
“The nursing program focuses heavily on providing the necessary skills during lab time to make the clinical experience as rewarding as possible for us once we arrive at the site. All of the clinical rotations have been layers of knowledge and experience gradually developing strengths and confidence over the entire program. I was also very attracted to the holistic approach to nursing care that was included in the curriculum and Quinnipiac already had a great reputation for nursing in Connecticut. The flexibility of the program, although still academically very challenging, allowed for fulfillment of other commitments.”
“Through various clinical experiences combined with challenging classroom lectures, I feel Quinnipiac has extensively prepared us not only for the boards but for real hospital experiences that we will come across as entry-level nurses in any specialty. I am beginning my career as an ER nurse in a level 1 trauma center in Springfield, Massachusetts.”
January 29, 2024
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (ET)
Online Virtual Event
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