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:
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Develop and innovate clinical learning opportunities and job placements for all students.
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Partner in delivering state-of-the-art, high-fidelity simulation education.
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Offer primary clinical placements within the Hartford HealthCare system for each student in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) cohorts.
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Provide all qualified graduates of the ABSN cohorts with an employment opportunity following graduation.
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Develop a program for nursing students to serve as assistants and technicians in the Hartford HealthCare system.
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Provide students with a no-cost opportunity for Patient Care Technician training and offer employment within a Hartford HealthCare facility as student nurse techs.
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Support the development of a new Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program.
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Develop a certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program
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Clinical rotations at HCC for participants in a new Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program that is being developed
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