Welcome to Nursing at Washington State University Vancouver. We offer degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels of study.
Degree Programs
At the undergraduate level, we have a Registered Nurse (R.N.) Completion program which allows R.N.s who have a two-year associate degree to complete 30 semester credits of course work and earn their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) degree.
At the graduate level, we have three Master of Nursing (M.N.) specializations: Advanced Population Health (A.P.H.); Family Nurse Practitioner (F.N.P.); and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (P.M.H.N.P.).
The A.P.H. program of study is designed to meet the learning needs of nurses who practice, teach, or serve as administrators in population-based settings. Students have the option to complete course work as nurse educators, nurse administrators, or to develop individualized programs of study.
The two nurse practitioner specializations (F.N.P. and P.M.H.N.P.) prepare advanced practice nurses with leadership skills to plan, implement, coordinate, and evaluate the health care needs of select patient populations across the life span.
Post-master’s certificate programs are available in all three of the M.N. programs. The department, in conjunction with the College of Nursing in Spokane, is developing a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) course of study, which we anticipate will be implemented in fall 2011.
Faculty
The department consists of 10 full-time nursing faculty, several part-time nursing faculty and staff members who support the teaching mission. Faculty are active in teaching, research, and service; many of the faculty have funded research projects and students are encouraged to work with faculty in many of these research projects.
Current faculty research projects concern cultural safety, cultural competency, working with developmentally disabled youth, prescriptive authority for advanced practice nurses in Washington State, and patient safety and reducing medical malpractice liability. Faculty regularly present their research findings at national and international conferences and one of the faculty has received a Fulbright award to teach in the West Bank during the fall 2010 semester.
I encourage you to explore our website and to contact the department for further information regarding the many opportunities available within the department.
Ginny Guido, J.D., M.S.N., R.N., F.A.A.N.
