Nursing
It's an exciting time to be in nursing, especially at Alverno College. Today’s nurses teach, counsel, conduct health research, help people manage health, illness and disease, and take health care into neighborhoods and homes. Alverno’s curriculum will prepare you for all of these roles and a lifetime of leadership as a caring professional nurse.
Expert Faculty
Alverno’s nursing faculty includes recognized experts in wellness,
oncology, geriatrics, critical-care and community health nursing. All nursing faculty members have a thorough background in nursing experience and hold advanced degrees in nursing.
Clinical
Experience Guaranteed
If you are entering the Alverno College prelicensure program, you
will begin clinical experiences soon after entering Alverno. Through
our affiliation with more than 60 hospitals, community and home-health-care
agencies, Alverno assures that nursing students will
have access to required clinical experiences as you need them.
Accreditation
Alverno is fully accredited through the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the only
agency devoted exclusively to accrediting baccalaureate and higher
degree nursing education. Alverno has been granted the maximum 10-year
accreditation period, extending from February 1998 through December
2009. The Division of Nursing is also accredited by the Wisconsin
State Board of Nursing. Alverno College maintains continuous accreditation
through the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission
on Institutions of Higher Education.
Facilities
Designed for Nursing Education
Alverno’s Nursing Education Building was designed and built
for nursing education. Its facilities include a nursing-practice
center, complete with technology to support nursing practice in
hospital and community settings. In addition, nursing students
learn the natural sciences in state-of-the-art science labs in Alverno’s
Teaching, Learning and Technology Center. Computer-assisted assessment resources help you prepare for the nursing licensing examination.
Curriculum
Alverno College’s outcome-oriented curriculum is known nationally
and internationally for its innovative focus on you, the learner.
In every course, you’ll learn up-to-the-minute information
about the course subject while also developing the abilities needed
by today’s and tomorrow’s nurse. You’ll learn how
to think analytically, be an effective team member, write proficiently
for various audiences, speak clearly and “on-your-feet,”
and many other important abilities. You’ll also develop the
abilities of an effective problem solver and care provider and the
capacities to be a responsible world citizen. In brief, Alverno’s
nursing faculty’s vision is that your Alverno College education
will prepare you for a lifetime of influence.
Sample Curriculum for Prelicensure Students
First Year:
- Psychology of Development
- Science
- Arts and Humanities
- Composition
- Quantitative Analysis
- Speaking Strategies
- Psychology
- Chemistry
Second Year:
- Terminology for Healthcare Professionals
- Health and Healthcare Systems
- Health Assessment - Community, Family & Individual
- Nutrition for Wellness
- Arts and Humanities Electives
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Microbiology
- Foundation of Social Science
- Personality and Mental Disorders
- Support Area Electives
Third Year:
- Pharmacology and Nursing Practice
- Nursing Clinical Skills and Procedures
- Nursing Theory and Practice of Health Populations
- Nursing Theory and Practice of Acute and Chronically Ill Populations
- Physiological Mechanisms in Disease
- Support Area Electives
- Integrated Competence Seminar
Fourth Year:
- Arts and Humanities
- Support Area Electives
- Nursing Electives
- Nursing Theory and Practice with Vulnerable Populations
- Leadership for Change in Healthcare
- Nursing and Research
- Professional Nursing Internship
Electives
Tailored to Your Interests
Alverno’s prelicensure nursing students can tailor their education
to their own interests by selecting electives. Nursing electives
include courses such as Nursing Care of Women Across the Life Span, and Nursing: An International
Perspective. Liberal arts electives include courses in global studies, history,
philosophy, religious studies, art history and social science. Students
also choose electives in their support area (minor).
Our Support
Areas (Minors) Give You an Edge in Your Career
Each BSN student chooses a support
area of study, such as management, professional communication, adult
education, biology, chemistry, psychology, religious studies or
computing and information technology. In the rapidly changing world of nursing, the
specialized abilities that come with each support area give the
Alverno nursing graduate added flexibility.
Transfer and Second Degree Students in Nursing
Alverno College accepts eligible transfer and second degree students who are interested in the Nursing Program. Frequently Asked Questions
Credit for prior learning
Alverno offers a program to determine
if you are eligible to receive college credit for prior learning.
Click
here for information.
Nursing Handbook
The nursing handbook
is in pdf format.
Your Next
Step
To find out more about Alverno's nursing program, contact the Alverno
Admissions office. An Admissions Counselor can answer your questions
about the program, admissions, credit transfers and financial aid.
Call 414-382-6100 or toll-free 1-800-933-3401 or e-mail Admissions.
You also may contact our alums to learn more from their perspective:
Marchell, BSN, RN, December
2005 graduate
School Nurse, Bradley Tech High School
Jennifer, BSN, RN, December 2005 graduate
Staff nurse, emergency department and trauma center
