New DNP program now offered

Patricia Moritz  PhD RN FAAN Dean and  Professor

WELCOME TO THE CU SCHOOL OF NURSING
FROM THE DEAN

Dear Prospective Student and Visitor,

We at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Nursing celebrated our Centennial Year in 1998. We have such a rich history of innovations in shaping important milestones in the nursing profession to share with you. For example, we are the birthplace of the nurse practitioner and caring movements, and have made significant contributions in the areas of school-based health care and nursing informatics. The School of Nursing has many excellent academic programs.

In addition to our BS and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program, we are known for our pioneering and ongoing efforts in outreach, particularly in the MS and PhD Programs that enable us to meet rural, regional, and national health care needs.

As the School of Nursing moves forward as one of the leading schools in this nation in the 21st Century, we will continue this important and historical trend. Our faculty and students will partner with the community in creating insightful educational innovations, uses of technology, and creative curricula to address health care needs. We are creating an environment that shifts from the traditional faculty-student relations to one in which the student is a partner-colleague in the teaching/learning process.

We have strong faculty practices for care across the lifespan including pediatrics, midwifery, and adult health. These practices also support the education of students and the connection of research to practice. In addition, we have a reputation for theory-based research, particularly in the areas of pain, rural health, migrant health, and pediatric nursing. For the future, we are advancing the development of additional research strengths in informatics, cost and quality outcomes, and nursing's role in environmental health.

The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) School of Nursing has an atmosphere that is student friendly and future-oriented. A prospective student will be joining a community of distinguished faculty and student scholars in which students have a major role in shaping their personal futures, the future of the nursing, and the School. You will have the opportunity to interact closely with faculty and students from the Schools of Nursing, Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy and you can expect a faculty who strive to prepare the highest level professional nurse.

University of Colorado students are prepared to meet current and future health care demands in today's challenging and evolving health care system. Our curriculum is designed to ensure that advanced practice nurses contribute as an equal partner in the interdisciplinary health care arena.

Sincerely,
Patricia Moritz, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean and  Professor