M. Louise Fitzpatrick
College of Nursing
WHY VILLANOVA NURSING?
We innovate and educate. We build nursing science that informs practice. We live and breathe Villanova University's Augustinian values in our approach to nursing as a profession, mission and healing ministry in a diverse society.
You will graduate ready to care, research, teach, advocate and discover. As you graduate you will enhance a powerful, compassionate alumni network whose members serve the vulnerable, think globally and lead.
We make personalized investments in you—whether you're new to nursing or more seasoned in your career. You will be challenged in an integrated way to be an independent thinker and problem solver, a nurse who contributes to the profession and promotes health for patients and populations. You will collaborate with faculty experts and have access to superior clinical and teaching resources in Driscoll Hall and around the globe. Because we are committed to creating unique and compelling opportunities for you to learn and advance, we are consistently honored by the National League for Nursing as a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education.
EXPLORE YOUR FUTURE
BACHELOR'S
MASTER'S
DOCTORAL
CONTINUING EDUCATION
CENTERS
RESEARCH
ENGAGE WITH US
EVENTS
DIVERSE CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
NURSING SCIENCE & PRACTICE
DEAN DONNA S. HAVENS
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
IN NURSING EDUCATION
GLOBAL HEALTH
FACULTY MENTORS
FAST FACTS
$64,588
AVERAGE UNDERGRADUATE STARTING SALARY
97.4%
SUCCESSFUL UNDERGRADUATE PLACEMENT RATE
9,211
ALUMNI WORLDWIDE
5
CONSECUTIVE DESIGNATIONS AS
NLN CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
83
PhD GRADUATES SINCE 2008
13
GLOBAL HEALTH SITES
IGNITING CHANGE
NEWS
Notice of Accreditation Review
The M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing is scheduled for an accreditation review February 6-8, 2019 from its professional accrediting body, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The CCNE accreditation process allows an opportunity for program constituents and other interested parties to submit, in writing, comments concerning the program’s qualifications for accreditation.
Dr. Mary Naylor Is Inaugural Recipient of M. Louise Fitzpatrick Transformative Leadership Award
On April 7, Mary D. Naylor '71 BSN, PhD, RN, FAAN, was presented the 2018 M. Louise Fitzpatrick Award for Transformative Leadership, recognizing her high standards of excellence and extraordinary vision.
Suzanne C. Smeltzer, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, an internationally recognized advocate for health care access for people with disabilities, is the inaugural recipient of the Richard and Marianne Kreider Professorship in Nursing for Vulnerable Populations.
SNAP-Villanova Continues Its Championship Year at NSNA Convention
Villanova-SNAP sent a group of 25 stellar students representing the traditional, transfer and BSN Express programs to the 66th annual convention for the National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) in Nashville.