Mount Saint Joseph University

Mount St. Joseph University's Department of Nursing has one mission: provide women and men with a liberal arts and sciences education that complements, supplements, and integrates with the specialized knowledge and skills vital to the practice of patient-centered nursing.

Outstanding Reputation

The Department of Nursing at Mount St. Joseph University has an outstanding reputation built on a century of educating nurses. Graduates have gone on to become effective practitioners, administrators, and educators in nursing and health care delivery locally, nationally, and globally.

The Department of Nursing provides educational and experiential opportunities for students to meet new challenges in the health and nursing needs of individuals across the lifespan, acute-care and community-based settings, as well as educating clients to maintain optimal levels of health and wellness.

Our Philosophy

The Department of Nursing believes superior training and professional expertise are best attained through an interactive learning experience. In practice, this means our faculty and students, as well as colleagues from other disciplines, work in partnership with patients in need of nursing and health care. Such collaboration and shared responsibilities create an educational environment of mutual respect, accountability, leadership, and self-direction.

We also strongly believe the most effective learning in nursing occurs when intellectual debate and inquiry are encouraged, and when varied learning styles, values, and experiences are acknowledged and respected. Accordingly, our educational foundation for nursing practice is the synthesis, integration, and application of information gleaned from:

• theories and research
• liberal arts and sciences
• technology, religious studies, and philosophy
• attitudes and values of nursing and colleagues from other disciplines
• the experiences of culturally, and socioeconomically diverse people.