School Facts
Academics
The Graduate School of Nursing offers a Master of Science in Nursing degree in Nurse Anesthesia, Family Nurse Practitioner, Perioperative Clinical Nursing, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, and a full - and part-time program for a Ph.D. in Nursing Science.
U.S. News & World Report ranked the Graduate School of Nursing's Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia program sixth of more than 100 national programs in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Research
The University's nationally ranked military and civilian faculty conduct cutting edge research in the biomedical sciences and areas specific to the DoD health care mission such as combat casualty care, infectious diseases and radiation biology. The University is committed to technology transfer to ensure that the results of research are made widely available.
Degrees Conferred
Master of Science in Nursing- 467
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia- 222
Family Nurse Practitioner- 194
Perioperative Clinical Nurse Specialist- 42
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner- 2
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science- 11
Accreditation
The USU is accredited by the Commission of Education, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
The PhD program in Nursing Science is designed to address the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Quality Indicators for Doctoral Programs.
All MSN programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
The Nurse Anesthesia program is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA).
Highlights
Spotlight
USU faculty takes first place in Navy Wide Research Competition
Several Graduate School of Nursing faculty members and students were honored during the 26th Annual Navy-Wide Research Competition held on May 26 at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP).
CDR Greg Nezat, USU's former research director at NMCP, and CDR Chris Oudekerk, USU's current research director at NMCP, represented the winning team in the Navy Medicine East competition.
Their presentation, "The effect of intraoperative intravenous lidocaine infusion on the reduction of postoperative pain and return of bowel function in patients undergoing minor laparoscopic gynecological procedures," was supported by USU teammates LT Philip Grady, LCDRs Nathaniel Clark and John Lenahan, CDR Robert Hawkins and CAPT (Ret) Joe Pelligrini.