Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) is a graduate school of

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

, located in

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. VUSN is closely connected with its parent university and the separate nonprofit

Vanderbilt University Medical Center The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a medical provider with multiple hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as clinics and facilities throughout Middle Tennessee. VUMC is an independent non-profit organization, but maintains acad ...

. The School of Nursing is ranked in the top 10 in the '' U.S. News & World Report'' rankings. Additionally, its Masters of Science program is ranked 8th, and its Doctorate of Nursing practice program 6th in the report's 2022 graduate school rankings.

History

VUSN has opened since1908, and was one of the first five schools to receive

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funding to implement the Goldmark Report of 1923. The school began offering the Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) in 1955. It was one of the first to launch a pre-specialty program in 1986, which allows students who hold non-nursing degrees to enter the MSN program without repeating undergraduate classes. Vanderbilt's Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, first conferred in 1935, was restructured into the pre-specialty program as one of several entry options. In 1993, VUSN established a PhD in Nursing Science program. The Doctor of Nursing Practice program began in August 2008, which had an inaugural class of thirty-one students who graduated in 2010.

Education

The school became exclusively a graduate school in 1989, with a mission of educating advanced level nurses. It has established MSN programs in numerous advanced specialty practice nursing areas. The school has multiple entry options for nurses and non-nurses, admitting students from educational backgrounds other than nursing and allowing them to complete a course of work leading to an advanced practice nursing degree. The school also offers a Ph.D. in Nursing Science—clinical research or health services research—and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). VUSN offers the following MSN specialty programs: * Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner * Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner * Emergency Nurse Practitioner * Family Nurse Practitioner * Neonatal Nurse Practitioner * Nurse-Midwifery * Nurse-Midwifery/FNP Dual Focus *Nursing and Health Care Leadership * Nursing Informatics *

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- Acute Care *

- Primary Care *

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(Lifespan) *

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/ Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Dual Focus Vanderbilt University School of Nursing also offers these advanced degree programs: * Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) *

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(PhD) in

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*Post-Master's Certificates *Postdoctoral Program

Teaching affiliates

Vanderbilt University Hospital The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a medical provider with multiple hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as clinics and facilities throughout Middle Tennessee. VUMC is an independent non-profit organization, but maintains acad ...

* Monroe Carell Jr., Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt *

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*The Vanderbilt Clinic *Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center *Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital *Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital *Vanderbilt Sports Medicine *Dayani Human Performance Center *Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute

References

External links

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