Gannon University’s nursing program prepares you to enter professional nursing practice with care, confidence and competence. Our rigorous and engaging curriculum and intentional philosophy create an environment to support individual student needs and goals. The critical role of registered nurses in our health care system is ever-increasing, and so is the demand for highly skilled professionals. Start your journey with Gannon’s Villa Maria School of Nursing and prepare for your rewarding career.

Learn to Lead the Way in Nursing

Offer holistic nursing care to individuals, families, groups, communities and larger populations through a community-based curriculum.

Benefit from a small student-to-faculty ratio in the clinical setting with nursing faculty who specialize in the area they teach.  

Become directly involved in service-learning opportunities that provide a strong basis for experiential knowledge. 

Experience an Exceptional Learning Environment

Our Patient Simulation Center is integrated throughout the curriculum to enhance your clinical expertise, critical thinking ability and confidence in clinical practice.  

Experience nearly 1,000 hours of clinical education at more than 50 health care agencies in Erie and surrounding areas.  

Complete 224 hours of clinical work with a registered nurse preceptor to provide synthesis of the nursing role.

INSPIRE YOUR ACADEMIC SUCCESS

Gain real-world knowledge through key nursing courses including: 
 

Health Assessment I: Develop an approach for conducting and documenting a comprehensive health assessment while learning to consider variations specific to gender, age, developmental level and culture. Apply health promotion strategies to identified populations.

Promoting Health in Child Rearing Families: Apply the nursing process in promoting health in pediatric populations through community-based clinical experiences, including ambulatory clinics, educational and in-patient sites.

Comprehensive Nursing Practicum: Synthesize knowledge, skills and experiences in selected health care settings to develop independence in professional practice through this senior nursing practicum.

ACHIEVE THE POSSIBILITIES

Our nursing program is designed for your success. Through curriculum flexibility and high-quality educational opportunities, you can:

Join graduates who have attained a 100% employment rate.  

Develop the knowledge and skills needed to complete your licensure exam (NCLEX-RN). Our students have an average 95% pass rate over the last five years.

 Enter a workforce that is expected to grow 6% from 2021-2031, adding about 203,200 openings each year. 

Earn a median salary of $77,600, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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