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NURSING Are you a compassionate person interested in caring for patients? Can you see yourself working with diverse populations? Do you want to play a role in improving healthcare quality and access? In one of the most highly respected nursing programs in Minnesota, our students focus on patient-centered care, covering everything from illness prevention to ethics, and complex care to health equity. In addition to your nursing-specific training, you will work with students in other healthcare programs to develop interprofessional skills working together in simulated clinical experiences. Off campus, our partnerships with more than 1,300 nursing clinical sites will allow you to build the skills and professional network necessary to start a rewarding career caring for diverse communities and populations in hospitals, clinics, emergency rooms, public health, home healthcare, and more.
YOU WILL LEARN TO: • Collaborate with interprofessional teams, patients, families, and communities to achieve quality health outcomes and reduce health disparities • Integrate values of social justice, diversity, ethics, excellence, and patient-centered care in complex systems and environments • Be a leader and advocate in the nursing profession • Provide evidence-based, high-quality nursing care • Promote a culture of safety and quality improvement to enhance health and wellness
THE ST. KATE’S DIFFERENCE
INTERPROFESSIONAL: Work with students from other healthcare programs in our sim labs and the community clinic on campus. INNOVATIVE: Work with faculty on research and present findings at local, regional, and national conferences.
CAREER PATHS TO EXPLORE ACUTE AND CRITICAL CARE Caring for patients in the hospital on units such as the emergency department, intensive care unit, medical-surgical, operating room, oncology, pediatrics, obstetrics, and maternity LONG-TERM CARE Manage the care of the elderly or long-term disease patients, providing some of the most vulnerable patients with a stable, safe, caring practice OUTPATIENT CARE Work with patients in clinics or patients experiencing same-day procedures and surgeries COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH Serve as a health expert for government agencies, non-profit organizations, and community health organizations to promote and prevent disease and influence public health and policy SCHOOL NURSE Provide healthcare to children and assist in developing school policies and procedures to promote school health IN-DEMAND: Be highly sought after by employers with our 100% RN employment rate. DIVERSE: Join a diverse community, with 30% BIPOC nursing graduates between 2021-22, compared to 9% of RNs in Minnesota and 19% nationwide.