School of Nursing

Phone: (540) 568-6314
Website: http://www.nursing.jmu.edu

School Director

Dr. Julie Sanford

Graduate Program Director

Dr. Melody Eaton

D.N.P. Program Coordinator

Dr. Linda Hulton

Nurse Practitioner Program Coordinator

Dr. Andrea Knopp

Leadership (CNL/NA) Programs Coordinator

Dr. Joe Tacy

Professors

M. deValpine, M. Eaton, L. Hulton, J. Sanford

Associate Professors

M. Bagnardi, A. Knopp, S. Strang, J. Strunk, L. Sobel

Assistant Professors

D. Gleason, A. Graham, J. Harnage, E. Lewis

Instructors

S. Stowell, J. Tacy

Mission

We engage students, faculty and communities through dynamic and innovative nursing education, practice and scholarship to influence health in our world.

Purposes

In order to support and accomplish this mission the nursing faculty has identified the following purposes:

Prepare nursing professionals who provide culturally competent, holistic, evidence-based nursing care to individuals, families, aggregates and communities in a wide variety of settings.
Promote a community of learning that models professional values and lifelong professional development for both faculty and students.
Promote service-learning activities that include collaborative, interdisciplinary initiatives and partnerships between nursing education and the practice arena to meet the future health needs of consumers.
Conduct research and creative scholarship to generate nursing knowledge and disseminate that knowledge through collaboration, publication and presentations.

Accreditation

The master of science in nursing and the doctor of nursing practice programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036, 202-887-6791.

Programs of Study

The James Madison University School of Nursing offers a Master of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.).

The concentrations within the M.S.N. are:

Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP)
Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL)
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
Nurse Administrator (NA)
Nurse Midwifery (in conjunction with Shenandoah University)
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practioner (in conjunction with Shenandoah University)

The D.N.P. at JMU is a practice-focused degree with an emphasis on the rigor of evidence-based practice grounded in research knowledge and the analysis of clinical and systems data. Students may choose from two areas of foci:

Advanced Practice Nursing
Leadership in Healthcare Systems

A differential tuition fee of $90 per credit hour is added to the standard charge for courses carrying the NSG prefix. This charge applies to all students, both in-state and out-of-state, at the undergraduate and graduate levels, with the exception of students enrolled in the R.N. to B.S.N. program.