Mansfield University’s Department of Health Sciences offers a nursing program, accredited by The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, which blends the resources of a public university and a regional medical center. This combination leads to a program that is both academically and clinically strong. The curriculum provides a solid background in nursing as well as the liberal arts and sciences.
National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
3343 Peachtree Road, NE, Suite 500
Atlanta, GA 30326
Telephone: 404-975-5000
Students spend their first two years on the Mansfield campus taking courses in general education and nursing. The second two years are at the Sayre site where they engage in a wide range of clinical experiences at the Robert Packer Hospital and other area acute care hospitals. Students also have the opportunity to learn in community settings such as nursing homes, elementary and secondary schools, nursery schools, and outpatient clinics, in addition to traditional public health agencies.
The goals of the program are to provide students with the essentials skills necessary to develop intellectual curiosity, clinical judgment, communication skills, therapeutic nursing skills which provide the basis for the development of a successful and professional nursing practitioner. This educational program prepares individuals for career opportunities in acute, chronic and community settings, as well as for continued education at the graduate level.
Students participate in a wide range of clinical experience at the Robert Packer Hospital and in community settings such as:
Graduates of the Mansfield University Nursing Program will:
Human patient simulators--life-sized mannequins that cough, breath, have a pulse and can even talk--are one of the new uses of technology that are helping Mansfield University Nursing faculty better prepare students to treat their human patients. News Story
Please contact Janeen Sheehe at jsheehe@mansfield.edu if you would like a copy of the handbook.
Janeen Sheehe, PhD, RN, CNE, Dept. Chair
Arlene Brown, Secretary
Mansfield Campus --- Campus Map
212C Elliott Hall
Mansfield University
Mansfield, PA 16933
Sayre Campus --- Campus Map
Patterson Building
Sayre, PA
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