The School of Nursing is located in Weaver-Densford Hall, part of the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center. This modern complex includes extensive areas for nursing education and research. Laboratory simulations help students develop psychomotor techniques and provide hands-on learning opportunities. Skills are further developed in a variety of clinical settings where classroom content is applied in providing care to patients, families, communities and populations. Additional courses in physical assessment, growth and development, interpersonal communication, professional issues, and community health nursing are included in the program.
All courses taken have a research component built into the course work.
These components include literature searches, citing nursing literature in written course work, generation of nursing research topics, evaluation of current and past nursing research, and evaluation of research utilization in clinical setting. The four-week intersession emphasizes various clinical practica. The School of Nursing contracts with a variety of agencies for use of their facilities for planned clinical experiences for students. Faculty members supervise these experiences, which include care of a full range of patient populations and take place in public and private hospitals, public health agencies, hospice agencies, client homes, long-term care facilities, clinics, child care centers, and schools. Graduates from the School of Nursing can be immediately certified as a Public Health Nurse.