A career in nursing is a challenge, but personally satisfying and professionally rewarding. While most nurses work in hospitals, others work in home care, nursing homes, industry, ambulatory care clinics, schools, and entrepreneurial settings. Individuals, families and communities are all potential clients for professional nursing care. At Widener, students focus on the nurse's role as caregiver, coordinator of care, and member of a profession in a variety of health settings by learning to blend health promotion and prevention of illness, the concept of wellness throughout the life cycle, and the restoration of health. Faculty Widener's faculty is attracted to the University because of its emphasis on teaching and individualized student-faculty contact.
Classes are small, with many taught in seminar format or small group discussions.
Clinical groups average eight students per faculty member in order to foster the growth of each student as a beginning practitioner. Faculty are highly qualified as clinical experts and as professional scholars. Advising is personalized from beginning to end. Clinical Emphasis Widener students begin their clinical education in their sophomore year. Extensive clinical experience is a major component of the program.