The nursing curriculum provides learning opportunities that foster the developments of self-direction, creativity, critical thinking and discriminative judgement. Clinical experience is provided in a variety of community-based settings, such as hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory care facilities and community health agencies in the greater Cleveland area. Faculty members in the Department of Nursing strive to create an academic environment that fosters the growth and development of adult learners. Faculty guide and supervise students as they gain clinical experience with clients in community-based settings. The last term of the program provides students with the opportunity to gain in-depth experience within a chosen field of practice.
Students work with a clinical teaching associate in a specialty area of interest.
The clinical teaching associate assists students in performing the full role of the professional nurse.