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Welcome to the University of St. Francis College of Nursing & Allied Health website! Change is a constant at USF and within our college.it is a vibrant, challenging and intellectually stimulating place to learn. Our college has expanded to include both an undergraduate and graduate nursing program, a physician assistant program, radiography, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine and medical technology programs.
The nation is facing a critical shortage of nurses and allied health professionals. We at USF are striving to help alleviate this shortage by educating motivated students to successfully complete our baccalaureate and masters programs in one of the above healthcare fields.
As a university, we now offer an NLNAC accredited traditional and transfer student BSN and RN-BSN Fast Track program. In 2001 we developed the MSN program for the Clinical Nurse Specialist or Nurse Practitioner. Many of the courses are web-based, and many of our faculty are certified in nursing distance education.
We offer a MSN Family Nursing Practitioner program, along with a masters' level Physician Assistant Program, at our USF campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We are expanding our other Allied Health Programs to include clinical sites from Rockford to Joliet. Our baccalaureate program in Radiation Therapy is one of two programs of its kind offered in Illinois!
We see our "niche" as educating nurses and allied health professionals to deliver safe, high quality healthcare, with special emphasis on the older adult. Gerontology courses have been added to both our undergraduate and graduate programs. And with our partners at Provena Villa Franciscan, a long-term care facility, we will have senior nursing students demonstrating their competence in leadership at this clinical site. Also, recognizing the national shortage of nurse educators, we have designed a subspecialty for our MSN graduate students to prepare them for the role of nurse educator.
We are proud of our healthcare programs and the expertise of our entire faculty. Many of our faculty actively practice their profession and bring their rich experience to their students. We are a "teaching intensive" faculty who devote all of our energies to helping students acquire knowledge to enable them to become successful health care professionals.
Directly influence the future of your own health and become a nurse or physician assistant or radiation therapist!
Maria Connolly
Dean
College of Nursing and Allied Health
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