PLEASE NOTE:
The college is in the process of phasing out its Nursing program as a result of reductions in the New Paltz operating budget. No new students are being admitted to the program. Students currently matriculated in the Nursing Program will be given an opportunity to complete their degree program. For more information, please see the questions & answers attached to the 2009-10 Budget Plan Announcement.
For admissions-related questions, please contact Lisa Jones, Dean of Admission: admissions@newpaltz.edu or (845) 257-3200.
Current students who have questions, please contact Eleanor Richards, Nursing Department Chair: richarde@newpaltz.edu or (845) 257-2922.
The upper-division baccalaureate program in nursing provides registered nurses an opportunity to change or expand their educational and/or career goals. The program confers an understanding of the human health-illness experience and the theoretical underpinnings needed for professional practice. It strives for a synthesis of learnings from the liberal arts and sciences with the discipline's body of knowledge. The practice of nursing is operationalized in this curriculum by the enactment of five interrelated roles: practitioner, teacher/learner, leader, advocate and researcher from an appropriate theoretical perspective.
At the baccalaureate level, nursing education prepares professional nurse generalists who can deliver health care to individuals, families, communities, and societal groups. The program is designed to cultivate professional nursing roles and to provide nurses with a sound academic foundation for pursuing graduate study in nursing. At the graduate level, nursing education prepares professional nurses for advanced practice.
Faculty guide and collaborate with the adult learner for the attainment of educational goals through directed and self-directed learning experiences. They seek to expand in the learner the commitment for continued learning and contributions to professional practice. Selected clinical assignments afford the student the opportunity to deliver direct nursing care to clients in a variety of settings.
How to Contact the Department:
Department of Nursing
Office: van den Berg Hall 201
State University of New York at New Paltz
1 Hawk Drive.
New Paltz, NY 12561-2499
Phone: (845) 257-2922
Fax: (845) 257-2926