Direct Entry Master's in Nursing Program
Research and Scholarly Activities
The graduate faculty of the University's nursing program believe learning is a creative process wherein students are active participants in their education, growth, and development as advanced practice nurses. Faculty members are facilitators and mentors to students within a supportive scholarly environment. Students are prepared to be skilled, knowledgeable, and reflective leaders in health care who practice as clinical nurse specialists, or clinical nursing leaders in their specialty area.
The generation, dissemination, and application of evidence-based nursing knowledge and practice are a central mission for the nursing department. Health care of vulnerable populations is the research focus among the faculty. Faculty engage in scholarly inquiry across diverse topics such as care-giving, school-based obesity prevention, health policy, clinical decision-making, pain management, elder care giving, and cultural diversity. Faculty publications, research, public policy initiatives, and other consultative/professional activities can be viewed at the department's web site at www.shhs.unh.edu/nursing.