St. Louis Community College leaders officially have accepted the challenge given by President Barack Obama to double the number of students completing degrees or certificates within the next decade by signing a Call to Action Resolution at a recentmeeting of the STLCC Board of Trustees.
“By signing this Call to Action, STLCC commits to promoting the development and implementation of policies, practices and institutional cultures that will produce 50 percent more students with high quality degrees and certificates by 2020,” said Myrtle E.B. Dorsey, STLCC chancellor who also serves as chair of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Community Colleges.
“We are calling upon every sector and constituency of our college and community to join us in this work.”
For more information about STLCC, visit www.stlcc.edu.
Maryville introduces Graduate Nursing Programs
Maryville University is now offering nurses the opportunity to advance their education through three online programs. The programs have been designed with practicing nurses in mind to offer convenient, flexible courses that can be completed while continuing to work.
Two master’s degrees are offered-Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner (AGNP) and Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)-as well as a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree. The AGNP can be completed in as little as two years, the FNP in just over two years and the DNP in one-and-a-half years.
Offered through Maryville University’s School of Health Professions, the online graduate nursing programs have streamlined curriculums to provide a set of core studies and practicum experiences to better prepare nurses for advanced nurse practitioner positions in primary healthcare.
All three programs begin with foundational principles and then advance to nurse practitioner courses-culminating in a capstone sequence. Clinical internship courses are supervised by preceptors (arranged by students and approved by program administration) and completed in healthcare facilities local to the student.
Each program focuses on the appropriately aged client at various stages of wellness and in various community settings, and they all share common goals of preparing nurses to positively influence the health and well-being of those in the community they serve. The nursing program pursues this goal by maintaining sensitivity to ongoing changes in the healthcare needs of our society.
For more information about the Maryville University’s online Nursing Practitioner program, curriculum or requirements, visit http://onlinenursingdegrees.maryville.edu or contact a school representative directly at 1-877-830-4636.
