Villanova University
Degree Type
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Program Length
36 months, full time
Credit Hours
102 credit hours
Starting Month
August
Application Deadline
Rolling
Program Requirements
Bachelor of Science in Nursing is required.
Current RN license.
Minimum of 1 year of ICU experience. Acceptable critical care experience includes: Cardiothoracic ICU, Surgical ICU, Pediatric ICU in a large Children’s Hospital is acceptable, ER must be in a large trauma center to be considered, Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) would only be considered if the critically ill patients (Open heart, neuro, AAA’s etc) do not go directly to ICU after surgery. Try to gain experience with the sickest patients in your facility and with invasive hemodynamic monitoring.
Minimum GPA of 3.0.
A score of 400 for Millers and a minimum of 430 on verbal on GREs.
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support).
Satisfactory completion of a statistics course, which includes both descriptive and inferential statistics.
Contact
ph: (610) 619-7323
email: jodie.szlachta@crozer.org
web: www.crozer.org