Villanova University

Degree Type

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Post-Master’s Certificate.

Program Length

27 months, full time

Credit Hours

55 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