Undergraduate Programs:

Bachelor of Science
- Accelerated Program

Bachelor of Science for Registered Nurses:

Graduate Programs:

Non-Credit Continuing Education Opportunity:

RN Refresher Course

Virtual Lab

Parish Nurse Option

VALPO parish nursing students are involved with the community.

Through a ministry to the whole person, the clinically experienced parish nurse seeks to help members of the local congregation or parish to interconnect body, mind, and spirit toward the goal of health and well being. The parish nurse who has graduated from Valparaiso University's College of Nursing MSN program serves within a religious and advanced practice nurse framework as a health educator; a personal health counselor; a referral source and liaison to health related community resources and services; a facilitator in recruiting, organizing, teaching, and supervising congregation volunteers; and a clarifier of the close relationship between faith and health.

A graduate student wishing education related to parish nursing at Valparaiso University's College of Nursing, will, with supervision, be placed into a church, parish, or other parish- related areas appropriate to the student's specialty concentration. To receive recognition by the College of Nursing that the student's graduate studies have included a parish nurse foundation, the student must complete one appropriate 500-level, three-credit theology course, NUR 590 - Health Care in a Context of Faith, or the internationally approved Basic Parish Nurse Preparation course for graduate credit.

For further information about the Parish Nurse program, contact the College of Nursing at (219)-464-5289 or e-mail Janet.Brown@valpo.edu.

If you're interested in applying, visit the Valparaiso University Admissions Website.

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