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Nursing is an extremely rewarding career that combines the art of caring
and the science of nursing. As a nurse you have the opportunity to make a
difference in the lives of others by focusing on the patient as a whole,
not just a particular health problem. Registered nursing (RN) practice
involves diagnosing and treating human responses to actual or potential
physical and emotional health problems, as well as evaluating the outcomes
of care.
Registered nurses function in a variety of roles and settings, depending
upon education, competencies, and experiences. For example, nurses may
work in high-tech settings such as those found in hospitals, or provide
home health care in patients’ homes, or give nursing care to the elderly
and disabled in long-term care settings such as nursing homes. Nurses with
graduate education may work as nursing faculty, researchers,
administrators, or as Advanced Practice Nurses in direct patient care in
many different types of settings.
Preparing for a career in nursing requires a solid foundation in math; the
natural sciences such as chemistry, biology, or physics; and the social
sciences, such as psychology or sociology. Currently, there are three
types of nursing educational preparation that prepare the graduate to sit
for a standardized test to become a Registered Nurse (RN). In today’s
labor market, new graduates have their choice of several job offers and
start their nursing career with salaries in the low-to-mid $50,000 range.
All three types of nursing education programs prepare the graduate to sit
for the same Registered Nursing (RN) examination. For further information
regarding a specific program and the admission requirements, just click on
the schools home page links found below, or call the schools for more
information.
Baccalaureate Nursing (BSN) Programs
Bloomfield College
College of New Jersey
Fairleigh Dickinson
University
Felician College
Georgian Court University
Ramapo
College of Theoretical and Applied Science
Richard Stockton College of NJ
Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey (Camden)
Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey
Seton Hall University
Saint Peters College
William Paterson University
Associate Degree Nursing
Programs
Atlantic Cape Community
College
Bergen Community College
Brookdale Community College
Burlington County Institute
Of Technology
County College of Morris
Cumberland County College
Essex County College
Gloucester County College
Mercer County Community
College
Middlesex County College
Ocean County College
Passaic County Community
College
Raritan Valley Community
College
Salem County College
Warren
County Community College
Hospital Diploma Nursing
Programs
Bayonne Medical Center School of Nursing
Capital Health School of Nursing
Christ Hospital School of Nursing
Helene Fuld School of
Nursing
Holy Name Hospital School
of Nursing
Mountainside Hospital
School of Nursing
Muhlenberg School of Nursing
Our Lady of Lourdes School
of Nursing
St. Francis Medical Center
School of Nursing
Trinitas Hospital School of Nursing
Already Have a College
Degree?
If you already hold a
baccalaureate degree in a non-nursing field, there are a variety of ways
you might become a Registered Nurses (RN). The following schools offer an
accelerated program in nursing for students who hold a non-nursing college
degree.
Fairleigh Dickinson
University
Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey
Seton Hall University
University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
Practical Nursing (LPN)
Programs
A Licensed Practical Nurse
(LPN) provides basic nursing care under the supervision of an RN or
physician. Preparing for a career as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
requires one (1) year of nursing educational preparation. After graduation
from a Practical Nursing program, the graduate can sit for the Practical
Nurse examination and become a Licensed Practical Nurse. If you are
interested in becoming a Licensed Practical Nurse, please contact the
schools listed below for further information. Most of the schools have web
sites, but if you click on the name and no web page appears, they do not
have a web site.
Atlantic County Vocational
Technical School
AVTECH Institute of Technology
Best Care Training Institute
Burlington County Institute
of Technology
Camden County College
Camden County Technical Schools
Cape May County Technical
School
Center
for Advanced Training and Studies
Cumberland County
Technical Education Center
Dover Business College
Dover Business College
Essex County College
Essex County Vocational
School
Gloucester County Institute
of Technology
HoHokus Hackensack School of Business and Medical Sciences
HoHokus Hackensack School of Business and Medical Sciences
Holy Name School of
Practical Nursing
Hudson County Community College
Jersey City Board of
Education
J. Riggs Adult Education
Center (Camden)
Lincoln Technical Institute
Lincoln Technical Institute
Lincoln Technical Institute
Mercer County Technical
School
Merit Technical Institute
Metropolitan Learning Institute
Middlesex County Vocational
and Technical School
Monmouth County Vocational
School District Practical Nursing Program
Morris County School of
Technology
New Community Workforce
Development Center
Ocean County Vocational
Technical School
Passaic County Technical
Institute
Pinelands School. of PN & Allied Health Inc.
Salem Community College
Sierra Allied Health Academy
Somerset County Technical
Institute
The Center for Allied Health & Nursing Education
Union County College
Universal Training Institute, Inc.
Vineland Adult Education Center of Practical Nursing
Warren County Technical
School
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