Nurses provide patients, families, and communities with the care they need. This starts with a quality nursing education focused on in-depth knowledge and practical experience.
Maryville’s bachelor’s degree in nursing offers a rigorous curriculum and state-of-the-art practice labs to prepare confident graduates who provide preventive, curative and rehabilitative professional nursing care.
Nurses make a real difference in people’s lives, and because of that 84% of nurses say their work is meaningful, according to Payscale. A nursing career offers a variety of work settings, such as hospitals, medical clinics, schools, nonprofit organizations, home health care, nursing homes and the military.
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Walker Hall, a state-of-the-art facility, offers students a real-life setting to learn in environments resembling those in which they will later practice as registered nurses in an intensive care unit (ICU/CCU).
The St. Louis region offers numerous clinical opportunities for nursing students to gain hands-on experience since the area boasts of top-notch healthcare companies such as:
• Barnes-Jewish
• St. Louis Children’s Hospital
• SSM Healthcare
• Mercy Hospital
• St. Luke’s Hospital
LaDonna Whitten, RN, PhD, professor of nursing at Maryville University, received the 2020 President’s Award for Strategic Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion in honor of her achievements. She has also worked as an emergency department nurse at Touchette Regional Hospital for 23 years.
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The Catherine McAuley School of Nursing is accredited by:
It is fully approved by:
Missouri State Board of Nursing
3605 MO Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65109
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master’s degree program in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice program, and post-graduate APRN certificate programs at Maryville University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.
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*Please note according to Section 335.066, RSMo of the Missouri Nursing Practice Act that admission and completion of the BSN program does not guarantee eligibility to take the licensure examination.
The U.S. is predicted to add 438,100 new nursing jobs by 2026. Increased emphasis on preventive and patient care, growing rates of chronic conditions (such as diabetes and obesity), and demand for healthcare services from the aging baby boomer population mean that demand for nursing is growing dramatically. In response, employers are making nursing jobs more inviting to attract much-needed talent.
SALARY
TOP 10%
$104,100
MEDIAN
$70,000
JOB GROWTH
15%
ESTIMATED
through 2026
438,100 NEW JOBS THROUGH 2026
LARGEST EMPLOYERS
in this field:
*Data on this page provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
*Data on this page provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.