Nursing

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Chair: Brigid Lusk

Graduate Faculty

Karen Baldwin, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
Virginia Cassidy, professor, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University
Sharon Coyer, associate professor, Ph.D., Loyola University
Patricia G. Fox, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
Judith Hertz, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Ayhan A. Lash, professor, Ph.D, University of Chicago
Brigid Lusk, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
Diana Mertens, supportive professional staff, Dr.P.H., University of Illinois, Chicago
Donna Munroe, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Donna Plonczynski, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
Judith Popovich, associate professor, D.N.Sc., Rush University
Lola Prince, assistant professor, Ph.D., Loyola University, Chicago
Julie Robertson, professor, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University
Jeanette Rossetti, assistant professor, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University

The School of Nursing offers a program of graduate study leading to an M.S. in nursing which is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, and two post-master’s certificates of graduate study–Family Nurse Practitioner and Nursing Education. In conjunction with the School of Allied Health Professions, the School of Nursing also offers the opportunity for simultaneous enrollment in the M.S. in nursing and M.P.H. degree programs to qualified graduate students with the consent of both schools.

Grading Policies for Master’s Degree and Certificate Students

Students must earn a minimum grade of B in each clinical specialty course. Clinical specialty courses include NURS 517, NURS 518, NURS 519, and NURS 519A; in addition, NURS 525, NURS 526, NURS 578, and NURS 579 for specialization as an adult nurse practitioner, or specialization as an adult clinical nurse specialist, and NURS 574, NURS 575, NURS 577, NURS 578, and NURS 579 for specialization as a family nurse practitioner, and NURS 517 or NURS 571, NURS 540, NURS 541, NURS 542, NURS 543, and NURS 544 for specialization as a nurse educator.

Any clinical or education specialty course in which a grade of C or lower is earned must be repeated and a grade of B or higher earned prior to progressing in program course work. Students who earn two grades of C in the same clinical specialty course or any combination of clinical specialty courses will be dismissed from the graduate and certificate programs.

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