Discover Nursing Programs, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
Nursing faculty at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) describe a program built specifically for working nurses, offering a fully online format that fits around the demands of a nursing career and family life, without compromising on quality or rigor. Faculty remain active in clinical practice themselves, bringing current, evidence-based knowledge directly into their teaching.
Students have direct access to instructors, often reaching them by cell phone, text, or call, and gain hands-on clinical experience through in-person intensives, including practicing skills such as pelvic exams, suturing, and toenail removal in a safe, supported environment before heading into practicum.
This combination of flexibility, expert faculty, and personalized support reflects USAHS’s broader commitment to helping already accomplished nurses take the next step in their careers, backed by strong national exam pass rates and employment outcomes.
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Discover Nursing Programs, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
[00:00:00] Ashlee Loewen (Nursing Faculty): The University of St. Augustine is the best place for students. [00:00:02] Cecilia Hammond (Nursing Faculty): We are student-focused. [00:00:04] Ashlee Loewen (Nursing Faculty): We’re an all online program, and I think that’s really a value in today’s society, especially for this working nurse. And the University of St. Augustine really recognizes that. [00:00:14] Cecilia Hammond (Nursing Faculty): We understand that our students are busy nurses who have careers and have families. [00:00:19] Ashlee Loewen (Nursing Faculty): And so we’re able to offer top-notch online education. [00:00:22] Sarah Cartwright (Nursing Programs): Faculty are experts in their field. We are still in practice. We work within the field of healthcare every day. We are there with you in practice to help you have the most current and evidence-based information as you go on your journey. [00:00:39] David Liguori (Nursing Faculty): Students can always contact the instructors. [00:00:42] Cecilia Hammond (Nursing Faculty): They have our personal cell phone number, so they can text us or call us. [00:00:47] Johnanna Hernandez (Nursing Faculty): We really try to prepare them for an actual real-world working experience. So I think that helps, along with the intensive, where they get to come here and have hands-on skills. [00:00:56] Ashlee Loewen (Nursing Faculty): In our family nurse practitioner program, we, our students attend one time during their program on campus to learn kind of the hands-on skills of becoming a nurse practitioner. [00:01:06] Ashlee Loewen (Nursing Faculty): To come and physically be able to do that in a safe environment for that first time, to do a pelvic exam on a female, to put sutures in, to do a toenail removal, that’s all things you just kind of want to get that first one under your belt so that when you do go to practicum, it’s that much easier. [00:01:22] David Liguori (Nursing Faculty): One thing that’s unique about University of St. Augustine is we actually have a designated person that will place the student into the clinical setting. [00:01:32] Sarah Cartwright (Nursing Programs): We take that on. We work with you to make sure we understand your needs, and then we work with the providers in your community to place you close to your home. [00:01:41] Ashlee Loewen (Nursing Faculty): They’re going to have that security there that when it’s their turn to enter their practicum site, that we’ve got that handled. [00:01:48] Johnanna Hernandez (Nursing Faculty): We have a great pass rate on our national exam. We have a great success rate with students getting employed. So I think we really prepare people for the real world. [00:01:57] Sarah Cartwright (Nursing Programs): We know that you’re already capable and successful in your nursing career, and we’re here to help you take that next step.
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