Highlights of Our Nursing Program
EMU nursing faculty say nursing is more than knowing about the body. It’s about understanding and caring for the total person.
Our nursing program emphasizes caring relationships motivated by Christian service goals. Nursing preparation at EMU helps students to look at health care needs as part of a whole – physical, spiritual, mental and environmental. Students learn to work in any setting where nurses are needed. We train nurses to have adaptability and confidence in an ever-changing field.
Key points of our program
- Accreditation with the Virginia Board of Nursing and the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education
- Faculty who see themselves as listeners as well as teachers
- 1:1 mentoring by caring professors
- Combination of traditional classroom and laboratory teaching
Units of study may include:
- Lectures
- Laboratory demonstrations and exercises
- Interactive video and multimedia
- Clinical experience in hospitals and other real-life settings
Study options for nursing majors
- Traditional Four-Year Degree
- Transfers
- Traditional Second Degree (four-semester program)
- Accelerated Second Degree (15-month program)
- LPNs (curriculum for LPNs with work experience)
Other nursing programs at EMU
MS in Nursing
Our online master’s level program offers three masters concentrations: Leadership
and Management, Leadership and School Nurse, Leadership in Trauma-Awareness and Resilience.
Two graduate certificate courses are also offered in school nursing and trauma-awareness
and resilience. All of these are designed for working students who need to maintain
family commitments, stay in their home area, and remain on the job while completing
graduate studies.
Our graduates
After completion of the program, graduates take the licensure by examination for registered nurses, administered by the National Council of State Board of Nursing, Inc.
| Eastern Mennonite University Department of Nursing Annual pass rates on NCLEX RN for EMU nursing graduates |
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| Year | EMU average | |
| 2019 | 84.91% | |
| 2020 | 87.8% | |
| 2021 | 81.8% | |
| 2022 | 85.7% | |
| 2023 | 90% | |
Source: National Council of State Boards of Nursing statistics
