Nursing Major

• Small classes and close mentoring relationships with faculty
• EMU nurses care for the whole person, family and community. 
• Our Sacred Covenant of Nursing emphasizes service, empathy, self-giving love, empowerment, and the nurse-patient relationship. 
• We teach you that nursing is more than a job. Nursing is a vocation that allows you to practice justice, kindness and mercy. 
• You will develop your own personal art of nursing, understand important and sacred moments and places, and respect for all people. 

In your first two years of study you will complete lab work in our state-of-the-art science facilities.  Our cadaver lab gives nursing students an opportunity to explore the human body up-close in anatomy and physiology courses. 

Any student admitted to EMU may declare a nursing major, but all students must complete an application to begin the clinical level of the nursing program which typically begins during the junior year. Students may begin the clinical nursing program in either the Fall or the Spring semester.

Once you have been admitted to the clinical portion of the nursing program you will complete more than 500 hours in a clinical setting. 

Starting in your junior year you will complete all-day clinical rotations.

Our students complete clinical training at various locations, including: Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, Sentara RMH Medical Center, Western State Hospital, Augusta Health Center, local schools and various Virginia Department of Health locations.

• 99% of undergrads receive financial aid
• The average assistance package is over $37,000
• Over $21 million in aid is awarded each year

Financial aid packages often include:

• Grants and scholarships
• Work-study positions
• Loan opportunities

Learn more by contacting  EMU's Financial Assistance Office or checking out our net price calculator.