Nurse speaking with a patient. Nurse speaking with a patient.

Nursing Unit

About

The University at Albany's Nursing Programs empowers aspiring nurses and advances the careers of working professionals through comprehensive and flexible education pathways.

Whether you're starting your journey with our innovative 1-2-1 Bachelor of Science in Nursing in partnership with St. Peter’s Health Partners, completing your BS Nursing degree as a registered nurse or pursuing advanced study in our MS Population Health Nursing program, UAlbany offers tailored programs to meet your career goals in nursing.
 

Why Choose UAlbany for Nursing?

At UAlbany, we are committed to fostering a supportive learning environment where nursing students thrive. Our programs blend academic rigor with practical experience, ensuring you graduate with the skills and confidence to succeed in today’s evolving health care landscape.

Whether you’re entering the field or advancing your career, UAlbany’s nursing programs provide the knowledge, flexibility and opportunities you need to achieve your professional aspirations.
 

Accreditation

The baccalaureate degree and master’s degree programs in nursing at the University at Albany are pursuing initial accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Applying for accreditation does not guarantee that accreditation will be granted.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) 2021 BSN Essentials:

Domain 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice: Integration, translation, and application of established and evolving disciplinary nursing knowledge and ways of knowing, as well as knowledge from other disciplines, including a foundation in liberal arts and natural and social sciences. This distinguishes the practice of professional nursing and forms the basis for clinical judgment and innovation in nursing practice.  

Domain 2: Person-Centered Care: Person-centered care focuses on the individual within multiple complicated contexts, including family and/or important others. Person-centered care is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate. Person-centered care builds on a scientific body of knowledge that guides nursing practice regardless of specialty or functional area.

Domain 3: Population Health: Population health spans the healthcare delivery continuum from public health prevention to disease management of populations and describes collaborative activities with both traditional and non-traditional partnerships from affected communities, public health, industry, academia, health care, local government entities, and others for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes.  

Domain 4: Scholarship for Nursing Discipline: The generation, synthesis, translation, application, and dissemination of nursing knowledge to improve health and transform health care.  

Domain 5: Quality and Safety: Employment of established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science. Quality and safety, as core values of nursing practice, enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.  

Domain 6: Inter-professional Partnership: Intentional collaboration across professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.  

Domain 7: Systems-Based Practice: Responding to and leading within complex systems of health care. Nurses effectively and proactively coordinate resources to provide safe, quality, equitable care to diverse populations.  

Domain 8: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies: Information and communication technologies and informatics processes are used to provide care, gather data, form information to drive decision making, and support professionals as they expand knowledge and wisdom for practice. Informatics processes and technologies are used to manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards.  

Domain 9: Professionalism: Formation and cultivation of a sustainable professional nursing identity, accountability, perspective, collaborative disposition, and comportment that reflects nursing’s characteristics and values.  

Domain 10: Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development: Participation in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, and well-being, lifelong learning, and support the acquisition of nursing expertise and assertion of leadership. 

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) 2011 Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Essentials

Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities: Understanding of foundational sciences and humanities that inform nursing practice.

Organizational and Systems Leadership: Understanding of organizational and systems leadership relevant to the delivery of nursing care.

Quality Improvement and Safety: Integration of quality improvement and safety initiatives in nursing practice.

Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice: Application of research findings into nursing practice to improve outcomes.

Informatics and Healthcare Technologies: Utilization of informatics and healthcare technologies to enhance nursing practice.

Health Policy and Advocacy: Influence health policy to improve population health and healthcare delivery.

Inter-professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes: Collaborate effectively as part of an inter-professional team to improve health outcomes.

Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health: Implement strategies for health promotion, disease prevention, and population health.

Advanced Nursing Practice: Utilize advanced nursing practice roles to provide patient-centered care.

Ethics: Integrate ethical principles into decision-making and practice.

Master’s-Level Nursing Practice: Demonstrate competence in master’s-level nursing practice.

Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice: Use evidence-based practice to guide nursing decisions. 

Nursing Programs Contact
Mae Jobin-Davis
Administrative Manager
Social Science 262

1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
United States

Programs

Undergraduate

Nursing BS | Completion Program | Partially Online |

Nursing BS | Completion Program | Partially Online |
Master's

Population Health Nursing MS | Fully Online | +CGS Option |

Population Health Nursing MS | Fully Online | +CGS Option |
Population Health Nursing MS | Fully Online | +CGS Option |
Population Health Nursing MS | Fully Online | +CGS Option |

Clinical Excellence & Best Practices

UAlbany provides robust clinical experiences to prepare you for the multifaceted demands of modern health care. Our hands-on laboratory experiences are meticulously designed to cultivate essential skills and competencies vital for nursing practice.

You’ll undergo rigorous validations in critical areas such as handwashing protocols, personal protective equipment (PPE) application, sterile technique, medication administration, NG tube placement, central line dressing changes, catheterization, and comprehensive head-to-toe assessments. These simulations take place in a controlled environment, ensuring a safe and supportive atmosphere conducive to learning and skill mastery.


Clinical Partnerships

  1. St. Peter’s Health Partners
    • Collaborate with a leading health care provider offering diverse clinical settings for hands-on learning and professional development opportunities.
  2. Albany Medical Center
    • Partner with a renowned academic medical center providing advanced clinical training in various specialties, fostering a comprehensive learning experience.
  3. Albany Department of Health
    • Engage with local public health initiatives and gain practical experience in community health and epidemiology under the guidance of public health professionals.
  4. Schenectady Department of Health
    • Participate in community health initiatives and programs aimed at improving public health outcomes in Schenectady, gaining insights into population health management.
       

Bedside Clinical Experiences and Transition to Practice

Beyond the classroom, you’ll engage in immersive clinical rotations where you actively participate in patient care under the guidance of seasoned health care professionals. This hands-on approach allows you to navigate patient loads, experience care transitions firsthand, and collaborate effectively within interdisciplinary teams.

By integrating theory with practice in diverse clinical settings, including inpatient and outpatient facilities, you’ll gain invaluable insights and proficiency necessary for the RN role.


Elevated Clinical Experiences

Our comprehensive curriculum encompasses a wide array of clinical rotations across various specialties, ensuring a well-rounded nursing education. You’ll gain practical experience in:

  • Behavioral Health: Assessing and managing mental health needs.
  • Critical Care: Providing intensive care to critically ill patients.
  • Emergency Room Care: Responding to urgent medical situations with precision and urgency.
  • Geriatrics: Addressing the unique health care challenges of older adults.
  • Obstetrics: Supporting women through prenatal, labor, and postpartum care.
  • Medical-Surgical: Participating in perioperative and medical-surgical nursing.
  • Pediatrics: Caring for children and adolescents across developmental stages.
  • Rehabilitation: Assisting patients in recovery and rehabilitation processes.
  • Leadership and Management: Developing leadership skills essential for nursing practice.
  • Community and Public Health: Engaging in initiatives that promote community health and well-being.


Graduate-Level Clinical Experiences

As a graduate student, you’ll benefit from a range of clinical placements, including paid and voluntary internships in public health settings. These experiences empower nurses to apply advanced knowledge in addressing public health challenges, such as advocating for health policies, conducting health screenings, and collaborating with community stakeholders to improve health outcomes.

You’ll emerge from our program equipped to lead and innovate in health care settings, making meaningful contributions to community health and public health initiatives.

Through these diverse and immersive clinical experiences, you’ll develop not only clinical expertise but also a deep commitment to patient-centered care and community health advocacy, ensuring you’ll excel as a compassionate and competent nursing professional in a rapidly evolving health care landscape.


Best Practices: Research Integration for Quality Improvement and Community Impact

At the University at Albany, we are committed to equipping you with robust research skills and experiences that empower you to drive positive change in health care and community settings.

Our curriculum integrates research classes and initiatives to prepare students to initiate quality improvement projects and conduct impactful research across diverse health care domains.


Research Integration in Nursing Education

You’ll engage in rigorous research coursework that emphasizes evidence-based practice and quality improvement methodologies. Through these classes, you’ll develop essential skills in literature review, data analysis, research design and interpretation of findings. This foundation enables you to critically evaluate health care practices and implement evidence-based interventions aimed at enhancing patient outcomes and community health.


Student-Based Research Initiatives

Our nursing students actively contribute to research initiatives that address pressing health care challenges and promote health equity. Some notable student-led research initiatives include:

  • Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP): Investigating strategies to reduce VAP rates through improved infection control measures and ventilator management protocols.
  • Reduction of Infections in Neonatal Patients: Studying interventions to decrease infection rates in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) through enhanced hand hygiene practices and antimicrobial stewardship.
  • Community-Based Exercise Programs: Designing and evaluating exercise programs tailored to address sedentary lifestyles and promote physical activity within local communities.
  • Community Health Screenings: Conducting screenings and assessments to identify prevalent health issues in underserved populations and connecting individuals with appropriate health care resources.
  • Climate Change and Health: Exploring the intersection of climate change and public health, studying the impacts on vulnerable populations and developing mitigation strategies.


Impact on Patient Care and Community Health

Through these research initiatives, UAlbany nursing students contribute valuable insights and innovations that directly impact patient care quality and community health outcomes. By applying research findings to practice, you’ll play a pivotal role in improving health care

delivery, enhancing preventive care strategies and addressing health disparities within diverse community settings.
 

Preparing Future Nurse Leaders

UAlbany nurtures a culture of inquiry and innovation among our nursing students, preparing you to lead change and advance nursing practice. Our commitment to research excellence ensures that graduates are equipped to initiate and sustain quality improvement initiatives, advocate for evidence-based health care policies and contribute to the broader advancement of nursing science and patient care outcomes.

Faculty

Jodi Dorrough
Jodi Dorrough
Adjunct Lecturer
College of Integrated Health Sciences; Nursing Unit
Barbara Fane
Barbara Fane
Adjunct Lecturer
College of Integrated Health Sciences; Nursing Unit
Maha Ghorayeb
Maha Ghorayeb
Adjunct Lecturer
College of Integrated Health Sciences; Nursing Unit
Shawn Jeune
Shawn Jeune
Adjunct Lecturer
College of Integrated Health Sciences; Nursing Unit
Kevin Pommenville
Kevin Pommenville
Adjunct Lecturer
College of Integrated Health Sciences; Nursing Unit