The professional component of this education is designed to prepare a professional nurse who promotes, restores, and maintains health for individuals, families, groups, and the community.Professional nurses:

  • are independent practitioners who make considered judgments;
  • act with responsibility;
  • are responsible for their own professional growth and learning; and
  • are accountable to their clients and to their profession for their nursing practice.

The program is designed for graduate nurses from associate degree programs and/or diploma schools of nursing. The program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

The faculty of the Department of Nursing and Health Studies at Monmouth University believes that the professional nurse must be a person who:

  • is liberally educated;
  • has a highly developed social awareness; and
  • has a concern for the well being of individuals.