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UB School of Nursing
1040
Kimball Tower
3435 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214
716.829.2537
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Is nursing right for you?
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The study of nursing prepares students to identify health needs, promote healthy behavior, and provide care for individuals and families who experience acute and chronic illness.
The undergraduate and graduate programs in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing emphasize the acquisition of clinical nursing expertise. Students Develop their ability to make decisions, practice creatively and imaginatively, and cope with change in a climate of scholarship, discovery, and professional example.
Graduates are prepared for beginning and advanced professional nursing practice grounded in millennial knowledge in a discipline that focuses on interdisciplinary collaboration, critical thinking, and innovation. The curriculum ensures interaction with faculty in one-to-one mentoring, small group classes, conferences, and electronic media, as well as in traditional lectures. Our learning community is enriched by a multicultural student body.
The School of Nursing has clinical affliations with Western New York's major health-care facilities. |
Job anyone?
The supply of potential nurses has not kept pace with current and future demands. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also reports national figures that total 1 million new and replacement jobs that will need to be filled by RNs from 2000 to 2010. Currently there are 2.7 million RNs in the U.S. today, more than any other type of health care professional, and in New York State alone there are more than 230,000.
The shortage of RNs is local and national, and is predicted to last beyond the foreseeable future. Therefore employment opportunities are sure to be plentiful. In addition, average salaries of nurses in the U.S. have steadily increased over the past two decades.
How do RNs work?
 RNs work both full and part-time, with relatively flexible scheduling.
They are independent, licensed professionals, who work collaboratively with other health professionals.
RNs play key roles in promoting health, and in the overall planning, providing, and supervising of care interventions for individuals.
They provide health teaching and health counseling through the provision of interventions supportive to or restorative of health and well-being.
Where do RNs work?
Nearly two-thirds of all RNs work within hospital:
Critical care units
Surgery (operating rooms)
Emergency rooms
Medical-surgical units
Recent demands indicate increased opportunities in:
Psychiatric-mental health
Women’s health
Pediatrics
Case management
Administration.
Away from hospitals, demand has also increased at:
Health agencies
Long-term care facilities
Managed care centers
Community health centers
Government agencies
Research centers
Colleges and universities
Elementary and secondary schools
Business and industry (pharmaceutical, medical equipment, etc)
What are RNs qualified to do?
In addition to hospital/and health care staff nursing, RNs with bachelor’s degrees are also qualified to be:
Patient advocates
Case managers
Infection/disease control practitioners
Legal consultants
Health care administrators
Teachers (additional education/certifications required for K-12)
Counselors
School nurses
Educational administrators
Researchers
Product managers
Editors/Journalists
Businesspersons
Program highlights
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Prestige programs at low SUNY tuition
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Maximum flexibility - study options
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Unique opportunities - the region's only nursing program that's part of a multidisciplinary health-sciences center and listed in U.S. News & World Report's "Top Schools in Nursing"
Faculty strengths
- Nationally and internationally recognized for publications, presentations, and service
- Expert practitioners of nursing; advanced in their specialties
- Curricula that address the dynamic of continually changing health-care services and providers
- An academic atmosphere that respects diverse lifestyles, ideas, and approaches to problem solving
Work innovatively in our state-of-the-art facilities
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Center for Nursing Research
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Health Sciences Library
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Learning Resource Center
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Patient Simulation Center
Establish valuable networks with student clubs and organizations
- Minority Nurses Student Association
- Nursing Student Organization
- Sigma Theta Tau International (nursing honor society)
Academic offerings
- Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Nursing - Basic, Accelerated, and RN Track
- Combined bachelor of Science/Master of science (B.S./M.S.) in nursing, for Registered Nurses
- Master of science (M.S.)
- Nurse Practitioner: Adult Care, Adult, Family, Gertiatric, Maternal and Women's Health, Neonatal, Pediatric, Psychiatric Mental Health
- Clinical Nurse Specialist: Acute/Critical-Care, Adult/MedicalSurgical, Geriatric
- Nurse Anesthetist
- Advanced Certificate in Nursing Education Post-Master's Programs
- Nurse Practitioner: Adult Care, Adult, Family, Gertiatric, Maternal and Women's Health, Neonatal, Pediatric, Psychiatric Mental Health
- Health Doctoral Program
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Our faculty and students learn together and communicate in ways that respect diversity both in ideas and in approaches to problem solving. Whether you're interacting with faculty for independent study or in courses, such as Principles of Leadership, Assessment of Families and Communities, or Health Promotion, rest assured that you will be benefiting from the latest teaching methods.
With a degree in Nursing from the University at Buffalo, you will be prepared for a career as a general duty nurse, nurse practitioner, clinical specialist, critical care nurse, nurse consultant, nurse instructor, emergency room nurse, director of nursing, nurse midwife, home health care nurse, nurse anesthetist, or operating room nurse.
So, is nursing right for you?
How could it not be?
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