DEU Sites

The School of Nursing currently has 3 DEU's at Sister’ Hospital, with 4th  DEU at Sister's St. Joseph Campus that opened in 2015. Sister’s is one of the hospitals under the Catholic Health System in Buffalo. Formed in 1998 under four religious sponsors, Catholic Health in Buffalo, NY is a non-profit health care system that provides care to Western New Yorkers across a network of hospitals, primary care centers, imaging centers, and several other community ministries.

There are currently 2 DEU’s across 4 units at ECMC. This 550-bed Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) is one of the area’s leading health care providers. It serves as a regional center for trauma, burns, rehabilitation and cardiac care.

We have one of the first DEU's in a Hospice Setting.  This unique experience offers our students an opportunity to care for people with life-limiting illness. Hospice is a compassionate approach to care whose goal is to help people with serious illness live life fully, maintain their dignity and keep control over their lives.

Kaleida currently has 5 DEU’s, 2 of which are located at Buffalo General, 2 at Women and Children’s Hospital and 1 at Millard Fillmore Suburban. Kaleida Health is the largest health care provider in Western New York, serving the area's eight counties with state-of-the-art technology and comprehensive health care services. Its expert, compassionate health care professionals are committed to providing the best possible outcomes and experience for patients and visitors.

There are currently 3 DEU’s at Roswell Park Cancer Institute with one located in operating room services. Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is the first and only upstate New York facility to hold the National Cancer Institute designation of "comprehensive cancer center" and to serve as a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). Many RPCI faculty serve on the NCCN panels that create the Clinical Practice Guidelines in OncologyTM – the internationally recognized standards for clinical policy in oncology, and the most comprehensive clinical practice guidelines available in any area of medicine.