Nursing Mount Saint Mary College

Overview

Your Nursing experience at Mount Saint Mary College will begin with foundational science and psychology courses to prepare you for upper-level Nursing classes. In order to proceed in the program, you must obtain a C or greater in these prerequisite biology and chemistry classes.

You’ll take your first Nursing course in your sophomore year, and then clinicals will begin in the second semester of that year. Throughout your time at the Mount, you’ll participate in a variety of clinical placements that correlate with your courses, exposing you to a number of settings you may find yourself in as a nurse, including acute care, emergency, labor and delivery, and more.

In addition to their studies, Nursing majors are encouraged to get involved on campus. Our students are highly encouraged to take part in the Student Nurses’ Association, which hosts several events throughout the year, including on-campus blood drives that have won awards from the New York Blood Center. We also have an honor society for our high-achieving Nursing students, and several of our Nursing majors have also successfully completed the Honors Program. Additionally, many of our Nursing majors are involved in sports, study abroad, and other extracurricular activities. We believe that these experiences not only make your college experience more rich, but also help to make you a better nurse!

About the programme

• Start your career in freshman year at Mount Saint Mary: You’ll begin Nursing-related classes in freshman year and clinical practice in sophomore. Plus, unlike other schools, you can be directly admitted into the Nursing program, instead of having to wait to apply.
• Level-up: Want to continue your studies? Our Master of Science in Nursing (MS in Nursing) will prepare you to be a family or adult-gerontology nurse practitioner. Want to grow your skills as both a nurse and an educator? We also offer a Master of Science in Nursing Education. Save money (Mount alums receive 25% off graduate tuition!) and learn from the same professors you already know and love.
• Dedicated simulation lab: Practice your skills before taking them into the real world! Get a sense of what clinical experiences are like in our Nursing Simulation and Learning Center  - we even have one that gives birth.
• Faculty nurses: Not only are our faculty experienced nurses, many of them still practice. A few of them are even Mount graduates!
• Service-oriented career at a service-oriented college: Service is built into our DNA here at the Mount, and it’s vital to who you’ll become as a nurse. It’s not just about practical skills in the School of Nursing: We’re also here to foster your empathy, compassion, and heart that will make you a truly great nurse. That's why you'll see our Nursing students planning and assisting with events, such as our blood drive, each semester.
• Proven results: We’ve graduated more than 3,000 nurses, whose performance on the NCLEX surpasses the state average. Our reputation of clinically prepared nurses in our local facilities is evident, as many of them have offers within months of graduation.

Careers

Your clinical experiences will be key in giving you the training and connections you need to succeed as a nurse. The Hudson Valley is a fast-growing healthcare hub, and we are proud to have clinical relationships at a variety of regional healthcare facilities, including Albany Medical Center, Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital, Orange Regional Medical Center, NY Presbyterian Hospital Westchester, Montefiore Medical Center, Northwell Health, NYU Langone, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and many more.

Once you’ve graduated, the possibilities for applying your degree are endless. Nurses are everywhere! From schools to military to public health to hospitals, Mount Nursing students are on the frontlines of keeping people safe and healthy.