A world-class city filled with art and culture and an incredible campus that offers cutting edge resources–that’s what students receive at Penn Nursing. And that’s just the start. Penn Nursing and the wider university offer something for everyone, as well as a lifelong community.
Penn Nursing is globally known for educating dynamic nurses—because our School values evidence-based science and health equity. That’s where our expertise lies, whether in research, practice, community health, or beyond. Everything we do upholds a through-line of innovation, encouraging our exceptional students, alumni, and faculty share their knowledge and skills to reshape health care.
Penn Nursing students are bold and unafraid, ready to embrace any challenge that comes their way. Whether you are exploring a career in nursing or interested in advancing your nursing career, a Penn Nursing education will help you meet your goals and become an innovative leader, prepared to change the face of health and wellness.
Penn Nursing is the #1-ranked nursing school in the world. Its highly-ranked programs help develop highly-skilled leaders in health care who are prepared to work alongside communities to tackle issues of health equity and social justice to improve health and wellness for everyone.
Penn Nursing’s rigorous academic curricula are taught by world renowned experts, ensuring that students at every level receive an exceptional Ivy League education. From augmented reality classrooms and clinical simulations to coursework that includes experiential global travel to clinical placements in top notch facilities, a Penn Nursing education prepares our graduates to lead.
Academic Practice Partners
World-class medical facilities, right in our backyard.
Collaboration with our clinical practice partners is crucial for exposing students to the latest in evidence-based nursing, and a cornerstone of the educational approach at our school. To provide this experience, we’re lucky to be partnered with some of the nation’s best hospitals and research facilities.
Starting in their second year, nursing students gain clinical experience at top-ranked facilities like the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the Penn Medicine research complex, and the Philadelphia Veteran’s Administration Medical Center.
Penn Medicine: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Also known as Penn Medicine, UPHS is fully integrated with the Perelman School of Medicine, which was founded in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school and is comprised of some of the area’s finest hospitals and health systems, including:
Chester County Hospital provides top-rated care in cardiovascular, oncology, orthopaedic, radiology, and women’s health from a team of physicians and nurses that are leaders in their field.
Lancaster General Health is a not-for-profit health system with a comprehensive network of care, including more than 300 primary-care and specialty physicians; outpatient and Urgent Care services; and four hospitals with a total of 786 licensed beds: Lancaster General Hospital, Women & Babies Hospital, Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital, and Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital. Our membership in Penn Medicine brings together the strengths of a world-renowned, not-for-profit academic medical center and a nationally recognized, not-for-profit community health care system.
Providing skilled nursing services, rehabilitation therapies, home health aides and other supportive services to all eligible patients in Philadelphia, as well as Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, and Bucks counties. Penn Care at Home specialties include care of cardiology, oncology, neurology, orthopaedics, and diabetes patients.
One of the region’s premier medical facilities offering patients leading-edge medical programs in several specialty areas, including cardiology, cancer, family medicine, internal medicine, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, radiology and imaging, and surgery.
The nation’s first hospital renowned for its programs in orthopaedics, cardiac care, neurosciences, hematology/oncology, urology, fertility care, and behavioral health.
The Mercy LIFE program, serving seniors in West Philadelphia and three areas in Delaware County, provides comprehensive medical, health, recreational and social services customized for each person in an effort to promote independence at home.
Designed to meet veterans’ changing medical, surgical, and quality of life needs with services that include special emphasis programs, alcohol and drug dependence treatment, and rehabilitative care.
ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,299 beds), a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health.
AtlantiCare is an integrated system of services designed to help people achieve optimal health. It comprises AtlantiCare Regional Health Services including AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center with three locations, ambulatory services and AtlantiCare Physician Group; the AtlantiCare Foundation; and AtlantiCare Health Solutions, an accountable care organization.
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