- The Learning Environment
The Learning Environment
Each upper-division (junior and senior level) cohort consists of 72 admitted students. Clinical practicum for this program includes 696 clinical and laboratory hours, many of which are offered in innovative Dedicated Education Units (DEU), a model for clinical instruction that provides an optimal teaching/learning environment for students, faculty and clinicians. Students are integrated into nursing practice in the clinical setting working collaboratively with interdisciplinary health care team members to provide patient-centered, evidence based health care. Practicum experiences are enhanced through interprofessional simulated learning activities that provide a safe environment to develop critical thinking in urgent and non-urgent patient care situations.
The programs culminates in a three-week immersion precepted practicum where students are immersed in a one-on-one experience with a nurse in a clinical setting.
About Our Facilities
The School of Nursing, located in Wende Hall on South Campus, offers fully equipped health assessment, nursing skills, and simulation labs. Individualized teaching, coaching, and practice opportunities are provided by faculty and teaching assistants from our graduate student body.
The School of Nursing simulation labs feature state-of-the-art patient simulators in both a virtual operating room that is connected to patient monitors, and one utilized to simulate ambulatory and acute nursing situations.
The Center for Nursing Research (CNR), which houses a research library and is a repository for information on internal and external sources of funding, including guidelines and application forms.
A range of educational technology resources, include a wide variety of health-care databases, computer assisted instruction, and electronic resources.
About Our Faculty
The faculty in the undergraduate program are expert practitioners of nursing, all having advanced preparation in their fields of specialization. Many have achieved national and international recognition. Faculty are actively engaged in research, making significant contributions to nursing science and theory. Among the honors that have been awarded to faculty members include the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and election to office in the American Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Many faculty have the distinction of holding certification as expert clinical practitioners awarded by professional associations that promote and recognize only the highest standards of nursing excellence.
Faculty List Directory
Please visit the School of Nursing directory for additional information about our faculty.
School of Nursing
Wende HallSouth Campus
Buffalo, NY 14214-8013
Marsha L. Lewis
Dean and Professor
Catherine M. Mann
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Jennifer Schreier
Director of Student Services
Associated Programs
Associated Subjects
NBS Courses
- NBS 372LEC Health Promotion Across the Lifespan Lecture
Introduces the concepts of health promotion as a framework for nursing practice within the healthcare delivery system. Provides the opportunity to examine and implement health promotion programs on the individual and community level. Must be taken in program sequence.
Credits: 1
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Typically Offered: Fall
Requisites: Pre-Requisite: Admission to the Nursing Program - NBS 378SEM Health Promotion and Disease Prevention within Pop Seminar
The course addresses health promotion and disease prevention within populations and reflects political, social, economic and ethical issues. Health indicators such as the U.S. Government¿s Healthy People¿s national objectives, serve as a basis for identifying the needs and disparities of populations across the lifespan.