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Top Ten Reasons for choosing the Accelerated Bachelor's and Master's Program for Non-Nurses

You have a bachelor’s degree, maybe even a thriving career already, but you want more.  Here are the top ten reasons to choose a career in nursing and the University of Rochester School of Nursing’s Accelerated Bachelor’s and Master’s Program for Non-Nurses.

  1. Opportunity to pursue a career in a dynamic field that offers unlimited opportunities from direct patient care to making improvements in entire systems of care

  2. Career mobility with a wealth of options throughout the country.

  3. Job security unmatched in almost any other field.

  4. Challenge in a field where you’ll never be bored.

  5. A chance to contribute, one-to-one or one-to-many.

  6. A Registered Nurse (RN) degree in just one year or a Nurse Practitioner (NP) master’s degree in three (including the generalist baccalaureate).

  7. A program that helps you meld your past experience, background and unique perspectives with nursing and create new frontiers to improve health.

  8. A model that blends nursing practice and research into every aspect of the educational process

  9. The chance to work with faculty who are active clinical practitioners and leaders in their fields and who are committed to mentoring and close faculty-student relationships.

  10. Pride in knowing that at the end you'll be well prepared to succeed by a school and programs that are among the most highly rated in the nation.