OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING
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SCHOLARSHIPS
MSN or PhD Studies
Occupational Health Nursing
NIOSH tuition support available to graduate students w/ US citizenship
UAB School of Nursing
- Established in Tuscaloosa in 1949 as the University of Alabama School of Nursing; admitted first class in 1950; moved to Birmingham in 1967
- Ranked 15th in the nation by Nurse Educator
- Ranked 16th in the United States for research funding from the National Institutes of Health
- Master’s program ranked 19th in nation by U.S. News & World Report
- BSN, MSN, and PhD degree options offered
- RN to BSN, RN to MSN, BSN to PhD and post-MSN options offered
- Online courses offered in all options
- Honors program offered with clinical and research tracks
- 50 full-time faculty members have degrees from more than 60 schools of nursing
- 100 percent of faculty have doctoral degrees
- 15 clinical nurse specialists or nurse practitioners serve as teaching staff
- Designated as a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for International Nursing (1 of 12 in the United States and 34 worldwide)
- Member of the International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education (1 of 31 member schools of nursing worldwide)
- Center for Nursing Research is only one in Alabama
- Research studies funded by the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health, and other agencies focus on such topics as breast cancer and exercise, HIV and exercise, informed consent in children, anger management, adolescents and diabetes, and care-giving for the elderly
- 10,000+ graduates working in every state in the United States and more than a dozen foreign countries
- One of 16 Education and Research Centers sponsored by National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety
RN-MSN Option. Complete your baccalaureate degree in our on-line RN to BSN educational mobility program and pursue a Master’s Degree in Nursing specializing in occupational health nursing. Contact Kathleen Brown, RN, PhD, 205.934.6858, brownk@uab.edu.
SN Specialization in Occupational Health Nursing. If you already have a BSN, you may select either a:
- graduate study option to become prepared as an adult nurse practitioner in an occupational setting or an
- individualized study option emphasizing quality improvement and case management in occupational health nursing
The curriculum includes courses in occupational health nursing, safety and ergonomics, occupational disease, toxicology, and industrial hygiene.
Doctoral Study in Occupational Health Nursing You can prepare yourself for a research, teaching, consulting or administrative career by completing PhD theory, research, and occupational health courses and dissertation research on an occupational health topic. MSN to PhD and BSN to PhD options are available.
- On-line core courses
- Flexible scheduling
- Scholarships
- On-line core courses
- Flexible scheduling
- Scholarships
Contact:
Kathleen Brown, RN, PhD, 205.934.6858 or brownk@uab.edu,
Debra Baldwin, MSN, MBA, CRNP at baldwind@uab.edu, or
Karen Heaton, PhD, CEN, FNP-BC at kharp@uab.edu
The University of Alabama School of Nursing is a component of the Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety. The Deep South Center offers students rigorous studies to prepare for full interaction with other occupational health and safety professionals in planning and implementing occupational health and safety programs.
The Deep South Center for Occupational Health & Safety
A NIOSH Education & Research Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham & Auburn University
www.uab.edu/dsc