Curriculum
Students learn in a stimulating and challenging environment at the USU Graduate School of Nursing.
Courses are taught by military and civilian professors, many of whom are international authorities in the fields of nursing and science.
Our renowned USU faculty share their knowledge and skills in the classroom, clinic, and in the field environment to prepare outstanding nurses dedicated to careers in the uniformed services and the federal health care system.
The GSN students — comprised of Army, Navy, Air Force and Public Health Service officers as well as nurses working in a variety of federal health agencies — are pursuing excellence in graduate nursing education through one of the School's four master's programs or its Ph.D. program.
Spotlight
USU faculty takes first place in Navy Wide Research Competition
Several Graduate School of Nursing faculty members and students were honored during the 26th Annual Navy-Wide Research Competition held on May 26 at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP).
CDR Greg Nezat, USU's former research director at NMCP, and CDR Chris Oudekerk, USU's current research director at NMCP, represented the winning team in the Navy Medicine East competition.
Their presentation, "The effect of intraoperative intravenous lidocaine infusion on the reduction of postoperative pain and return of bowel function in patients undergoing minor laparoscopic gynecological procedures," was supported by USU teammates LT Philip Grady, LCDRs Nathaniel Clark and John Lenahan, CDR Robert Hawkins and CAPT (Ret) Joe Pelligrini.