Parents and families are important to our students and to the College of Nursing. We encourage you to attend our information sessions when considering various schools, visit us during orientation and participate in other university activities. You may learn more about us, including our goals, mission and philosophy. Take time to review our traditional 4-year BSN program. Peruse our latest news and events. Find out additional information about resources available to our students, our expert faculty, our nursing organizations and our impact in the community. In short, discover what Villanova Nursing means.

Throughout this web site, you may find it helpful to read the reflections and reactions about Villanova Nursing from our students, alumni and below, fellow parents.

Barbara Mahon
Parent, Class of 2000, Selden, NY

"My daughter Colleen graduated from Villanova in 2000. We encouraged her to attend Villanova. We had heard about the nursing program's excellent academic rating. She had been accepted at Boston College and it was between both schools. She had applied, and subsequently was awarded, an NROTC scholarship at Villanova.

Colleen's experience at Villanova was a great one. Coming from a Catholic high school, she had been very involved in service for her church and community. It became second nature for her to do the same when she got to college. I have to say, "She bloomed as she planted." Each year brought something new for her to take on. She was chosen to go to Peru with Dr. Ott. Colleen not only wanted to be a nurse but a teacher as well and she thought that that experience in Peru gave her that opportunity.

Colleen felt prepared, even as just a graduate nurse, to work in the Neonatal Unit at Bethesda Naval Hospital after graduation. She knew she would have a lot to learn but felt her education prepared her for that endeavor. In 2003, she was deployed to the Persian Gulf where she was quickly trained to take care of burned victims. As a junior officer she was put in charge of corpsmen to train. Again she relied on the solid background that she got from Villanova. She was awarded a merit award for her training of the corpsmen and the organizational procedures she put in place during the time of crisis. I know she is proud to say that she was a Villanova graduate of the College of Nursing.

I would tell parents that my daughter got an excellent education and the knowledge and background she needed to draw on when she was put to the task."

Brian and Christie McQuade
Parents, Class of 2007, Ashland, OR

"Nursing was Lindsay's choice no matter where she chose to study this discipline. She chose Villanova for several reasons. She did not want to attend a large population school, much like we have here on the West Coast. She had to have Naval ROTC available too as she did not want to do a cross-campus program. She qualified for a scholarship with the Navy and wanted to pursue becoming an officer in the Navy as well as a nurse. She chose Villanova because of the dedication of the staff to ensure every student will get all the help they need to get through, and the sense of discipline and elevated expectation of accomplishment…

Villanova University has the expectation that every student in the program will excel academically. However, Villanova University does not just stop with that expectation, rather they offer all the assistance and guidance a student is willing to accept to achieve this top notch education. The reputation here on the West Coast of Villanova University with our health care professional friends is tops."

Michael Heil
Parent, Class of 2007, Evansville, IN

"My daughter made the decision to attend the College of Nursing as it has been her primary area of interest. She visited several nursing schools in the Philadelphia area as her brother attends Penn. The Nursing program, the ranking of school, school size and having the NROTC program all played a significant role in my daughter's decision to attend the College of Nursing at Villanova. The physical visitation to the school (tour guide did a great job) and the willingness for the College of Nursing to have personal discussions while we were there played significant roles in the final decision."