Overview

Director

Services

Nursing Major

Alumni

Especially for
Students

FAQs

Services

Health Professions Seminar/Internship (Science 229)

Liberal Arts/Nursing Major (LA/N)

Pre-Health Professions Club

The Resource Center

2007-2008 Scholarship Recipients

Health Professions Seminar/Internship (Science 229)

Ruth Williams, MD (Wheaton alumna) with students Allison Rasband, Karen Malakin, Sun-Yong Lee, and Jad Jabbour.

This two-hour credit bearing course is usually taken during the sophomore year. It serves as one official “Port of Entry” into the Health Professions program at Wheaton College. The Health Professions Seminar/Internship (Science 229) is offered during the spring semester and provides opportunities to:

- Study contemporary issues in healthcare and hear from health professionals

- Investigate the nature of the chosen health profession through a clinical internship (shadowing)

- Learn what is expected of a health care professional and engage in professional development

- Engage in self-assessment for career definition and clarification

- Recognize the unique role of a Christian practitioner in a context of diversity and globalization

Science 229 Discussion Groups

Back to Top

Liberal Arts/Nursing Major (LA/N)

Wheaton College offers a 3-2 Liberal Arts/Nursing Program leading to both a B.S. from Wheaton and a B.S.N. or advanced degree from an NLN-accredited nursing school. Since 1982, this program has prepared students for the nursing profession by providing a solid Christian liberal arts foundation including the basic sciences. During the three years the student is at Wheaton, students enroll in the courses that will enable them to meet the admission requirements for nursing schools. Assistance is given the student in transferring to the nursing school affiliate of choice. The last two years or more are spent at the nursing school.
Please consult the Wheaton College On-line Catalog regarding course requirements for the Liberal Arts Nursing major.


Wheaton's Nursing School Affiliates:
    Wheaton College is affiliated with five of the nation's premier nursing schools.

- Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
      - Graduate Entry DNP Program -      - New Curriculum for Grad Entry Program -

- Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing - Emory University: Atlanta, Georgia

- Rush University College of Nursing - Chicago, Illinois

- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing - Nashville, Tennessee

- Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing - Baltimore, Maryland

A Second Pathway

The nature of our agreements is school-specific. The master's level program at Rush, the Generalist Entry Masters (GEM), requires that an applicant already have a bachelor's degree. some students, therefore, choose a different major than LA/N, stay at Wheaton College four years to receive their bachelor's degree. this introduces a second pathway at Wheaton College towards nursing. Assistance is also provided to students interested in pursuing BSN, ABSN, and MSN programs at NLN accredited schools after graduation from Wheaton College.



Back to Top

Pre-Health Professions Club
With forty regular members, the Pre-Health Professions Club, also known as Sigma Delta Pi, is having a positive impact on future health professionals and present patients both here on campus and in the greater Chicago area. Within an intense, focused group of students, the club provides a sense of community that represents equal measures of commiseration and encouragement. Peer Mentoring and the senior panel are good examples of the club’s purpose among the student body. During this time older students pass on the wisdom they have gained from experience to the younger students, helping pave the way for another class to make it through the challenges of a pre-med curriculum.

Beyond the walls of Wheaton College, club members are actively engaging their mandate to Christian service along a variety of health care related avenues, including running a blood drive for local hospitals and volunteering in a inner city clinic in Chicago. The club is not designed to place another burden on the backs of already overwhelmed students. Instead our purpose is to serve as a resource for students looking towards a career in the health professions, and to be available to whatever extent the particular student desires to take advantage of what the club has to offer. Sigma Delta Pi is a vital, integrative part of the pre-health professions community here at Wheaton.

Sigma Delta Pi '07-'08 Cabinet Back (L-R): David Johnson, Scott Russell, Kirsten Anderson, Allison Flynn, Sean Rivera Front (L-R): Amy Harrylock, Amy Koehler, Stephen Kusmer (Not pictured: Vanessa Maycumber & Tracey Harris)	Heartland Blood Centers 2004 Service Excellence Award
Club Day - Sigma Delta Pi Table	Blood Drive Sign-Up

Back to Top


The Resource Center
The Resource Center, housed in the Health Professions Suite, holds informational materials from the schools and professional organizations that are accessible to students. Holdings include:

1. Bulletins, Viewbooks, and Catalogs from Health Professions Schools
2. Program Directories
3. Preparation Materials for the National Admissions Examinations
4. Books on how to be a successful applicant
5. Books with admission requirements for the Health Professions Schools
6. DVDs on the Health Professions Schools
7. Journals and Newsletters
8. Health-related opportunities such as:

a. Volunteer Service
b. Medical Missions
c. Research
d. Summer Opportunities
e. Internships
f. Peer Mentor

 

 

 

Back to Top


2007-2008 Scholarship Recipients

The Dr. Ruth Kraft Strohschein Endowed Scholarship was awarded to Sabrina A. Milhous, class of 2008. The Sugarbaker Endowed Scholarship was awarded to Joshua M. Lawrenz, class of 2010.
	Scholarship Plaque in the Health Professions Office

Back to Top