College of Nursing

Dr. Wendy Nehring, Dean
Dr. Sheila Smith, Associate Dean of Academic Programs
Ms. Ellen Drummond, Interim Director of Undergraduate Programs
Mr. Scott Vaughn, Director of Student Services

Box 70617
e-mail: nursing@etsu.edu

Dean’s Office: (423) 439-7051
Student Services: (423) 439-4578
Toll free: 1-888-37NURSE
Fax: (423) 439-4522 (Student Services)

The mission of the College of Nursing at East Tennessee State University is to facilitate the health of the community through excellence and innovation in nursing education, leadership, research, scholarship, and practice. The college provides undergraduate and graduate programs. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program includes curricula designed for four-year traditional students and second-degree students in an accelerated track. In addition, programs of advanced placement are available to eligible diploma or associate degree-prepared licensed registered nurses and to eligible licensed practical nurses interested in pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. (Information on the master’s and doctoral degree programs is found in the Graduate Catalog.)

The program is approved by the Tennessee Board of Nursing and accredited by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE.) The CCNE is an additional resource for information (1 Dupont Circle, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036, 1-202-887-6791.) The College of Nursing is affiliated with the National Student Nurses’ Association. Membership in the Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, the International Nursing Honor Society, is available to eligible candidates.