Nursing
Nursing
Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.
Registered nursing programs prepare people to work as RNs. Students learn techniques and procedures of caring for patients and helping doctors. They learn to give medicine and treatments. They also learn to comfort and instruct patients.
About Pre-professional Majors
Pre-professional majors are tracks in undergraduate programs that prepare you for a professional degree after your bachelor’s. A pre-professional major is not a major in the traditional sense, it’s more of a track to follow.
A faculty adviser will help you pick out the best courses and activities to increase your chances of being admitted to your professional program of choice. Wartburg has stellar acceptance rates with top professional and graduate programs, but remember that just because you choose a pre-professional major and completed your plan, does not guarantee you admission to a professional program.
Wartburg Health Science Placement
- Medicine-122 of 149 applicants (82% – more than twice the national average); accepted into M.D. programs at Iowa, Illinois, Creighton, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Minnesota, St. Louis, American U. of the Caribbean, Emory, Duke, Rush, Penn State, South Carolina; and into D.O. programs at DMU, AT Still, Kansas City, Midwestern, Lake Erie, New England, Rocky Vista.
- Dentistry-23 of 28 (82%); accepted into Iowa, Minnesota, Utah, Midwestern, Colorado, Case Western
- Optometry-15 of 16 (94%); accepted into Illinois, Indiana, Nova Southeastern, Pacific, Southern, Midwestern, Missouri
- Veterinary Medicine-12 of 12 (100%); accepted into Iowa State and Minnesota
- Physical Therapy-52 of 65 (80%); accepted into DMU, Iowa, St. Ambrose, Clarke, Creighton, Briar Cliff, Mayo, Emory, Midwestern, Rosalind Franklin, Utah, AT Still, Colorado
- Occupational Therapy-20 of 27 (74%); accepted into St. Ambrose, Creighton, Wisconsin, Washington U St. Louis, Drake, Minnesota, Maryville
- Pharmacy-13 of 13 (100%); accepted into Iowa, Creighton, Illinois, Midwestern, Minnesota, Nova Southeastern, Wisconsin-Madison
- Physician Assistant-24 of 34 (71%); accepted into DMU, Iowa, Philadelphia, Union, St. Ambrose, Colorado, Boston, Nebraska, Harding, Marquette, Wichita State, Stephens
- Nursing-102 of 102 (100%); accepted into Allen College, St. Louis University, Marymount (DC), Creighton, Grand View, Mercy College (Des Moines), DePaul, South Dakota State, Tennessee-Knoxville
- Medical/Clinical Laboratory Science-8 of 8 (100%); accepted into Mercy (Des Moines), St. Luke’s (Cedar Rapids), Allen
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