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There is a Dean’s Advisory Committee that consists of five student representatives and meets with the Dean on a regular basis.

In the Education Center, there is a study area in the library, a computer room in the education area and a student lounge.

Students bring their own lunch or purchase food from one of the excellent cafeterias in the various hospitals.

Instruction

Students attend school full time, five days a week. Two days are spent in lectures and two days a week are spent in the hospital caring for patients. One day is reserved for studying/review.

Classes are held on the first floor of Girard Medical Center in a new state of the art educational setting, which includes classrooms, a student lounge, computer area, and library.

Clinical experiences take place at Girard Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Philadelphia Nursing Home, Temple University Hospital, Shriners & St. Edmunds Hospital for Children and various community practices.

The financial aid office is located in room 411 in the Girard Medical Center. Most students have received the financial aid needed to complete the course. A variety of aid packages are available.

Faculty offices and administrative areas are located on the 4th floor of Girard Medical Center.

The school will be closed for any inclement weather days the Philadelphia Public Schools are closed.

Aug. 1,2008 Dean Carole Baxter announced the appointment of Judith (Judy) Martin as St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing Student Services Coordinator. Judith “Judy” Martin RN, BS has been a nurse for 40 years and enjoyed teaching nursing since 1986.  She is a graduate of Riverside White Cross School of Nursing, in Columbus Ohio, received a Bachelor of Science Degree from St. Joseph’s College in Maine and is presently enrolled in an MSN program at that college..

The Student Services Coordinator will assist students in fulfilling their goal of nursing. She will help with remediation, study skills, note taking skills, test taking skills, and stress management.  She will assist in developing study groups and student usage of the computer lab. She will help graduates and current students prepare to pass the NCLEX-RN.

SJHSON Book List for Level 2,3, and 4

Chitty, Kay, Professional Nursing Concepts and Challenges, 5th edition,  Elsevier Sunders 2005  ISBN 13-978-1-411604473  (Level 4)

 Ebersole, Hess, Touhy, and Jett, Gerontological Nursing and Healthy Aging,  3nd edition, Elsevier Mosby, 2005  ISBN  13-978-0-323-057011

 Hockenberry, Marilyn, Wong’s Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 8h edition, Elsevier Mosby 2005. ISBN 13-978-0-323-053532 and ISBN 978-0-323-05612 (study guide) (Level 4)

 Ricci, Susan, Essentials of Maternity, Newborn ad Women’s Health Nursing, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins  2007, ISBN 0-7817-7222 (Level 3)

 Varcarolis, Elizabeth, Carson, Verna, and Shoemaker, Nancy. Foundations of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing,  5th edition, Saunders 2006 ISBN 13 978-1-4160-0088-4 and ISBN 1-4160-0088-7  (Level 2)