Contact Information
School of Nursing
Founders Hall
Deborah Garrison, PhD, RN
Dean, School of Nursing
tel: 610-499-4213
deangarrison@widener.edu
Barbara Patterson, PhD, RN
Director, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Program
tel: 610-499-4222
bjpatterson@mail.widener.edu
Shirlee Drayton-Brooks, PhD, CRRN, CRNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and Master of Science (MSN) Family Nurse
Practitioner (FNP) Programs
tel: 610-499-4219
smdrayton-brooks@widener.edu
Donna Callaghan, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, CNE
Director, Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Program
tel: 610-499-4221
dmcallaghan@widener.edu
Geraldine M. Budd, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CRNP, FAANP
Assistant Dean, Harrisburg Campus
tel: 717-541-1194
gmbudd@mail.widener.edu
Esther Brown, EdD, MSN
Director, RN to BSN/MSN Programs
tel: 610-499-4230
ebrown@widener.edu
Rose Schwartz, PhD, RN
Director, Undergraduate Prelicensure Program
tel: 610-499-4228
raschwartz@widener.edu
Linda J. O'Kane, MSN, RN
Assistant Dean, Student Services
tel: 610-499-4209
ljokane@widener.edu
The roles of nurse leaders are increasingly expanding.
Changes in how we deliver health care are placing greater demands on nurses, and they must acquire broader perspectives on both the art and science of nursing as well as further training as designers, managers and coordinators.
Widener's School of Nursing is committed to training a new generation of nurses who will be prepared to step up to these new challenges through both master's and doctoral level education.
Masters Degrees
- Adult Health-Gerontology CNS
- Adult Health-Gerontology CNS with Emergency/Critical Care Specialty
- Family Nurse Practitioner
Doctoral Degrees
- Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Post-Master's Certificates
- Adult Gerontology CNS
- Adult Health-Gerontology CNS with Emergency/Critical Care Specialty
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Master's-Prepared Nurse Practitioners
- Nursing Education
