If you’re passionate about caregiving and thrive in dynamic learning environments, nursing is the place for you. Nurses work with diverse and vulnerable populations in a wide variety of health-care settings at home and abroad.

Graduate with the qualifications you need to jump right into a fulfilling career. Our graduates are in high demand.

UNB Nursing alumni are leaders making a difference within their communities.

Making a difference in the lives of others drives our philosophy, vision and mission.

Have you recently been inspired by an educator in the Faculty of Nursing? Let us know by completing our nomination form. We aim to encourage and recognize great educators in our faculty. As a student of nursing, you are the expert.

UNB’s Faculty of Nursing is accredited by the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing and approved by the Nurses Association of New Brunswick.

Nursing education at the University of New Brunswick began in 1958 with the establishment of the School of Nursing, which enrolled its first class of 14 students in the fall of 1959. In 1969, the School of Nursing became the Faculty of Nursing.

Putting New Brunswick first, acting locally and globally to advance nursing and nursing knowledge through excellence in teaching, research, clinical practice, leadership and innovation to make nursing education accessible.

Educate and prepare nurses to lead in evolving health care systems grounded in the principles of primary health care, equity and relational practice, supported by scholarship, innovation, evidence and research.

The articulation of values for UNB’s Faculty of Nursing are designed to provide clear expectations of how we will proceed in our daily work.

• Excellence: We are committed to delivering high quality nursing education at the undergraduate and graduate levels through the adherence to standards and the use of relevant, innovative teaching methods responsive to learners’ needs.
  
  
• Caring: We will demonstrate dignity, compassion, respect and fairness at all levels in our internal and external interactions and will advance substantive knowledge for caring science as a core nursing value.
  
  
• Collaboration: We will grow and sustain our relationships with relevant stakeholders in order to create mutually-beneficial outcomes and common goals for the university, our colleagues and our community.
  
  
• Integrity: Honesty, transparency, fairness and reliability will be evident in all our proceedings.
  
  
• Accountability: The structures and processes we have in place will improve our capacity to evaluate and measure relevant indicators and the effectiveness of our program delivery.
  
  
• Responsiveness: Our undergraduate and graduate programs will be proactive and demonstrate flexibility in anticipating and responding to changing trends in health care delivery.