Nursing

Program Director: Louann Zinsmeister

DNP Coordinator: Kristen Slabaugh

Administrative Assistant & Clinical Coordinator: Ashley Ringquist

Professor: K. Fenstermacher, L. Zinsmeister, W. Thuma-McDermond

Associate Professor: T. Jankouskas, 

Associate Professor Clinical Track: M. Derr, K. Slabaugh

Mission

The Mission of the Department of Nursing at Messiah College is to prepare baccalaureate and graduate professional nurses within the context of liberal arts and sciences from a Christian worldview for beginning and advanced professional nursing roles. The educational process facilitates the knowledge, skills, and perspectives needed to promote professional nursing excellence and lifelong learning. The distinctives of a Messiah College nurse include commitment to academic excellence, service to others with insight and creativity, compassion through cultural humility, caring leadership, and reconciliation from a Christian worldview.