College of Health Professions

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Introduction

The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, in the Mercy and Jesuit traditions, prepares professionals to lead individuals, families and communities to optimal health and well-being. In order to become health care professionals, students need a strong foundation in the liberal arts and an integration of these courses throughout the curriculum. It is through the integration of health professional knowledge, critical thinking, and ethical reasoning with the arts, sciences, and humanities that the culturally-competent health care professional will be educated. The Vision for the College is that we will be recognized as an urban center of academic excellence, distinguished by community partnerships and graduates who lead, serve, and promote health and social justice.

Health care professionals in the future should be able to work effectively as team members with a variety of other providers and managers in a wide array of settings. Through their course of studies, graduates will be able to:

  1. Care for the community's health, appreciating the growing diversity of the population and health care needs in the context of different cultural values.
  2. Provide contemporary clinical care.
  3. Communicate effectively.
  4. Manage information and use technology appropriately in the delivery of health care.
  5. Involve clients and families in the health care decision making process.
  6. Promote healthy life styles.
  7. Participate in continuing learning to maintain professional competence throughout practice life.

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McAuley School of Nursing

The McAuley School of Nursing is committed to graduating culturally competent, caring nursing practitioners who have the ability to meet society's rapidly evolving health care needs with a strong focus on nursing in the community. It seeks to develop students who will have the competencies to provide contemporary clinical care, make critical decisions within an ethical framework, communicate effectively, utilize leadership and management skills, and design and coordinate health promotion, risk reduction, and illness and disease management strategies for clients, families and communities. To function competently in this capacity requires an education that is value-based and promotes spiritual, social, and psychological growth of the learner.

The Nursing curriculum is built upon a foundation of liberal arts and sciences and strives to encourage critical thinking. In addition, the mission of the McAuley School of Nursing is to prepare compassionate and competent baccalaureate and graduate level nurses who are committed to serve, lead, and provide quality culturally sensitive health care to diverse individuals, families, communities, and populations. Congruent with the University's mission, the program focuses on providing nursing care to the underserved in an urban context. The MSON offers a baccalaureate degree in nursing to students by offering the traditional four year and transfer option, the accelerated option for students who have a bachelor’s degree in another discipline, and the nursing completion program for students with an Associate Degree in nursing seeking to complete a baccalaureate degree.   In addition, in partnership with Aquinas College and Saint Mary's Mercy Medical Center in Grand Rapids, the McAuley School of Nursing offers the baccalaureate degree in Nursing. Upon completion of the BSN degree, the student is eligible to take the NCLEX examination to practice as a registered nurse.

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    Programs

    The McAuley School of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) for incoming freshman and transfer students at both Detroit and Grand Rapids (with Aquinas College).  At the Detroit campus, part time and full-time options are available to transfer students as well as an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Second Degree Option (SDO) program are also offered. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion program is offered online, and through our partnerships with Macomb and Oakland Community College.
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    Advising

    Academic advising in the McAuley School of Nursing is a shared responsibility between students and faculty members. Upon entry to the McAuley School of Nursing, each student is assigned to a faculty member who will provide academic counseling, guidance services and monitor student progress.
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    Nursing Undergraduate Student Handbook 2025-2026

    Nursing Undergraduate Student Handbook 2025-2026

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    Appeals Policy

    The CHP-MSON Appeals Policy and Procedure applies to all students in CHP.
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    Accreditation

    The undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program is approved by the Michigan Board of Nursing and is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750 Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.

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    Contact Information

    College of Health Professions
    McNichols Campus
    4001 W. McNichols Road
    Detroit, MI 48221-3038
    Telephone: 313-993-1208
    Fax: 313-993-1271

    Dean: Ahmed Y. Radwan, PT, DPT, PhD, CPE, MBA
    Telephone: 313-993-1208
    Fax: 313-993-1271

Detroit Mercy Catalogs


Undergraduate Catalog
2025-2026