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Samuel Merritt University has received a $100,000 grant from The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). The award was given to support competency-based education for practice-ready nurse...

Samuel Merritt University has been ranked as one of the top institutions in the United States for 2023. The College of Nursing took home high honors in the Best Online Nurse Practitioner Degree...

Nurses and the profession of nursing are at a turning point. They’re burning out at higher rates than ever before, resulting in less engaged patient care and many nurses leaving the profession...

Doug Stone, ABSN ’20, MSN-FNP ’22, arrived in Medyka, Poland just days after his SMU semester ended in May. Within hours, he started his first shift as the senior medical provider of the local...

It was finals week and Carter Todd, ABSN ’15, was taking a much-needed break from his late-night bartender job at Elephant Bar Restaurant in Sacramento’s Arden-Arcade neighborhood. He was relieved to...

Carter Todd, ABSN ’15, has been recognized by the Sacramento Business Journal as a 40 Under 40 in healthcare for his advocacy work recruiting Black nurses to the profession as well as his work...

Samuel Merritt University’s College of Nursing has been ranked No. 2 in the country and its Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program ranked No. 1 in California, according to college rankings...

Samuel Merritt University is ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for early career salary prospects for graduates with a bachelor’s degree, as reported by Forbes. SMU placed atop the rankings, ahead of MIT and...

What determines how long you live? It turns out that your zip code plays a key role. The California Endowment reported in 2016 that people in communities with little or no access to preventative...

Last year, Annie Fulton, ABSN ’14, had reservations for a glorious two-week vacation to Italy, but Covid waylaid those plans. What was a nurse with time on her hands to do? Fulton, who listens to a...