·American Nurses Association - Nursing World The ANA is a full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.6 million Registered Nurses through its 54 constituent state associations and 13 organizational affiliate members.
·Department of Acute/Tertiary Care The Department of Acute/Tertiary Care is comprised of faculty whose expertise focuses on care delivered in acute and critical care settings. This department provides courses in medical-surgical nursing taught in the undergraduate nursing program and four Master's level programs.
·Department of Health & Community Systems The Department of Health & Community Systems (HCS) is one of three academic departments in the School of Nursing. The department is comprised of faculty in the specialties:
* Community Health Nursing
* Gerontological Nursing
* Nursing Informatics
* Nursing Education
* Nursing Research
* Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
* Psychiatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
* Clinical Nurse Specialist Psychiatric Mental Health
·Department of Health Promotion and Development The Department of Health Promotion and Development (HPD) is responsible for the Family, Pediatric, and Adult Nurse Practitioner Programs, as well as undergraduate courses in Maternity, Pediatrics, Anatomy and Physiology, Genetics and Nutrition.
·National Institute of Nursing Research Supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span-from management of patients during illness and recovery to the reduction of risks for disease and disability, the promotion of healthy lifestyles, promoting quality of life in those with chronic illness, and care for individuals at the end of life.
·Nursing Informatics Program "at the intersection of information technology and health care" - Nursing Informatics is a combination of information science and nursing science. It includes the development, analysis, and evaluation of information systems that support, enhance and manage patient care. In the classroom and in practica, students have an opportunity to observe, apply, analyze, and discuss processes and skills relevant to nursing informatics.
·University of Pittsburgh Center for Nursing Research Engaged in both clinical and basic science research and aims to provide a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span, as well as to prepare and develop junior investigators in their research endeavors.