Newswise — In honor of Nurses Week 2005 (May 6-12), the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHU SON) is waiving application fees ($75) for the master's and post-master's programs and options, including Primary and Acute/Critical Care Nurse Practitioner, MSN/MBA, MSN/MPH, Public Health Nursing, Clinical Nurse Specialist including Forensic Nursing, Health Systems Management, the Hopkins Business of Nursing certificate and the new Emergency Preparedness/Disaster Response focus.

Martha N. Hill, Dean of the JHU School of Nursing noted that "this is just one of the many ways in which the School can honor baccalaureate graduates and thank them for the commitment nurses make to better health care through research, scholarship, education, and practice." Hill added, "Graduate education is the avenue through which we not only grow our profession, but also address the continuing and expanding shortage of those who will educate our future nurses."

The offer is extended to all baccalaureate-prepared nurses and is effective from May 16, 2005 through May 30, 2005. Applications (http://www.son.jhmi.edu/admissions/download/download.asp) must be postmarked no later than May 30, 2005.

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