As part of the merger, St. Joe’s expects to enter an affiliation agreement with Penn Medicine that will ensure training spots for the new nursing students.
The merger is pending regulatory approval, the university said. Still, St. Joe’s is already advertising the new nursing offering, and admissions are open.About a year before St. Joe’s announced the merger with the College of Health Sciences, the university finalized another merger with the. That merger brought the nation’s first pharmacy college under the umbrella of St. Joe’s.
McConnell said that the decision to focus on health and expand into programs such as nursing reflects demand from students, as well as the workforce needs of the health care sector.change for nursing programs in the region., with more than a dozen in the Philadelphia area.