Loma Linda University

Loma Linda University is a Seventh-day Adventist educational health-sciences institution with 3,000 students located in Southern California. Professional programs are offered by the Schools of Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health. The LLU Medical Center operates some of the largest clinical programs in the United States in areas such as neonatal care and is recognized as the international leader in infant heart transplantation and proton treatments for cancer.

The School of Nursing

The LLU School of Nursing seeks to educate professional nurses from diverse ethnic, cultural, and racial communities who are dedicated to excellence in nursing science and practice. Baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs contribute to the development of clinicians, educators, administrators, and researchers who benefit society by providing and improving delivery of whole-person care to individuals, families, and groups.

BS in Nursing Program

The School of Nursing aims to prepare competent practitioners who are committed to excellence in practice and to Christian principles. The basic professional curriculum leading to a bachelor of science degree focuses on the synthesis of nursing knowledge and skills with knowledge and skills from the humanities and sciences. In addition to the traditional, four year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, the School of Nursing offers the following degree options:

• BS/BA - (suggested program for students with a BS/BA in another field)
  
  
• RNBS - (suggested program for students with an RN license in California)
  
  
• AS to MS - (suggested program for students with an RN license in California and minimum 3 years of experience)
  
  
• LVNBS - (course requirements for students with an LVN license in California)

Master of Science Programs

In graduate education, the student has an opportunity for the intense pursuit of knowledge in a chosen field of interest. Graduate students may select a focus in advanced practice nursing as a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist, in nursing administration, or in a combined-degree program. The clinical option in advanced nursing practice can be pursued in the following areas:

• Nurse Practitioner
  • Adult Nurse Practitioner
  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Pediatric nurse practitioner
  • Neonatal critical care nurse practitioner
• Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • Adult and aging family
  • Growing family
  • School nursing
• Combined Degree Programs
  • MS/MPH in nursing and public health
  • MS/MA in nursing and clinical ethics

The Doctoral Program

The PhD degree in Nursing is designed to prepare nurse scholars for leadership in education, health-care administration, clinical practice, and research and will provide an in-depth understanding of knowledge development within the discipline of nursing through philosophical, theoretical, and scientific methods of inquiry.

Students will be encouraged to select an area of concentration that will support the student's area of expertise in nursing. Potential areas of concentration include symptom management, family care-giving, quality of life, spirituality in health care, nursing education, biomedical and clinical ethics, physiological nursing, health policy, health care leadership, and behavioral health sciences.

Pipeline Recruiting to Nursing - Diversity Scholarship

The LLU School of Nursing offers a $2,000 scholarship for prospective nursing students from underrepresented minorities.

Information

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