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School of Nursing
Director: Ann H. Cary, Ph.D., MPH, RN, A-CCC OFFICE: 203 Stallings Hall
WEB PAGE: css.loyno.edu/nursing/
Loyola University’s School of Nursing is an innovative upper division professional nursing program designed to meet the needs of registered nurses who wish to obtain a bachelor of science in nursing (B.S.N.) degree. The program prepares the graduate for expanded professional roles and for graduate study. The B.S.N. program is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) and is available both in New Orleans and in Baton Rouge and at selected sites through Loyola’s Distance Learning Program (DLP). The NLNAC ma be contacted by writing to: 61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006; or by calling (800) 669-1656.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
To be admitted into the nursing program, a student must be a registered nurse with a current license to practice in the United States. The student must complete the regular university admissions process. A student who does not complete the admissions process prior to registration can enroll as a transient student for one semester by presenting the R.N. license at registration.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
A minimum of 120 semester credit hours is required for the B.S.N. degree. No lower division nursing courses are taught at Loyola. Credit for lower division nursing (i.e., adult health, parent-child health, mental health) is awarded by validation of transfer credit for associate degree graduates or validation of advanced placement credit for diploma nursing school graduates.
The B.S.N. program requires students to enroll in one capstone practicum course, NURS C473: Comprehensive Integrated Practicum. This course is ordinarily taken at the end of the nursing sequence.
R.N.-to-M.S.N. Option
An R.N.-to-M.S.N. option is available to qualified students who plan to pursue a graduate degree at Loyola in either the Nurse Practitioner or Health Care Systems Management Program. This option allows qualified applicants to substitute several M.S.N. graduate-level nursing courses for similar, but lower-level, B.S.N. undergraduate nursing courses. The benefit to the student is that 6 — 9 semester hours of M.S.N. coursework are applied to the B.S.N. degree, leaving fewer semester hours remaining to complete the M.S.N. degree. The R.N.-to-M.S.N. options are described more fully in Loyola’s Graduate Bulletin.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE–NURSING
View Nursing Course Descriptions
(View College of Social Sciences Common Curriculum Requirements.)