A Seventh-day Adventist Organization
  • Faith-based DNP program
  • Clinical placement coordinated for you
  • Full-time and part-time options are available
  • Curriculum designed for working nurses
  • Clinically practicing full-time professors
  • Hybrid learning environment

Your path begins here

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The Pursuit of Excellence
Answer your calling at a uniquely faith-based environment focused on excellence in teaching, service, research, and clinical care. You will join our distinguished alumni network who are dedicated to caring for our community through whole person care.
 
 
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS): Adult-Gerontology
Become an expert in evidence-based practice, integrating disease knowledge and treatments to enhance patient outcomes.

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Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA)
The program trains critical care nurses to administer anesthesia across all practice settings and surgeries, emphasizing didactic front-loading.

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Nurse Leadership
Prepares you for important leadership roles in high-level quality patient care, supporting nurses, student education and fostering a research culture.

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Acute Care Adult-Gerontology
The program equips you to address complex physiological and psychological needs in adults with complex acute and chronic health conditions.

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Acute Care Pediatric
The program readies you to meet specialized physiological and psychological needs of children with complex acute and chronic health conditions.

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Family
The program prepares you for a career delivering quality primary healthcare to individuals and families from infancy to adulthood.

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Neonatal
The program equips you to serve as a provider for low- and high-risk neonates and their families in various critical and acute care settings.

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Primary Care Adult-Gerontology
The program prepares you for a career in independently assessing, supervising, and managing adult primary healthcare needs.

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Primary-Care Pediatric
The program readies you for advanced nursing care for children, adolescents, and infants, emphasizing quality and expertise.

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Psychiatric Mental Health
The program prepares registered nurses for a rewarding career supporting patients through their journey to improved mental well-being and health.

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Master of Science to DNP
Bridge your current Master's in Nursing to the DNP with training and knowledge gained through nursing research into quality nursing practice.

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Our Campus

Ours is one of the only faith-based academic health science centers in the U.S.

 

Our Mission

We strive to continue the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ.

 

Your Calling

Professional and spiritual support helps you better answer the call to serve.

 

Your Career

You graduate ready not only for a career — but for a leadership role in your field.

Quick Facts

6:1

Student to faculty ratio

1,500+

School of Nursing graduate alumni

19,700

NP jobs by 2028

1,390

Average annual NP openings from 2018-2028

Accreditation
Loma Linda University continually meets the rigorous accreditation standards set forth by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA), and WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).