Pacific Lutheran University

Mission Statement

Pacific Lutheran University School of Nursing is dedicated to…

• Preparing nursing professionals to deliver safe and effective client-centered, family-centered, and community-based care, grounded in population health improvement and a global mindset.
• Empowering students to become skilled leaders, educators, and scholars who are committed to planning for and addressing current and future healthcare needs.
• Advancing the vision and mission of the university through interprofessional education and collaboration to foster innovation and change.

Accreditations

• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• Washington Board of Nursing

Program Distinctives

The School of Nursing at Pacific Lutheran University is a professional school that combines nursing science with a strong foundation in the natural sciences and liberal arts. This selective program prepares undergraduate students as skilled generalists so they may later seek advanced practice in specific specialties. The program provides an excellent foundation for clinical practice, as well as for preparing qualified graduates to enter the best graduate programs in nursing.

The school exemplifies the university’s mission of “educating for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care” in an environment that encourages lifelong learning, diversity and spirituality as vital elements in the human quest for wholeness. The school recognizes that the spiritual, physical, mental and social health of people is of universal concern. Its educational programs employ dynamic learning opportunities in multiple clinical arenas as well as laboratories and classrooms. The program also responds to the educational and technological learning needs of practicing nurses seeking continuing education — from short courses and seminars to the PLU MSN and DNP — to remain current, competent practitioners and/or to revise their practice focus.

Degrees Offered

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BS, BSN)
• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
• Post-Master’s Certificate
• Family Nurse Practitioner
• Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing to Doctorate of Nursing Practice (BSN to DNP)
• Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP)