60th anniversary School of Nursing commemorative coffee table books are available!

• $60 plus tax (and shipping, if necessary)
• about 250 pages
• glossy pages, full of color and black and white photographs
• beautifully printed, with embossed spine and cover, and lush dustjacket
• equal treatment of each decade

Order your copy from Garfield Book Company, garfieldbookcompany.com, or contact Sandy Wilson in the School of Nursing, 253-535-7674.

Congratulations on Taking the Next Steps in Your Nursing Career

Graduate nursing education is a multifaceted, dynamic, and rigorous process organized to prepare professional nurses for advanced practice roles. It expands upon the skills and knowledge learned at the baccalaureate level which have been refined through clinical practice experiences. Master's degree education in nursing prepares practitioners who are uniquely able to provide direct and indirect care to diverse groups of people, in a variety of settings, within the current, complex health care systems environment. 

Is PLU for You?

The PLU School of Nursing fits your life while meeting the highest standards in graduate nursing education, and is located in the vibrant Tacoma /Seattle  area of the majestic Pacific Northwest.  Post-Licensure graduate students in the PLU nursing program are able to work as nurses while pursuing their MSN, typically attending classes on Fridays and/or one weekday evening.

A majority of the teaching faculty maintain their own advanced practice in clinical settings. Faculty guide students individually and in small groups to develop and apply a wide range of advanced practice skills and knowledge.  All PLU pre-licensure and advanced-practice nursing programs are clinically-intensive, to provide the high level of direct patient contact time necessary for superior clinical preparation. 

PLU arranges all student clinical rotations and preceptorships.  The PLU School of Nursing contracts with over 100 local hospitals and agencies, thus providing students with a broad exposure to the many nursing care settings that employ graduate-prepared nurses, including large to small urban hospitals; private, state-run as well as military hospitals; and both urban and rural clinics and long-term care facilities.

Available MSN Programs

The School of Nursing offers three programs leading to the Master of Science in Nursing degree, each differing in the degree requirements for entry.

• The traditional Master of Science in Nursing program is designed for Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)-prepared registered nurses.
• The RN-B to MSN program is designed for registered nurses with a bachelor's degree in a non-nursing field.  This program leads to the MSN Advanced Generalist degree.
• The Entry-Level Master of Science in Nursing program is an accelerated program designed for students with a prior non-nursing baccalaureate degree to gain RN licensure and complete the MSN Advanced Generalist degree in 27 months of study.