Tulane University is launching a new nursing program through a collaboration between the Tulane School of Medicine (SoM) and the Tulane School of Professional Advancement (SoPA). The program will offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
“Tulane was founded as a medical school devoted to eradicating yellow fever. We are still laser-focused on treatment and cures for the epidemics of our times, while ensuring we have the workforce available to provide comprehensive and accessible healthcare in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana,” Tulane President Michael A. Fitts said. “This program is part of Tulane’s commitment to improve our city and region’s health and economy by reimagining downtown New Orleans as a national hub for medical education and as a center of bioscience research and innovation.”
In addition to caring for patients, registered nurses – such as those who earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree – also play key roles in health promotion, disease prevention, research, health policy planning, patient education, administration, leadership within healthcare facilities, and more.
Fitts noted that nurses are more crucial than ever given the transformation American healthcare has undergone in recent years with patients more frequently receiving treatment across networks and systems and often through a distributed model that shifts care from a clinic or hospital setting to the patient’s home.
Tulane’s nursing program will combine a rigorous curriculum with hands-on learning in state-of-the-art skills and simulation labs where students will practice technical skills and test their critical thinking and clinical judgment with real-time feedback. Students will complete hundreds of hours of education in clinical settings at Tulane's local hospital and healthcare partners.
Set to begin in fall 2024, the program will initially be housed in the Tulane University School of Medicine’s Murphy Building, 131 S. Robertson St., before moving to its permanent location at the renovated Tulane Medical Center building on Tulane Avenue. The program plans to enroll more than 200 students each year.
For more information on registering for the nursing program, visit nursing.tulane.edu. There will be three program start dates per year in the spring, summer, and fall. Prospective students must have at least 60 transferable credits to enter the program.