Population Health Concentration

The entry-level masters (ELM) is a full-time accelerated nursing program for non-nurse college baccalaureate graduates who wish to become registered nurses (RNs). The ELM prepares students in the provision of evidence-based nursing care with an emphasis on care coordination and religious/cultural care to patients along the wellness/illness continuum and across all care settings with the majority of clinical rotations at Loma Linda University Medical Center Murrieta Campus. The curriculum provides requisite nursing knowledge and practice expertise enhanced with masters course work in health-care leadership, public health, health promotion/disease prevention, and community-based health care. Currently, the didactic portion of the courses are taught at the School of Nursing campus, with plans to move the didactic courses to Murrieta Campus before the Summer of 2026. The 24-month program prepares students to enter the nursing profession as masters credentialed registered nurses better prepared to meet the demands of evolving population health. At the end of the program, graduates receive a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in nursing and are prepared to sit for the NCLEX-RN examination. All states require that a nurse pass the NCLEX-RN examination for licensure to practice. The program also allows the student to be certified as a Public Health Nurse in the state of California.