LHSON RANKING No. 52 among private nursing schools (top 4% of all schools considered) No. 6 in the Southwest region BEST (top 2% of all schools considered) LHSON was featured in U.S. News and No. in the DFW Metroplex World Report for the 2018 Best Based on data collected on over 3,200 institutions nationwide Graduate Schools ranking our Master by NursingSchools Almanac.com; just 10% made the final list. of Science in Nursing (MSN) program in the top 15%, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in the top 10%, and Certified Nursing-Midwifery (CNM) program at No. 10 overall. U.S. News and World Report ranked our online MSN in Leadership and Innovation No. 39 in the country for 2017 and 2018 Best Online Graduate Programs. LHSON students score significantly higher than the national average on standardized nursing LHSON has a 100% pass rate on the LHSON’s Neonatal Nurse Practitioner licensure and certification exams. Many licensure exam for our FastBacc program is ranked among the top program and 96.7% pass rate for the graduates have served with distinction around NNP programs in the nation. Traditional program. the world in all areas of the medical field, On average, 85% to mission field, and branches of the United States LHSON has a 100% certification rate for 90% of nursing Armed Forces. our Advanced Practice Nurses. students receive a job offer by the LHSON offers one of the few BSN to time of graduation, DNP graduate programs in Texas. and approximately 50% of those accept an offer with Baylor Scott & White Health. LHSON is convenient to the During the last 109+ Baylor University Medical Center years, LHSON has at Dallas and more than 150 educated more than professional nursing practice 6,000 graduates who are Established in 1909, LHSON has one academically, spiritually, of the oldest Baccalaureate Nursing sites in Dallas communities. and personally prepared Programs in Texas. We enrolled the first BSN class in 1948, and celebrated for service as a nurse. the 100th anniversary of LHSON 6000 in 2009. LHSON has 3 faculty members who are Fulbright Scholar recipients. The Fulbright program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Government. PROGRAMS LHSON offers Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees through a Traditional program and FastBacc (one year STUDENTS Mission trips and study accelerated program). LHSON also offers an online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Leadership and Innovation abroad opportunities 900 program, and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs: at LHSON Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Nurse-Midwifery (NM); and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP). LOCALLY | Cornerstone Ministry, Fall 2017 Enrollment Bon Ton Farms, and Dallas Life; • Traditional track BSN enrollment: 390 • FastBacc track BSN enrollment: 65 GLOBALLY | Hong Kong, India, • 404 Pre-Nursing students enrolled for 2017 Zambia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, • Graduate Advanced Practice enrollment: 40 Uganda, and Peru. • Online MSN enrollment: 11 (program began spring 2015) GOING FOR THE GOLD GALA Since 2012, LHSON has hosted an annual Going for the Gold Gala raising more than $4.5 million for student scholarships. The galas have featured athletes and celebrities: (Gala 2017) Baylor graduate, Derek Haas, Co-creator and Executive Producer of NBC’s hit television series Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med and Chicago Justice; (Gala 2016) U.S. Army Veteran and 2015 Dancing with the Stars Finalist, Noah Galloway joined by Dallas Cowboys and former Baylor Wide Receiver, Terrance Williams; (Gala 2015) 2011 Heisman Trophy Winner Robert Griffin III and NFL Hall of Fame Member Mike Singletary; (Gala 2014) America's gold medal legend Mary Lou Retton; (Gala 2013) former Dallas Cowboy running back Emmitt Smith; (Gala 2012) Baylor's championship-winning women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey joined by former DID The 2015-2016 Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies indicates that Dallas Cowboys quarterback YOU in 2015, Texas needed 14,973 more registered nurses (RNs). The same Troy Aikman. KNOW? study projects a 19,203 shortage of nurses in the state in 2022. 19,203 OUR PAST Since its inception in 1909 as one of the first nursing programs in Texas, Baylor University’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing has been guided by its unique mission to prepare baccalaureate and graduate level nurses by integrating faith with learning for professional practice, healthcare leadership and worldwide service. The Baylor name is synonymous with excellence in healthcare, and it is for this reason that hospitals across the state have partnered with us to educate and train the next generation of nurses. OUR FUTURE The demand for nurses remains high, driven by expanded access to healthcare and a growing elderly population plus advances in medical technology and a rapidly changing healthcare delivery system require highly educated nursing professionals. Forging ahead to accommodate our vibrant growing program, Baylor University recently purchased a 100,000 square foot, four-story office building at 333 N. Washington in East Dallas. The new facility is convenient to the current Nursing School building, Baylor University Medical Center and the more than 150 professional nursing practice sites in the Dallas-Fort Worth communities and many others Baylor University throughout Texas. Inspiring a bright future, the addition of expanded space will provide for Louise Herrington School of Nursing state-of-the-art active learning classrooms, student services, a larger auditorium, a chapel and 3700 Worth Street offices for faculty and administration. The current LHSON building, which comprises 38,000 Dallas, Texas 75246 square feet, will be used primarily for clinical practice laboratories and research. To learn more 214.820.3361 please visit www.baylor.edu/nursing/capitalcampaign www.baylor.edu/nursing BULHSON @BaylorNursing 07/2017.