UCLA School of Nursing

In the early days, registered nurses received certificates in public health offered through university extension courses.

Dr. Elinore Beebe, RN, PhD, recruited from Yale, became the first director of the UCLA Public Health Nursing program under the Department of Bacteriology in 1937.

Wolf had graduated with honors in 1924 from the Army School of Nursing, Walter Reed Hospital, and earned her BS from Columbia University Teachers' College in 1927.

The UCLA School of Nursing is approved by the Undergraduate and Graduate Councils of the Academic Senate of the University of California at Los Angeles.

[6] In addition, the prelicensure (BS and MECN) and advanced practice master's programs are approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing.

[7] In 2011 the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accredited the existing bachelor's and master's degree programs for a term of 10 years, the highest that can be granted.

The eight-week program is designed for students who plan to pursue a PhD degree and enter academic careers in nursing.

The UCLA School Nursing is located in the Factor Building at 700 Tiverton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90005, on campus near the hospital and school of medicine. The building opened April 9, 1981. (photo: R.Kanoff)