Nursing Department
Elevate Your Care. Elevate Your Career.
Apply NowBellarmine University’s Donna and Allan Lansing School of Nursing and Clinical Sciences delivers a student-centered education focused on excellence in patient care. Through strong community partnerships and immersive real-world experiences, students connect with industry professionals and build the skills for a rewarding healthcare career.
Our Mission
The Department of Nursing, consistent with an inclusive Catholic university, prepares nurse leaders with a global perspective, capable of improving practice through sound nursing judgment and clinical scholarship. Students are educated—mind, body, and spirit—for meaningful lives, rewarding nursing careers, ethical leadership, and service to improve the human condition.
Our Vision
The Department of Nursing is recognized as a diverse and innovative learning community seeking and offering collaborative, creative opportunities to advance health knowledge, engaging in partnerships and alliances to promote health, and developing leaders in health care through transformative student experiences
Our Goals
- Goal 1: Prepare nurse leaders grounded in knowledge, judgment, and clinical scholarship
- Goal 2: Educate nurses to deliver person-centered, culturally responsive care that honors human dignity
- Goal 3: Advance population health through social responsibility and community partnership
- Goal 4: Promote quality, safety, and systems-based practice to improve healthcare outcomes
- Goal 5: Integrate informatics and innovation to transform nursing education and practice
Our Values
- Academic Excellence: We are committed to providing a scholarly and creative environment grounded in the Catholic liberal arts tradition.
- Intrinsic Dignity: We respect the intrinsic value and dignity of every individual.
- Social Responsibility:We cultivate professional nurses who contribute to, and advocate for, the public good, environmental sustainability, global understanding, and informed civic engagement.
- Integrity:We believe that personal and professional integrity guides the practice of nursing and health sciences.
- Hospitality/Student Centered Learning: We are committed to education that is student centered, inclusive, and responsive to diverse learners.
- Quality Service: We are committed to exercising thoughtful stewardship of resources while providing quality services that support a diverse constituency.
- Caring: We believe that caring is an essential component of the art and science of all healthcare practitioners.
Our Programs
Bachelor's Degree Programs
Master's Degree Programs
- Master of Science in Nursing - Administration
- Master of Science in Nursing - Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Master of Science in Nursing - Education
- Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner
- Master of Science in Nursing - Psych Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Post-Master's Certificates
- Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certificate
- Post-Master’s Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) Certificate
- Post-Master’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMNNP) Certificate
Doctoral Programs
Disclosure for Students who Reside Outside of Kentucky
Bellarmine University cannot confirm whether its courses or programs meet requirements for professional licensure in states other than Kentucky. Prior to enrolling in a Bellarmine program, a student who does not reside in Kentucky should contact applicable licensing board(s) in the student’s home state to determine whether the program meets requirements for licensure in the state where the student resides.
Nursing licensure contacts: https://www.ncsbn.org/contact-bon.htm


