The Department of Nursing offers a baccalaureate program built upon a foundation of science and liberal education which prepares graduates as professional nurses for positions in hospitals and community agencies. All graduates from the program are recommended for certification as public health nurses in the State of California. This program also prepares students for entrance into graduate programs in Nursing. The program is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

The nursing curriculum is organized according to the four universal concepts of nursing which include the client, the environment, health and the nurse. The client is defined as the individual, the family, groups/aggregates and the community. Students study health, health problems and human responses which occur as a result of life processes. Emphasis is placed on the nursing process as a systematic method of assisting clients to attain, regain and maintain maximum functional health status. Nursing intervention with clients is based on the use of the nursing process with a focus on the various roles of the nurse including educator, clinician, leader and researcher.