Overview
Career outlook
Employers hire BSN-prepared registered nurses for direct patient care as well as roles requiring expanded leadership, research, and community-health competencies across nearly every healthcare setting.
Getting in
What Loyola University New Orleans asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Prerequisite courses
- Background check
- Drug screen
- Immunizations
- CPR certification
- Health insurance
Pre-licensure BSN in partnership with Ochsner Health; applications accepted year-round. Pre-nursing students who earn a C or better and keep a 3.0 GPA in all prerequisite courses in the first year are directly admitted to the nursing major. Before clinicals students complete a Louisiana State Board of Nursing student license application and background check, School of Nursing background check, drug screen, annual physical, BLS (AHA or Red Cross), health insurance and immunizations. 120 credit hours over four years; international applicants not accepted.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites you'll need to meet to apply to this program at Loyola University New Orleans. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
7
Certifications
1
Health and background checks
7
Application basics
1
Paths
Routes into BSN. The first step is where you enroll today.
Pre-Nursing to RN
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CNA Exam Prep to RN
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Georgia CNA to RN
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- Timeline
- 4 years