Nurse Leaders Begin Here
Our mission is to educate nurses at the undergraduate and graduate levels to meet health care needs in Nevada and beyond. The School of Nursing promotes, improves, and sustains human health through evidence-based education and advances in research and practice.
Academic Programs

Community Nursing
Through community partnerships, nursing students and faculty make an impact across the valley.

Research
Research discoveries help preserve and promote the health and wellness of Nevadans and the future of nursing education, with an enhanced focus on health issues associated with an urban environment and sustainability.

Alumni Engagement
Once a rebel nurse, always a rebel nurse. Explore exciting ways to stay connected to UNLV Nursing through mentorship, leadership, and other opportunities.
Novel Coronavirus – COVID-19
UNLV is committed to safely providing education and promoting a healthy environment that supports the well-being of our students, faculty and staff.
Nurse Newsmakers

Through a community partnership, the UNLV School of Nursing helps address loss through online support groups.

UNLV nursing lecturer ups student engagement through classroom gamification.

As she graduates through an accelerated program, Acacia Herndon is eager to join the nursing workforce with skills she honed as a nurse apprentice and as a researcher.