<P> In 2012, an MSN program was started with two tracks: Adult - Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG - ACNP) and Nurse Educator . Today, the College offers upper - division baccalaureate and master's level nursing education to top tier students . BSN track students apply to the College after completing two years of prerequisites at an accredited college or university . In fall of 2015, the College began an RN - BSN track for practicing nurses who wish to upgrade to a baccalaureate . </P> <P> The College is located on historic Westport Road four blocks north of Saint Luke's Hospital where the students go for most of their clinical training . The main building, containing 39,000 square feet, was purchased and totally renovated in the fall of 2011 and occupied in January 2012 . A major feature of the new facility is a state - of - the - art Simulation Center, featuring two fully simulated hospital rooms, one fully simulated birthing room, control rooms, debriefing rooms and a ten - bed skills lab where students practice clinical skills . Simulation offers a safe, controlled learning environment for students to practice on high fidelity manikins prior to encountering actual patients . </P> <Ul> <Li> 1885 - All Saints Hospital was opened at 10th and Campbell Streets . </Li> <Li> 1887 - The training school for nurses was established . </Li> <Li> 1903 - Saint Luke's Hospital was declared the legal successor of All Saints Hospital and the School of Nursing was established as a department within the Hospital . </Li> <Li> 1906 - Miss Virginia Pate was the first graduate of the diploma program . </Li> <Li> 1920 - The School of Nursing relocated to a new hospital and a nurses' residence was built at the site, which was then Mill Creek and 44th Streets . </Li> <Li> 1946 - A four - story building was erected to accommodate classrooms, laboratories, library, offices, and residence space for approximately 200 students . </Li> <Li> 1972 - The library was moved to the Helen F. Spencer Center for Education . </Li> <Li> 1991 - The first class of students was admitted for baccalaureate nursing education at Saint Luke's College . </Li> <Li> 1992 - The final class graduated from the diploma program culminating in 3,047 students having received their nursing diploma from Saint Luke's Hospital School of Nursing . </Li> <Li> 1994 - The College received accreditation as a baccalaureate degree granting institution . </Li> <Li> 2010 - College Board adopted a master plan to grow the institution five-fold and become financially independent from the Hospital by 2015 (both goals were met by 2013). </Li> <Li> 2010 - Eighteen classes have completed coursework resulting in 867 graduates from the BSN degree program . </Li> <Li> 2010 - The College was renamed Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences in conjunction with a change to a private, not - for - profit, and corporation status . </Li> <Li> 2011 - Saint Luke's College was moved into a newly renovated building on Westport Road from their location on Ward Parkway . </Li> <Li> 2012 - The Graduate Program was launched with Adult - Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Educator Degrees and Certificates . </Li> <Li> 2015 - The RN - BSN was created for nurses in partnership with Saint Luke's Health System . </Li> <Li> 2015 - The master's degree in nursing and post-graduate APRN certificate program at Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences was fully accredited on February 2, 2015 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1885 - All Saints Hospital was opened at 10th and Campbell Streets . </Li>

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