Louise Herrington School of Nursing
Learn. Lead. Serve.
Located in the heart of Dallas, the Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing prepares baccalaureate and graduate level nurses within a Christian community for professional practice, healthcare leadership, and worldwide service.
Undergraduate Programs
Students complete two years of upper-division professional coursework at the school (two years for BSN Traditional or 12 months for BSN FastBacc), located on the campus of Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, a world-famous teaching and research hospital, in a city that is known around the globe as one of the leading centers for medicine and health care.
Graduate Programs
The Louise Herrington School of Nursing offers the Baccalaureate in Nursing to Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degrees in Family Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Midwifery and Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner . We also offer a separate Doctor of Nursing Practice - Executive Nurse Leadership (DNP-ENL) degree and United States Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing (USAGPAN).
News
More NewsBeginning June 1, 2026, Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) welcomes Tanya M. Sudia, Ph.D., R.N., FNAP, FAAN, Tenured Professor of Nursing and the 10th Dean in the legacy of leadership. She succeeds Linda Plank, Ph.D., R.N., NEA-BC.
Every spring, the Baylor Family bids happy retirement to professors and staff who have dedicated their professional lives to the university and its students. It’s always a bittersweet mix — sadness in seeing them go, happiness for a well-deserved next step — but we wish them all well in the next phase of their lives. Here, we honor some of the longest-serving and most recognizable professors who are retiring this year — men and women whose faces will be missed, but whose impact will not be forgotten: Dr. Gary Carini, Tom Featherston, Dr. Ann McGlashan, Billie Peterson-Lugo, Dr. Linda Plank, Lori Wrzesinski and Dr. Joe Yelderman
The LHSON congratulates Annie Abraham, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, Clinical Associate Professor and DNP-Family Nurse Practitioner Track Coordinator, who was named Nurse Leader of the Year by the Indian American Nurses Association of North Texas (IANANT) and was previously featured in the IANANT Spotlight.
In the spirit of commemorating the success of our 2026 graduates, Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing hosted its Pinning and Recognition Ceremony on May 15, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. at Sunnyvale First Baptist Church in Sunnyvale, Texas.