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HCA Healthcare announces $4.8 million gift to help launch Pepperdine University’s School of Nursing
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Today, we are proud to announce that HCA Healthcare will give $4.8 million to Pepperdine University to help launch the School of Nursing within the College of Health Science. This is part of HCA Healthcare’s greater commitment to helping address the national nursing shortage.
“We believe that investing in nursing education is vital to the future of healthcare. It is a privilege to support Pepperdine University’s new School of Nursing as they prepare the next generation of caregivers with the tools, confidence and compassion to care for patients and communities.”
Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC, senior vice president and chief nurse executive for HCA Healthcare
“Through this collaboration, our students will learn how to care for patients in their daily work and how to serve people with their whole lives,” said Dee Anna Smith, chair of the Pepperdine Board of Regents. “We believe this movement will bear fruit in our local communities and across the nation.”
Pepperdine’s School of Nursing opened this fall and currently enrolls 68 students. The school provides undergraduate and graduate nursing degree programs, including a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and an Entry Level Master of Science, Clinical Nurse Leader (ELM-CNL). Applications for Fall 2026 are now open for both programs. As part of their curriculum, nursing students will have the opportunity to complete clinical rotations at HCA Healthcare’s Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, California.
This gift contributes to the development of Pepperdine University’s new 30,000-square-foot facility, located on Pepperdine’s Calabasas campus, which includes state-of-the-art clinical simulation labs, high-fidelity patient manikins, and immersive learning environments designed to prepare students in lifelike scenarios.
HCA Healthcare has made significant investments to support nurses and educate the next generation of nursing leaders.
- Since HCA Healthcare purchased Galen College of Nursing in 2020, the college has opened 20 new campuses, totaling 25 campuses nationwide. Today, more than 19,000 students are enrolled, including 4,000 HCA Healthcare colleagues.
- In 2023, HCA Healthcare announced a $34.5 million expansion project for Research College of Nursing in Kansas City, Missouri, supporting the development and building of an HCA Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement on the campus of Research Medical Center.
- In 2023, the HCA Healthcare Foundation, through its Healthier Tomorrow Fund, announced $250,000 in grants to community colleges and universities to provide high school students early access to careers in healthcare. As part of these grants, Miami Dade College received $50,000 towards its Care Cadre Nurse Exploration Experience and Pensacola State College received $50,000 to help fund the Nurse Explorer Boot Camp. Both programs give students early exposure to careers in nursing.
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HCA Healthcare, one of the nation's leading providers of healthcare services, is comprised of 190 hospitals and more than 2,400 ambulatory sites of care, in 20 states and the United Kingdom. Our more than 300,000 colleagues are connected by a single purpose — to give patients healthier tomorrows.
As an enterprise, we recognize the significant responsibility we have as a leading healthcare provider within each of the communities we serve, as well as the opportunity we have to improve the lives of the patients for whom we are entrusted to care. Through the compassion, knowledge and skill of our caregivers, and our ability to leverage our scale and innovative capabilities, HCA Healthcare is in a unique position to play a leading role in the transformation of care.
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