About the Chapter
The Iota Sigma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International established its charter at Azusa Pacific University in 1988. It was preceeded in 1980 by the Nursing Honor Society of Azusa Pacific College. The chapter currently includes approximately 600 members.
The Azusa Pacific University School of Nursing offers both baccalaureate and master's degrees in nursing, as well as credential programs for nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, and school nurse. The baccalaureate program, inaugurated in 1975, has an enrollment of approximately 240 students. It also offers a variety of options for registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses that lead to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The graduate programs in nursing offered at APU include master's degrees for those with a BSN or an AA degree/diploma plus baccalaureate degree in a field other than nursing. Clinical specialties are: Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Parent/Child or Adult Nursing, combined Parent/Child CNS and PNP, Family or Adult Nurse Practitioner, combined Adult CNS and ANP, Parish Nursing, and School Nurse Services Credential (non-degree) plus master's degree in PNP or FNP.
Featured in TIME magazine and ranked as one of the nation’s best by U.S.News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Azusa Pacific is a comprehensive, Christian, evangelical university, committed to God First and known for excellence in higher education.
Azusa Pacific’s main campus lies just 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, while its seven Southern California regional centers bring convenience and extend quality programming. The university offers more than 60 areas of undergraduate study, 26 master's degree programs, and 7 doctorates to a total student population of more than 8,100.
