Traditional Campus BSN-RN

Graceland is proud of its Nursing program graduates. The last three graduating classes (2006, 2007 and January, 2008) achieved an NCLEX pass rate of 100%.

Graceland University School of Nursing takes pride in developing graduates who internalize caring values that foster ethical practice. Successful achievement in the humanities is basic to understanding the whole person and his/her response in health and illness. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, courses in the arts, sciences, and humanities provide a forum for the study of values, ethical principles, and the physical world as well as opportunities to reflect and apply knowledge gained to professional practice. A liberal education promotes critical thinking, the basis for clinical judgment and ethical decision-making. You will learn the art and science of nursing through a combination of liberal arts and science courses in the BSN degree program at Graceland University.

You will earn a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) as a graduate of Graceland University. This degree will provide you with a multitude of opportunities in the health care arena.

The nursing program is offered through our campus in Independence, Missouri. This is just two hours south of the Graceland main campus in Lamoni, Iowa. Each summer a new group of nursing students start their program with two courses during the first part of July. Once the summer courses are completed,  students return to officially begin as junior nursing students.

How our program works:

We have two available options.
Option 1.)
The freshman and sophomore years of a residential program are completed on the Graceland University main campus in Lamoni, IA.

Students enjoy a true university experience. The Lamoni campus has a diverse cultural background with students from around the globe. In the summer months following the sophomore year, student will attend nursing classes at the Independence, MO campus. Once those courses are complete tudents officially matriculate into the nursing program as junior nursing students at the beginning of the fall semester.

Option 2.)
If you already have the required lower division general education courses from previous college work, you may transfer those credits to Graceland University. If you still need to complete the necessary nursing prerequisites courses, Graceland University works closely with the Metropolitan Community Colleges (MCC), in the greater Kansas City area.

This program is known as the 2+2 Program. Two years of study are completed at the Metropolitan Community Colleges and the next two years the complete the Bachelor's in Nursing degree are completed on the Graceland Independence campus. In addition to completing prerequisite courses for the nursing major, it is suggested students achieve an Associates of Arts degree from the Junior college. An Associates of Arts degree is not a requirement as long as the incoming student possess the appropraite number of credit hours required.  For more information contact the Blue River campus of the Kansas City Metropolitan Community Colleges. (www.mcckc.edu)

Please Note: Graceland University offers an accelerated option program. Finish in January instead of May!

An Accelerated Option program is available for the high achiever who wishes to complete the nursing degree in January of the senior year rather than in May. It is a fast paced program requiring completion of a senior level course during the junior year, two senior level courses during the summer between the junior and senior years, and completion of a clinical practicum in approximately four weeks during January right before graduation. A limited number of accelerated option students are accepted into the program. To be eligible, you must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and completed all but six semester hours of the required general education courses.

To apply; see the "apply online" link and print off the PDF application packet and instructions, and follow the directions for admission.