NURSING is a calling to promote wellness; to protect health; to prevent illness and injury; to alleviate suffering; to provide compassionate care; and to educate and advocate for individuals, families, and communities locally and around the world.
About the Traditional Nursing Program
MNU nursing students are highly sought by hospitals and healthcare businesses not only throughout the Kansas City area, but across the nation.
YOU WILL LEARN
Our faculty and this program prepare you to take the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN®). Our graduates regularly excel on this exam. For the last 9 years, our nursing graduates have exceeded the national pass rate, and for the last 11 years, they have exceeded the Kansas average pass rate.
The Virtual Patient Center offers state-of-the-art equipment for you to develop, practice, and hone the skills you will need to be an effective registered nurse.
YOU SHOULD KNOW
- Application to the traditional nursing program is a separate admission process beyond applying to MNU.
- Apply to MNU
- Apply to Traditional Nursing Program
- The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at MidAmerica Nazarene University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington DC, 20001, 202-887-6791.
Additional Nursing Programs
At MNU, you can continue your nursing education throughout your career.
Top Notch Facilities
Our Virtual Patient Center and nursing skills lab were created to provide a safe and realistic learning environments using state-of-the-art, high-fidelity human manikins in hospital like settings.
Your Future
Careers
Touching many areas of nursing, you could become a:
- Hospital or acute care nurse
- Psychiatric nurse
- Home health nurse
- Hospice nurse
- Pediatric Nurse
- ICU Nurse
Employers & Internships
Some of our recent Nursing grads have landed jobs at:
- Kansas University Medical Center
- Truman Medical Center
- The Birth Center at Shawnee Mission Medical Center
- ICU at St Luke's South Hospital
- Children’s Mercy
Nursing Programs
MNU offers many nursing programs:
our people are the difference
The nursing faculty at MNU are exceedingly qualified and dedicated to providing you finest quality education in a Christian environment. We seek to prepare you for the ever-changing climate of healthcare by using educational strategies that are on the cutting edge of technology and evidence-based practice.
You Can Succeed Here
Pioneer alumni are working in industries and cities around the world. During their time at MNU, they developed the skills and knowledge to succeed. Transformed by Christ to serve others – that’s real success.
While most college sophomores are still deciding what to major in, Hadley Copeland is already planning her application to medical school next semester. The Topeka, Kansas native is an honor student majoring in biology and minoring in
Home health nurse Taylor (Fries ’16) Hartke says even as a child she was an adventurer. Her dad described her as having “itchy feet.” She didn’t like staying in the same place for long. Her faith was also important, so finding
Exceptional student, athlete plans flexible, disciplined profession.
Aaron Tiffany (Business Administration, '05) isn’t exactly where he thought he'd be after graduation from MNU. Or actually, he is.
"Going in to college I didn't know what I wanted to do. Or that is what I would tell people," Aaron says. "Deep down, however
Kassidy (Ritchel ’14) Chuning worked hard and played hard. During high school, she played basketball and volleyball while maintaining a coveted GPA. Strong family values were woven into the fabric of her childhood.
Some people might say that alum Jason Menard, just 7 years out of MNU, is too young to be a high school assistant principal and athletic director. But those people clearly have not met Jason. Driven is an understatement.
