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As a nursing major, you have the opportunity to gain a well-rounded liberal arts education and hands-on nursing experience with a high degree of faculty contact. Unlike many programs, William Jewell works with a variety of hospitals so that students gain experience in a wide spectrum of clinical settings. Our close proximity to downtown Kansas City - just twenty minutes away - gives you access to six medical centers, a variety of hospitals, and more than 10 agencies in and around the greater Kansas City area.
A nursing internship allows you to work directly with experienced nurses on choice units, expand your clinical skills, and become more confident in the role of the nurse. The Pryor Leadership Studies in Nursing Program (PLSP–N) provides you the opportunity to learn personal, professional, and civic leadership through critical reflection, mentoring, and experiential learning.
You may enter the nursing program as a high school graduate, transfer credits from another college or university, or seek admission as a college graduate in the accelerated track bachelors in nursing program. Various college, hospital, state, and federal aid programs are available to help with costs while completing requirements towards the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
 Complete the Application for Admission to apply for the Bachelors’ of Science in Nursing (BSN) program.
This experience adds up to great success for William Jewell nursing students. One hundred percent (100%) of the 2002 graduates passed the National Council Licensure Examination – RN (NCLEX-RN) on their first attempt. With our superior reputation in the health care community, employers are eager to hire graduates from William Jewell.
Quality, Challenging, Established, and Excellent are a few of the words used by the students of nursing at William Jewell College. Look at the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and you will understand why.
Distinctive
As a nursing major at William Jewell you will have the opportunity to:
- Gain a well-rounded liberal arts education. Our students enjoy the full benefits of college life while pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
- Implement nursing care in a wide variety of clinical settings with diverse populations. William Jewell has pre-professional opportunities at more than ten health care agencies in the Kansas City area.
- Attend classes on campus while completing clinicals in hospital and community environments.
Reputation
- More than 800 graduates have graduated from William Jewell College Department of Nursing.
- William Jewell graduates have a superior reputation in the health care community. Employers are eager to hire graduates from William Jewell.
- The Department of Nursing received full accreditation from CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education) for ten years without recommendations for 1999-2009.
- Over 85% of Jewell nursing graduates are immediately employed in the Kansas City area following graduation.
- William Jewell nursing graduates are in key leadership positions in virtually every hospital in the Kansas City area.
- Graduates score consistently above the state and national pass rates on nursing licensing exams.
A Unique Curriculum
William Jewell Department of Nursing has a history of innovative and unique learning opportunities. As a nursing student at William Jewell College you will:
- Begin clinicals in nursing the second semester of your sophomore year.
- Learn from professors who are not only fine educators but also excellent practitioners within their fields.
- Learn in an environment with an approximate student-faculty ratio of 6:1 in clinicals.
- An opportunity to participate in the formalized Leadership Studies in Nursing program.
- Participate in a nursing senior internship.
Mission & Philosophy
Mission Statement
The Department of Nursing at William Jewell College is grounded in the ideals of Christ. Our mission is to:
- Provide a superior nursing education that fosters holistic growth within a liberal arts environment,
- Serve individuals, families, communities and populations on and beyond the campus, and
- Promote standards of excellence in professional nursing.
Philosophy
Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations (ANA, 2003). The program is based on a philosophy of nursing as a combination of scientific competence and sensitivity to human needs, with an emphasis on the well-being of the whole person. The faculty emphasizes the responsibility and accountability of the individual learner, the blending of academic and practical knowledge, and the highest degree of professional ethics. The hallmarks of a WJC graduate are compassion, excellence in nursing practice, integrity, leadership, scholarship, and service to others.
Parish Nursing
In 1999 the Nursing Department at WJC and Liberty Hospital entered into a partnership to provide resources to faith communities and social groups. The Parish Nursing partnership is called Partners in Health Services. Parish Nursing is the specialized practice of nursing within the context of a faith family, which focuses on the physical, psychological, spiritual and social dimensions of health.
The Department Nursing and Liberty Hospital provide the Basic Parish Nurse course in the Spring of each year for registered nurses, health professionals and eligible students. The content follows the endorsed curriculum established by the International Parish Nurse Resource Center, http://www.parishnurse.org/. RN’s are invited to develop an agreement with their own faith community to provide parish nursing services to the congregation following completion of the course.
Contact:
Katie Stiles | 816-415-5072
Nursing Admission Counselor
Department of Nursing #2002
William Jewell College
500 College Hill - Box 2002
Liberty, MO 64068
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