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Ascension Via Christi – Wichita State University School of Nursing

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Choose an Ascension Via Christi – Wichita State University School of Nursing undergraduate or graduate degree program that fits your career goals.

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Accessibility note: This video "Nursing Program at Wichita State University" has been narrated to include all essential visual information, so separate audio description is not necessary.

Attention Prospective Student Applicant

Before admission to the nursing program, we encourage you to visit the Kansas State Board of Nursing Practice Act (KS-NPA) website to download and review the Kansas Nurse Practice Act statute status 65-1120 on page 223.

Nursing is in High Demand

Given the rapidly aging population and the increasing need for health services, the demand for all levels of nursing continues to grow. Wichita State offers several undergraduate and graduate degrees to help meet this need. 

Nursing in the News

  • WSU alumni, students lead the fright nights at Field of Screams

    student life

    — WSU students Reese Willbanks and Izzie Licata are among the roughly 100 actors at Field of Screams Kansas, a long-running haunted attraction at Prairie Pines in Maize and loaded with connections to Wichita State. The lore of the murderous Spurlock family, the attraction’s theme, started with a class paper at WSU by Kip Scott, owner/operator of the attraction.

  • From 'Why?' to world class: WSU’s Kevin Kelly has built a career in a wind tunnel

    Alumni

    — What began as a student job at Wichita State's Walter H. Beech Wind Tunnel has grown into a 20-year career fueled by curiosity. Now a research manager at NIAR, Kevin Kelly has played a key role in the facility's evolution while mentoring others and continuing to ask the question that drives every engineer: "Why?"

  • Memorial '70 remembrance for WSU plane crash set for Oct. 2

    Alumni

    — The annual remembrance at Memorial ’70 will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at the memorial sculpture at the university entrance at Memorial Drive and Hillside. The ceremony will honor the 31 people - WSU football players, administrators, supporters and flight crew - who died in the crash in Colorado on Oct. 2, 1970.

  • WSU grad student helps create documentary on 1976 Wichita sniper

    students

    — "Long Echo" is a documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the Holiday Inn shooting in downtown Wichita. Derek Landwehr, a graduate student at Wichita State University, worked as director of photography on the film, which airs on Aug. 11 on KPTS.

Licensed Mental Health Technician Pathway

The Licensed Mental Health Technician pathway at Wichita State prepares students for entry-level positions to care for patients who are challenged with mental or behavioral health issues.

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