Web-based Programs

Using information technology, the University of Kansas School of Nursing is changing where and how students learn. Through the KU Medical Center’s Virtual Classroom, the School of Nursing is bringing the classroom into students’ homes. The term Virtual Classroom describes an Internet Web site on the KU Medical Center computer network. This Web site houses courses for the schools of Nursing, Medicine, Allied Health, Pharmacy, Graduate Studies and Continuing Education. A virtual classroom does not require a student to have a physical presence in a traditional classroom. So students can choose when, where and how they learn within a prescribed set of criteria.

The School of Nursing has the following programs available through the virtual classroom:

• MS in nursing with a major in Family Nurse Practitioner or Adult/Gerontological Nurse Practitioner for BSN-prepared nurses who have already completed a certificate program. (Courses for this offered entirely on the Web).
• Post-Master's Certificate Programs The Nurse Educator and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Post-Master's Certificates have online courses.
• Complete RN-to-BSN
• Courses required in the RN-to-MS program

For other majors in the master’s program which require Kansas City attendance for clinical courses, the five core courses are available on the Web. These courses include Nursing Theory I (NRSG 750/751), Nursing Theory II (NRS 752/753), Healthcare Research (NRSG 754), Healthcare Professionalism: Issues and Roles (NRSG 755), and Health Promotion (NRSG 809).