Choose Your Pathway to Practice
No matter where you’re starting, RCoN offers a pathway designed to meet you there and help you take the next step in your nursing journey. As a trusted nursing school in Kansas City since 1905, we’ve helped prepare generations of nurses who go on to make a real difference in the communities they serve. Here, you’ll learn in small classes, build strong connections with experienced faculty, and gain hands-on clinical experience early through established partnerships with leading healthcare organizations. Whether you’re beginning your education or advancing your career, you’ll find nursing programs that fit your goals and the support you need to move forward with confidence.
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Accelerated BSN (ABSN)1 year: Requires a non-nursing bachelor’s degree
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Fast Track BSN1 year: No prior degree required, 3.25+ GPA
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Traditional BSN (TBSN)18 Months: Focus on mastery after completing prerequisites
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Nursing for High School StudentsFor high school juniors & seniors
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Pre-NursingComplete your prerequisites
Partners in Your Future
At RCoN, you’ll get hands-on experience through our partnership with HCA Midwest Health. You’ll build a bridge from classroom learning to clinical practice, opening doors to professional opportunities.
Your RCoN education is:
- In-Person: Gain hands-on experience in a 100% on-site learning environment designed to prepare you for real-world clinical practice.
- Flexible: You can complete prerequisites at any accredited college or university before transferring to RCoN.
- Comprehensive: Prepare to take the NCLEX-RN exam and enter the workforce as a highly skilled registered nurse.
Top-Ranked Program
For more than 120 years, RCoN has been dedicated to educating future nursing leaders and serving our communities.
An RCoN education focuses on clinical mastery and professional leadership. That’s why healthcare employers across the country prioritize our graduates.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects almost 190,000 new RN job openings per year through 2034, putting you at the forefront of a growing field.
Career of Possibilities
For more than a century, RCoN has been an engine of healthcare leadership. Our graduates don’t just find jobs, they launch diverse, high-impact careers in local, national, and international health networks and in every area of medicine:
- Clinical Excellence: Medical-Surgical, ICU/Critical Care, Emergency Room, Labor and Delivery, and Pediatrics
- Community and Leadership: Nursing faculty, nurse administration, and public health
- A Launchpad for What Comes Next: While our programs focus on undergraduate nursing education, many graduates build on their RCoN foundation to pursue advanced practice roles such as Nurse Practitioner (NP), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Nurse Educator, and Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) through graduate study at institutions across the country.
Your possibilities are limitless. Whether you stay with HCA Midwest Health or take your skills around the world, an RCoN education ensures you’re ready for the challenge.
Access Support You Need
“The recipe for success exists at RCoN! Since graduating I have had the pleasure to experience the world and serve as a nurse in the United States Army … leading and developing some of the nation’s greatest healthcare teams across the spectrum of military healthcare.”
— US Army Major Sean Riley, BSN ’01
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