New Campus Coming Early 2026!
RCoN’s new 78-000-square-foot building will better serve the community’s current and future healthcare needs while cementing the College as a long-term regional educational source of nursing talent for generations to come.
RCoN North Façade
RCoN South Façade (View from Meyer Boulevard)
RCoN expansion highlights include:
- Creation of a Center for Clinical Advancement, which pairs enhanced technology with simulation opportunities to help clinicians bridge the gap between classroom learning and bedside care.
- Expanded capacity to plan for an increase in enrollment while growing faculty and staff at the Research College of Nursing over the next five years.
- A state-of-the-art patient simulation laboratory to prepare students for the complexities of contemporary healthcare practice.
- Technologically advanced classrooms that will provide a more engaging and meaningful learning experience.
- Innovative education technology that will afford students the ability to achieve nursing competencies.
Pictured: Dr. Katie Bruels, HCA Midwest Health CNE; Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas; Dr. Nancy DeBasio, RCoN President; Kirk McCarty, Research Medical Center CEO, and Keith Zimmerman, HCA Midwest Health President
Pictured: Research College of Nursing faculty and staff
Pictured: Chanz Hale, BSN Student and RSNA President; Dr. Ann Sly, RCoN Governing Board Member, Katie Murphy, VP Clinical Education; Dr. Nancy DeBasio, RCoN President; Cynthia Randazzo, President and CEO of The Research Foundation, Dr. Glenna Mahoney
News:
- (KCTV5) ‘Core to a community’s survival’: Research College of Nursing breaks ground on new school
- Research College Nursing announces historical groundbreaking ceremony for a comprehensive $34.5 million investment from HCA Healthcare with a planned expansion of the college and the creation of an innovative center for clinical advancement
- HCA Midwest Health investing $34.5 million to expand Research College of Nursing
Thank you to our partners!
