How to Apply to the Nursing Program

Application Cycles

Hybrid Nursing Program

The Hybrid Nursing Program combines online learning with in-person instruction. Online components may include videos, discussions, quizzes, exams, remediation activities, and other course requirements. In-person learning includes class meetings, skills labs, simulation, clinical experiences, and standardized exams.

Faculty are accessible to students through online platforms such as video conferencing, phone, or scheduled office appointments. In addition, faculty are present and available during on-campus classes, labs, simulation activities, and most clinical experiences. 

Blended Cohorts

Blended cohorts are similar to the hybrid format but include a greater percentage of in-person, faculty-led instruction and a smaller portion of online coursework. For example, discussions that may occur on a discussion board or in a virtual environment in a hybrid cohort take place live during scheduled class sessions in a blended cohort.

Faculty availability in blended cohorts mirrors that of the hybrid format, with the added benefit of increased face-to-face access during class meetings.

Online Cohorts

The Online Nursing Program consists primarily of online learning activities, including videos, discussions, quizzes, exams, remediation, and standardized exams. Clinical experiences are completed in person at a healthcare facility near the student’s location and are scheduled individually with assigned RN preceptors.

Online students are required to come to campus one to two times during the program for orientation and skills check-offs and completion of the microbiology lab if needed.

The online program is offered exclusively to LPN to RN cohorts.

Application Process

All applicants will be considered competitively, based on an objective Ranking Score Computation and committee selection. To be considered for acceptance into the nursing program, your applicant file must contain all required documentation by the appropriate nursing application deadline. Follow the steps below to make sure your applicant file is complete.

• Apply to Missouri State University-West Plains. Office of Admissions, Hass-Darr Hall, (417) 255-7955. Applying to Missouri State University-West Plains and to the Missouri State University-West Plains nursing program are two separate processes. Current degree-seeking students do not need to repeat the University admission process.
• Apply to the Missouri State University-West Plains nursing program by logging into My Grizzly Den. (Contact the Help Desk if you need to reset your BearPass Password.) Locate the Nursing Resources card, and click on the Apply to the Nursing Program link. Select whtehr you are a licensed LPN applying to the bridge program or an unlicensed student applying to the 2-year RN program. 
• If applicable, have transcripts from other nursing programs, such as Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) transcripts, sent directly to Missouri State University-West Plains, Nursing admissions office, 128 Garfield Ave., Looney Hall L-103C, West Plains, MO 65775.
• Meet the admission criteria as set forth under Admission Eligibility.
• Once application cycle is over, you will receive written notification of admission status – accepted, alternate or not accepted – by university email.

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