A new partnership between Drake and Mercy College of Health Sciences will allow students to earn bachelor’s degrees from both institutions in four years. Under the new partnership, students will earn a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences from Drake and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Mercy College in approximately the same time it would normally take to earn a degree from one institution.
The partnership with Mercy College, and a similar new partnership between Drake and Allen College in Waterloo, provide Drake students with a smooth transition into the high demand field of nursing, with the opportunity to pursue a nursing degree at schools with clinical partnerships at two of Iowa’s major health systems. Allen’s students have clinical rotations with UnityPoint Health, and Mercy College has clinical rotations throughout central Iowa with primary access to Mercy Health Network at more than 150 sites.
After completing their third year at Drake, students who meet academic qualifications will be admitted to Mercy College, where they will then complete four eight-week terms and a 15-week semester of clinical rotations. In total, the time to program completion is four years.
More information on each of these programs can be found online at http://www.drake.edu/hs/tracks/ or http://www.mchs.edu/nursing.