• Graduates are prepared as baccalaureate generalist nurses - meaning that they are work-ready as they graduate, having had four semesters and 678 hours of clinical and laboratory experiences to form their broad understanding of professional nursing. KU grads are ready to work in hospitals, community health agencies, industrial or long-term care facilities, as geriatric nurses, ICU nurses, traveling nurses or flight nurses. Graduates of the KU School of Nursing BSN program, begun in 1929, go on to become charge nurses and move into other leadership positions in Kansas and across the country. They are well-prepared to seek further education in master and doctoral programs in nursing. School of Nursing alumni is hired all over the country and closer to home. The KU nursing education provides a jumping-off place for a productive, fulfilling nursing career.