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The new 24,000-square-foot, two-story Joyce E. Lillis School of Nursing will replace the building on Mercy College's campus along 7th Avenue in downtown Des Moines. The previous building at the ...

Joyce Lillis was inspired to become a nurse after watching the care her mom received after suffering a stroke, and later as a ...

The two-story, $20 million building will serve as a learning environment for more than 300 students enrolled in registered ...

Mercy College of Health Sciences hopes to make a dent in Iowa's nursing shortage with a new $15 million nursing school.