Advance Healthcare Network: With a range of degree programs available for nurses, it’s now difficult to define the “typical” student. “We get the new grad who goes right back to school for their master’s pre-licensure, the clinical nurse who wants to specialize in psychiatric nursing or gerontology, or someone who’s been in the field many years who is interested in a leadership position,” said Mary Kerr, dean of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.