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BCC’s nursing programs
have 100 percent pass rate on licensing exams
Jack McDuffie
Students
from
Bladen
Community College’s
nursing programs continue to improve their
performance on the licensing exams.
BCC’s
2009 graduates from the Associate Degree Nursing
(ADN) and Practical Nursing Education (PNE)
programs passed the exam on their first try, giving
the college a 100 percent pass rate on the
respective licensing exams, well above the average
statewide.
This is
the second consecutive year that the BCC
ADN program has had a 100 percent pass rate on the
exam. This year it was one of only nine
nursing schools in the state to do so. There
are 73 nursing programs across the State offering
programs that qualify graduates to become registered
nurses. Of that number, 57 are in the
Community College System.
According to
BCC
Dean of Allied Health Erin Hinson,
BCC’s
ADN program suffered from “growing pains” during its
first two years and did not reach a 100 percent pass
rate until its third graduating class in 2008.
The Practical Nursing Education
program has had a 100 percent pass rate for most of
the years since it opened 16 years ago. The
2008 class pass rate was 86 percent on their initial
try; however, the previous four classes had a 100
percent pass rate.
The college’s performance on the
licensing exams in recent years has been a drawing
card for the programs and a “feather in the cap” of
the college.
A primary measure used by the
State Board of Nursing to measure the effectiveness
of nursing programs across is the percentage of
graduates who pass the licensing examinations on
their first try. The North Carolina Community
College System also uses licensing exam results as
one of its core measures of effectiveness for its
member schools.
Associate and bachelor degree
nursing program graduates, as well as graduates of
the two remaining diploma programs in the state,
take the NCLEX-RN (National Council Licensure
Exam-Registered Nurse). Practical nursing
program graduates take the NCLEX-PN. Applicants for
licenses to practice in the state must pass the
appropriate exam before they are granted licenses.
Suggested cutlines for photos of
the 2009 graduating classes:
BCC
Associate Degree Nursing 2009 graduates
In photo
above are graduates of
BCC’s
2009 Associate Degree Nursing class. They are,
from top left to front right, Ashley Bryant, Melissa
Henderson, Erica Cortese, Vanessa Vukovich, Jennifer
Powers, Kelly Andrews, Tammie Bailey, Kadetra
Lennon, Tonya Hall and Heather Edwards.
BCC
Practical Nursing Education 2009 graduates
In photo
above are graduates of
BCC’s
2009 Practical Nursing Education program. They
are, from top left to front right, Doris Worley,
Katrina Stanley, Mary Skipper, Tonya Locklear, Sarah
Ferrell, Natasha Davis, Aubrey Fox, Sonia Bryan,
Jennifer Duranceau-Nasci, Britt Campbell, Amanda
Teague, Keisha Cromartie Lanaya Jones, Maria Jacobs
and Jean Davis.
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