A publicaHon for alumni,
parents and friends of
the university.
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School of Nursing
receives national
accreditation
The School of Nursing at The Uni
versity of North Carolina at Wilmington
has received full accreditation by a
unanimous vote from the National
League for Nursing. The league’s board
of review made the announcement on
March 17 from its New York head
quarters.
The National League for Nursing is a
professional organization that volun
tarily accredits programs that meet
standards of excellence beyond those
required by state boards of nursing.
The UNCW nursing program is accred
ited by the North Carolina Board of
Nursing, the state’s official licensing
agency.
“National accreditation will make a
significant impact on recruiting nursing
students to UNCW. Many prospective
nursing students want to enroll in such
programs,” said Dr. Marlene Rosen-
koetter, dean of the School of Nursing.
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Or. Marlene Rosenkoetter, dean of ttw School of
Nursing
In addition to being a recruiting tool,
the accreditation will give UNCW’s
nursing graduates more career options.
A nursing student must graduate from
a nationally accredited undergraduate
program for acceptance into NLN-ac-
credited master’s programs, schools of
anesthesia, or to enter the military as a
commissioned officer. Equally impor
tant, graduates of nation^y accredited
nursing schools are often given prefer
ence in hiring and job promotions.
To achieve its new status, the
School of Nursing submitted to the
league’s review board a lengthy self-
study on the school’s administration
and structure, faculty aedenlials,
bu^et and resources, curriculum, and
support services.
National accreditation has been
awarded at an early phase in the career
of the UNCW &hool of Nursing.
UNCW’s baccalaureate degree nursing
program began in 1984. It graduated its
first baccalaureate class in May 1987,
with the class having a 100 percent
pass rate on the registered nurse li
censer examination.
Rosenkoetter noted that the accred
itation’s long-term effect will be a pro
gram that will attract more graduates
to help alleviate the nursing shortage.
There are currendy 40 students
enrolled in the nursing program at
UNCW. The School of Nursing has a
full-time faculty of 11, with two
adjunct professors.
— Xenee Brantley
UNCWs Hoggard Hall, home to the School of Nursing, is decorated with tnlloons in celebration of the School's receipt of national nursing accreditation.
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