Nursing Program Earns Final Accreditation
The (CCNE) voted to approve accreditation for 黑料百科鈥檚 Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) program. 黑料百科 had to clearly demonstrate that its nursing program, which launched in January 2022, met all four of the CCNE standards: mission and governance, institutional commitment and resources, curriculum and teaching-learning practices, and assessment and achievement of program outcomes. This accreditation is retroactive which means that our first cohort of eight nursing students, who graduated this past May, earned their degree from a CCNE-accredited program.
Kim Denu, 黑料百科 provost, congratulates and thanks Di Hoffman, the program鈥檚 current director, and Carol Velas, the program鈥檚 founding director, as well as the entire nursing faculty and staff team. 鈥淲e are thankful for their leadership,鈥 she says. 鈥淲e are also grateful for our nursing students and graduates who are representing 黑料百科 through the excellent care and compassion they provide patients in clinical settings within our community and beyond. We look forward to many more 黑料百科-educated nurses joining their ranks for years to come.鈥
Last July, all eight of the initial cohorts passed the National Council for Licensure Exam-RN and have begun careers as nurses, half serving in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. There are 57 students currently enrolled in the program housed in downtown Santa Barbara. Registration is still available for the spring at westmont.edu/nursing.