The School of Nursing at Charleston Southern University achieved a significant accomplishment with its recent graduating class – a 100 percent pass rate on the NCLEX-RN exam.
The one hundred percent pass rate marks the second year in a row that the graduating class from the school of nursing at CSU has earned this distinction on the first attempt.
Nationally, the average pass rate for the NCLEX exam in 2007 for baccalaureate degree students is 87.9 percent. CSU’s pass rate for the past two yeas of 100 percent far exceeds the national average.
Dr. Tara Hulsey, dean of the Derry Patterson Wingo School of Nursing, stated that the faculty implemented a strategy to strengthen the nursing program and to improve the pass rate percentage.
Holly Branch, a 2008 graduate from Reevesville, S.C. says, “I have been well prepared in many aspects of nursing; but to me, I have been most prepared to care for patients.”
The school of nursing at CSU is undergoing other significant improvements to strengthen the course of study and to provide state- of- the- art equipment. The skills lab is undergoing a major renovation to a high-fidelity simulation lab and will receive an iStan in August. The iStan by Meti is the world’s most advanced human simulator. The iStan at CSU will be the only one in the tri-county.
Student enrollment will increase considerably this fall thanks to a generous three- year grant by Roper St. Francis Hospital that funded an additional faculty position. The program will have nearly 100 BSN students in the fall semester.
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