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La 91ֱ BSN students exceed national, Pennsylvania averages on licensure exam
Undergraduate nursing majors maintained their track record on the NCLEX exam.
Students in 91ֱ’s undergraduate nursing program eclipsed the Pennsylvania and national averages with an 88.66%first-time pass rate on their national licensure exams for registered nurses.
Their cumulative average on the national council licensure examination, or NCLEX, exceeded the88.2%average posted by their Pennsylvania peers during the most-recent exam cycle for the period of Oct. 1, 2020–Sept. 30, 2021, according to data released in December by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing.
La 91ֱ undergraduate nursing students also outperformed the national NCLEX first-time pass rate average of83.22%for the same cycle period.
“This is a remarkable achievement for our nursing graduates during this unprecedented time,” saidKathleen Czekanski, Ph.D., R.N., professor of nursing and dean ofLa 91ֱ’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences. “Despite the challenges that the pandemic has presentedand continues to create, ournursing students committed to their licensure exampreparation andexcelled. They have extended the legacy of La 91ֱ’s nursing program and we are confident in their ability to lead as registered nurses.”
Students in 91ֱ’s undergraduate nursing program eclipsed the Pennsylvania and national averages—88.2% and 83.22%, respectively—with an 88.66%first-time pass rate on their national licensure exams for registered nurses.
This is the latest high-profile achievement for La 91ֱ’s undergraduate nursing program. In September, U.S. News & World Reportranked La 91ֱ among the nation’s top providersof undergraduate nursing education.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to coincide with what health care experts have described asand a skills gap among professional nurses. La 91ֱ nursing students and others in pre-professional health care disciplines have jumped at the opportunity to help. They havevolunteered at La 91ֱ’s COVID-19 testing centeron campus. They haveprovided staffing support in the University’s contact tracing efforts. La 91ֱ alumnicontinue to help on the pandemic’s frontline.
Hands-on training, clinical experiences, and virtual simulations offered at La 91ֱ—before and throughout the pandemic—have helped students and graduates like EmmaCapro, ’20,.
“No matter which specialty I end up in, this is something we’re taught in class every day is that we’re meant to help people, especially at a time like this,”Caprosaid in an interview with the Harrisburg Patriot-News.
—Christopher A. Vito