Nursing Celebrates Phenomenal NCLEX-RN Pass Rate!
Hear from current nursing students Jacqueline Zintak ’16 and Garrett Klotzbuecher ’15
Congratulations to Trinity’s Nursing Department!
The NCLEX-RN pass rate for Trinity’s nursing graduates is 95 percent, significantly higher than the national year to date total average of 82.86 percent.*
The exams are taken following graduation from a bachelor’s degree-granting nursing program and administered through the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). According to the website, the NCSBN is the vehicle through which boards of nursing act and counsel together to provide regulatory excellence for public health, safety, and welfare.
Nursing Department Chair Tina Decker ’06 credits the high pass rate with the nursing program’s simulation lab, which provides hands-on training for students; the College’s proximity to a large number of major Chicago and suburban hospitals through which students complete their clinicals; and Trinity’s dedicated faculty.
“We know each of our students and strive to help each of them succeed,” said Decker.
In addition to the high pass rate percentage of Trinity nursing graduates, the College’s program also experiences a better than average nursing retention rate, something Decker said the department takes pride in.
Trinity’s nursing program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
*Year to date total January through September 2014; First Time, RN Candidates taking NCLEX Exam.
Read more about Trinity’s nursing students and alumni
Student profiles, TRINITY magazine (pp. 12-13)
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