{"id":2847,"date":"2014-04-24T15:09:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T21:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2014-05-23T07:00:23","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T13:00:23","slug":"10-years-of-perfection-for-nursing-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2014\/04\/24\/10-years-of-perfection-for-nursing-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years of Perfection for Nursing Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/winter-commencement-2013-366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2848\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/winter-commencement-2013-366-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"winter commencement 2013-366\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/winter-commencement-2013-366-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/winter-commencement-2013-366-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>For the tenth consecutive year, graduates of the Belmont University master\u2019s program (MSN) for Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) has achieved a 100 percent first time pass rate on the nursing certification examination.\u00a0 The most recent class of 28 graduates all passed the exam on the first attempt this spring.\u00a0 Nationally, only 80% of new FNP graduates pass on the first attempt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a truly remarkable accomplishment,\u201d said Dr. Martha Buckner, associate dean of nursing.\u00a0 She added, \u201cWe are so proud of the sustained level of excellence by our students and faculty and for the leadership of program director and professor of nursing, Dr. Leslie Higgins.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The School of Nursing began offering the Master of Science in Nursing 20 years ago and the program has grown throughout the years to a record enrollment of 83 students this past fall.\u00a0 FNP graduates enjoy significant professional flexibility and marketability. \u00a0Prepared to practice in a variety of settings, FNP&#8217;s provide primary health care to families and individuals of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, the School of Nursing expanded offerings to prepare registered nurses for advanced practice by initiating the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree program which will graduate its first class this spring.\u00a0 Belmont will continue to offer the MSN degree in the near future as the DNP becomes more established.<\/p>\n<p>The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) administers the advanced practice nursing examination for family nurse practitioners. More than a quarter million nurses have been certified by ANCC since 1990, and over 80,000 advanced practice nurses are currently certified by ANCC. ANCC certification is accepted by governing boards throughout the United States as well as insurers and the military. The program validates nurses\u2019 skills, knowledge and abilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MSN-2013-Grads.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2849\" src=\"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MSN-2013-Grads.jpg\" alt=\"MSN 2013 Grads\" width=\"476\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MSN-2013-Grads.jpg 476w, https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MSN-2013-Grads-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the tenth consecutive year, graduates of the Belmont University master\u2019s program (MSN) for Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) has achieved a 100 percent first time pass rate on the nursing certification examination.\u00a0 The most recent class of 28 graduates all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2014\/04\/24\/10-years-of-perfection-for-nursing-graduates\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chs","category-nursing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2847"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2994,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847\/revisions\/2994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}