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March 30, 2005
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MUW graduate nursing program achieves perfection for third year in a row

COLUMBUS, Miss. -- A repeat of a perfect performance is hard to achieve.

Yet perfection is becoming the standard for Mississippi University for Women’s Division of Nursing graduate program.

For the third year in a row, students achieved a 100 percent success rate on the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) national board certification exam for nurse practitioners.

“We did it again this year,” said Dr. Janice Unruh Davidson, graduate nursing program director. “Over the last three years in a row, the graduates have surpassed the national average of 87 percent in 2002, 85 percent in 2003 and 88 percent in 2004 by achieving a 100 percent pass rate for each testing period.

“We are so proud of the graduate nursing students and their continued success in this national board certification exam.”

Successful completion of a national board certification such as the exam offered by the ANCC is required for nurses planning to practice as a nurse practitioner in Mississippi.