FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 28, 2005
Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins
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Howell to write items for NCLEX-RN Examination
  
COLUMBUS, Miss. – Sarah Howell, assistant professor of nursing, was chosen by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) as a member of a panel of expert nurses who will write items for the NCLEX-RN Examination. The session will start Oct. 5 and conclude on Oct. 8.
   
The item writing session will take place at Pearson Professional Testing, the NCSBN contractual test service located in Chicago.
   
Involvement in the NCSBN Item Development Program is a source of pride for nurses and is indicative of their commitment to the profession.
   
Howell, who has taught at MUW since 1978, earned both her associate of science in nursing and bachelor of science in nursing from MUW. She received her master of science in nursing from the University of Mississippi.
   
Currently she resides in Amory.