FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 3, 2005
Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins
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MUW ASN program achieves 100 percent pass rate

COLUMBUS, Miss. – Thirty-nine students from the Associate of Science in Nursing program at Mississippi University for Women helped achieve a 100 percent pass rate on this year’s National Council Licensure Examination.

The last time the program achieved this pass rate was in 1991. Over the past 14 years, faculty and students alike have been diligently working to achieve a higher level of success.

Mary Jo Kirkpatrick, ASN department chair, said, “The faculty worked very hard to incorporate the additions and changes [to the program] that were needed. They worked tirelessly in rewriting test questions to better test the students at the application and analysis levels.”

“The students met our challenge for a higher level of testing and were successful. They studied, asked questions and responded to our concern for their success,” said Kirkpatrick about the hard work of the students and faculty.

According to Kirkpatrick, the national average for this exam has hovered between 83 and 87.5 percent over the last eight years with an average of 85.26 percent in 2004.

ASN graduates schedule their own tests after graduation and complete them at various locations around the country.

When asked about her feelings regarding the 100 percent pass rate, Kirkpatrick simply said, “This is quite an accomplishment.”