The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)

Ursuline nursing school named national Center of Excellence

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The National League for Nursing has named Ursuline College in Pepper Pike a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education for its sustained efforts to “enhance student learning and profession­al developmen­t,” according to a news release from the college. Ursuline is one of 10 programs nationally, and the only nursing program in Ohio, honored in the learning and profession­al developmen­t category. The designatio­n is for 2021 through 2025, the release continued.

“We are delighted to receive this well-deserved honor from the National League for Nursing,” said Ursuline College President Sister Christine De Vinne, OSU, PhD., in the release.

“Based on objective measures including our historical­ly high passage rates on the national nurse licensing exam, our 100% employment rate post licensure, and our strong clinical partnershi­ps with some of the nation’s top health care systems, we already knew our Breen School of Nursing and Health Profession­s offered excellent programs. This

NLN recognitio­n lets the rest of the world know.”

The NLN Center of Excellence designatio­n has, to-date, been awarded to only 79 schools in the nation.

In total, 23 nursing programs were recognized by the NLN in four categories. Cleveland Clinic was recognized for “Creating workplace environmen­ts that promote the academic progressio­n of nurses,” the release said.

Breen faculty will receive the Center of Excellence award on behalf of Ursuline College at the 2021 NLN Education Summit in

Washington, D.C. in September.

At that same gathering Ursuline faculty will receive two other NLN awards.

Dr. Patricia A. Sharpnack, DNP, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN, will receive the NLN’s prestigiou­s Mary Adelaide Nutting Award for Outstandin­g Teaching or Leadership in Nursing Education, the release said. The NLN Awards Committee unanimousl­y selected Sharpnack for this honor, awarded to one educator annually. The Awards Committee found her contributi­ons to be an outstandin­g representa­tion of the NLN’s mission: promoting excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of the nation and the global community.

Associate Professor Laura Goliat DNP, APRN, FNP-BC will be inducted as a Fellow in the NLN Academy of Nursing Education. Individual­s selected for this honor have made enduring and substantia­l contributi­ons to nursing education as teachers, mentors, scholars, public policy advocates, practice partners and administra­tors.

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