100% of Beckfield College’s first Practical Nursing class passed the NCLEX-PN Licensure Examination upon first try. Wow! I can’t tell you how proud this statistic makes me as the Dean of Nursing at Beckfield College. A perfect pass rate won’t last forever, but this benchmark is evidence of a challenging curriculum and engaged students who want to thrive in nursing.

As a nursing school faculty member, I receive multiple emails weekly about up and coming trends, news, and opinions from various sources. Among these is the ANA Smart Brief, a daily emailed newsletter specifically about the nursing field.  In a recent post, I found an article about simulation in nursing (Rebecca Hendren).