Pinning Ceremony Honors Nursing Graduates
Congratulations Jefferson County's Angela Williams
While taking the nursing pledge, Columbia State Community College nursing graduates keep the tradition of lighting candles in honor of Florence Nightingale and all those who have worked diligently to promote the nursing profession.
On Friday, May 10, 48 new nursing graduates were pinned in a traditional ceremony held in Columbia State Community College’s Webster Athletic Center. The nursing students include residents of Maury, Williamson, Giles, Wayne, Marshall, Lawrence, Lewis and Hickman Counties, as well as other counties in Middle Tennessee.
The nursing graduates have completed four semesters at Columbia State and ten credit hours of clinicals in order to earn their Associate of Applied Science degree in nursing. Next, graduates must pass the National Council Licensure Examination in order to earn licensure, which is required to practice as a registered nurse.
“We currently have a 98 percent first-attempt pass rate on the fall 2012 NCLEX,” said Barbara Blum, nursing program director. “We prepare them well.”
Columbia State’s nursing program has a competitive admission process with applicants admitted twice per year. Nursing students are trained to provide direct patient care in various areas including medical, surgical, pediatrics and more. Graduates will work in hospitals, long-term care facilities, clinics, schools and home health care settings.
The Columbia State nursing program is committed to excellence in nursing education, which has full approval from the Tennessee Board of Nursing and is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing. Columbia State’s first-attempt pass rate on the NCLEX exceeds the national average of 89.32 percent. In addition, the four-year average graduate job placement rate is 95.2 percent.
For more information about applying to the program, contact Blum at (931) 540-2609 or bblum@ColumbiaState.edu, or visit www.ColumbiaState.edu/Nursing.
