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CMU s nursing program receives national accreditation from commission on collegiate nursing education

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Posted 11/3/06

Central Methodist University's nursing program has received full national accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), one of the national's top bodies of accreditation …

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CMU s nursing program receives national accreditation from commission on collegiate nursing education

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Central Methodist University's nursing program has received full national accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), one of the national's top bodies of accreditation for the field of nursing.

The announcement was made Thursday by Shirley J. Peterson, Division of Health Professions chair and director of nursing at CMU.

'This is a major milestone for Central Methodist,' Peterson said. She noted that this was important further recognition and approval of CMU's nursing program, which is already accredited by the State (Mo.) Board of Nursing and the Higher Learning Commission.

'The accreditation from CCNE and the other bodies validates that we have a legitimate nursing program ' that our students are held up to the high academic and clinical standards required by the accreditation bodies,' Peterson added.

Peterson has been director of nursing at CMU since September 1986. Previously she was director of nursing for Moberly Community College. Under her guidance, the Central Methodist program has grown from 20 students the first year she was at CMU to more than 80 on the main CMU campus in Fayette, plus 100 additional students enrolled in the nursing program at CMU's numerous statewide locations. These include the regional campuses at Park Hills, Union, Columbia and Sedalia, as well as satellite programs in St. Louis, Rolla, Fulton and Marshall.

'This new distinction in national accreditation is a direct result of the professionalism and academic excellence that Dr. Peterson has brought to the Central nursing program during two decades of dedicated teaching and administration in our Health Professions Division,' CMU President Marianne E. Inman said. 'We are proud of our nursing program and the level of national recognition it has achieved under her leadership.'

Peterson noted that CCNE accreditation is required by many graduate schools of nursing and by the U.S. Government through campus R.O.T.C. programs that lead to positions as commissioned officers in the military. She noted that CMU's nursing program already has achieved the distinction of having its graduating nursing students achieve a 100 percent pass rate of the State Board of Nursing Licensing examination.

Peterson earned her RN license from the Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, and holds a master's degree and doctorate in nursing from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is a resident of Boonville.
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education is an autonomous nursing education accrediting agency that contributes to the improvement of the public's health. It is the only nursing education accrediting agency dedicated exclusively to the accreditation of bachelor's and graduate-degree nursing education programs. The body is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency.

The CCNE was established in 1996 by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the national advocacy organization for America's baccalaureate and higher-degree nursing education programs. The AACN represents more than 592 schools of nursing at public and private universities and senior colleges nationwide, and which offer a variety of baccalaureate, graduate, and post-graduate programs.

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