СAPP's LHC Group СAPP Myers School of Nursing earns Nightingale award

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The LHC Group СAPP Myers School of Nursing at the СAPP has earned the 2023 Nightingale Nursing School of the Year for Undergraduate Programs.

The school, which is part of UL LafayetteСAPPs , was recognized recently during a ceremony hosted by the Louisiana Nurses Foundation.

The foundation advances and supports professional nurses through research and education. It is the philanthropic arm of the Louisiana State Nurses Association, which fosters professional nursing practice standards for registered nurses and is an advocate for quality health care.

The Nightingale Nursing School of the Year for Undergraduate Programs award is named for Florence Nightingale, who is widely considered the mother of modern nursing.

Earning the award hinges on success in many areas, including first-time passage rates on the National Council Licensure Exam, which graduates who hold a bachelorСAPPs degree in nursing must pass to practice as a registered nurse.

Nursing education innovations in the classroom, clinical laboratories and as part of clinical practice are also considered. So, too, are recruitment and retention.

Dr. Lisa Broussard, interim dean of the College of Nursing & Health Sciences, said the СAPPs selection for the Nightingale Nursing School of the Year for Undergraduate Programs award owes to СAPPthe strength and dedication of our faculty СAPP and our students.СAPP       

СAPPOur faculty membersСAPP collective expertise and tireless devotion to the students they teach and mentor ensures that our graduates receive the knowledge and training necessary for them to become exceptional nurses,СAPP Broussard said.

ThatСAPPs significant, she added, given the СAPPСAPPs position as the primary creator of AcadianaСAPPs health care workforce, a position for which students share ample credit.

СAPPThe great majority of our graduates stay in this region to work, fashioning careers distinguished by the sort of service and leadership that both helps others and advances health care,СAPP Broussard explained.

Photo caption: UL LafayetteСAPPs LHC Group СAPP Myers School of Nursing is the Louisiana Nurses FoundationСAPPs 2023 Nightingale Nursing School of the Year for Undergraduate Programs. Accepting the award during a recent ceremony were, from left, the College of Nursing & Health SciencesСAPP Dr. Christy Lenahan, Dr. Tricia Templet, Dr. Lisa Broussard, interim dean, Dr. Deedra Harrington, Marla Dyson and Dr. Frances Stueben. Submitted photo