Caldwell University Reaches New Highs with Nursing Board Pass Rates

Caldwell, N.J. – Oct. 5, 2018 – Caldwell University Nursing faculty members were thrilled to learn that all of their 2018 traditional students passed their boards, paving the way for their next step as nurses. Brenda Peterson, Ph.D., associate dean of the School of Nursing and Public Health, said they are very proud of this 100% pass rate of their May 2018 bachelor of science nursing graduates.  The National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN™) is a national examination for the licensing of nurses in the United States and Canada.  In addition to the traditional students, those students who came in for nursing as a second degree, passed at a 94.7 percent rate.  When combined, Caldwell boasts an impressive overall pass rate of approximately 98 percent for May 2018 graduates.

The School’s clinical partners are reporting great interest in Caldwell University BSN graduates and many of the May 2018 graduates had exciting jobs awaiting them before they even earned their license.  “Our graduates are now employed in positions across New Jersey and the mid-Atlantic including a residency with Georgetown University Surgical Intensive Care Unit, as well as roles in acute care settings that include the emergency room, behavioral health, labor and delivery, and cardiac step-down telemetry unit, just to mention a few,” said Petersen.

Matthew Amling’18 is the Caldwell graduate currently at Georgetown. “Without the education that I received from Caldwell’s Nursing program, I would never have been able to take on this amazing opportunity.” The “realistic simulations and mock emergent situations in the nursing lab at Caldwell,” he said, prepared him for his work with patients.

Caldwell’s Nursing program, said Petersen, prepares future nurses “with the core values of our university—respect, integrity, community and excellence–that become embedded within their practices.”