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Loyola to graduate 11 nursing students
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Posted on Dec 11 2008
Eleven nursing students are set to graduate from the University of Loyola at CNMI during its first commencement exercises to be held at the Pacific Islands Club on Dec. 17, Wednesday, at 6pm.
The University of Loyola is the only private institution in the CNMI that offers a program leading to an Associate of Science Degree in Nursing. The two-year program offers students the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills necessary to promote better health care for people in the CNMI and elsewhere.
Gov. Benigno R. Fitial will be the keynote speaker, while University of Loyola at CNMI president/CEO Dr. Johnny Y. Fong and Health Secretary Joseph Kevin Villagomez will deliver the opening and closing remarks, respectively.
“Our nursing graduates have demonstrated the quality of UOL’s nursing program to the medical community during their stay at the Commonwealth Health Center. UOL is very pleased that we will play a part in alleviating the nursing shortage in the CNMI and in making the CNMI the bastion of US education in the Pacific,” Dr. Fong said.
Presenting the candidates for graduation will be the dean of the university’s nursing program, Karen A. Buettner, M.S., C.N.S., R.N.
The University of Loyola currently has 35 students enrolled in the nursing program, including the 11 candidates for graduation.
ASDN graduates are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination for registered nurses. Once they pass the NCLEX, graduates may opt to work right away as registered nurses who are in great demand in many parts of the world today, including the United States.
NCLEX-RN passers are qualified to enter a variety of careers such as staff nurses in acute care settings, home health agencies or long term care facilities.
The University of Loyola is also now open for enrollment of the third batch of students in the ASDN program. Classes for the third batch will start on Feb. 2, 2009.
For more information on how to enroll, call (670) 234-8008 or 234-8004, or send an email to admissions@uolcnmi.com. [B][I](PR)[/I][/B]
