<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/westmont-news/nursing-program-earns-final-accreditation.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>11/27/2023</pubDate><title>Nursing Program Earns Final Accreditation</title><excerpt>The Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) voted to approve accreditation for Westmont’s Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) program. Westmont had to clearly demonstrate that its nursing program, which launched in January 2022, met all four of the CCNE standards: mission and governance, institutional commitment and resources, curriculum and teaching-learning practices, and assessment and achievement of program outcomes. This accreditation is retroactive which means that our first cohort of eight nursing students, who graduated this past May, earned their degree from a CCNE-accredited program.</excerpt><author>Scott Craig</author><image>
            
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