NWP’s School of Health is holding its head high, celebrating a 100 per cent pass rate on the national nurse registration exam for its Practical Nurse grads for the second year in a row.
The exam is a standardized test that prospective nurses must complete to become licensed in Canada. NWP School of Health Dean Megan Stone describes the pass rate an “encouraging nod” to the quality of nurses joining the healthcare system.
“It is the final step required for practical nursing students to become registered to practice, so this is certainly an encouraging nod to the quality of graduates joining our healthcare workforce.”
This year’s graduates are described as exceeding national and jurisdictional averages in all exam categories, including critical thinking, foundations of practice, knowledge and comprehension, and others.
Following the exam, the next step in the graduates’ nursing journey is NWP’s pre-convocation Pinning Ceremony in June. Officials say the ceremony is a time-honoured tradition, when graduating nurses are presented with a pin to welcome them to the profession, and recognize their commitment to caring for others.
