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Upper Iowa nursing program receives accreditation from CCNE

In November, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accreditation team conducted a site visit and read a summary report. At that time, UIU's nursing education program had met all standards and no compliance issues were cited. The Upper Iowa Nursing Program learned on April 14, 2008 that the CCNE has granted its RN-BSN Program full accreditation.

"We are thrilled to have achieved this exceptional status for our nursing education program," said Dr. Wimmer Johnson. "However, none of this would have been possible without phenomenal community support." She says the clinical experiences provided by the Winneshiek, Manchester, and Sumner hospitals, Sartori Hospital in Waterloo, Buchanan County Health Center, Postville Community Hospital, and the generosity of numerous donors have added to its success.

Hello Nursing Students & Faculty!!

My name is Amber Buffington and I'm the new Administrative Assistant for the RN-BSN Program.  I am located in Room 208A of the Edgar Fines Arts Building located at the Fayette, Iowa campus.

 I am originally from the Cedar Falls area.  I now live in West Union with my sons, Nathan and Nicholas.  I earned my BA in Criminology/Human Services from the University of Northern Iowa in 1998.  I love being back in the university environment.

I was originally employed as an Assistant Registar with the Registar's Office for a year and a half and just this last month transferred to the RN-BSN Program.

Please feel free to contact me at anytime with any questions.  I'm always here to help and I look forward to meeting and working with all of you!

Thanks!

Amber Buffington
563-425-5318
buffingtona@uiu.edu 

                                                         

                                                                                                                             

 

 RN-BSN Program Prepares for Accreditation Visit,
Invites Public Comments

Upper Iowa University’s RN-BSN program is preparing for a site visit November 14-16, 2007 by a team from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). 

 

Since the opening enrollment of the RN-BSN program in January 2007, nursing faculty and staff have been engaged in the processes of accreditation and self-study.

 

Public comments of Upper Iowa University’s RN-BSN program may be submitted to the CCNE by writing to:

 

Commission  on Collegiate Nursing Education

One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530

Washington, DC 20036-1120

 

Comments will be received by the CCNE through Saturday, October 13, 2007, and should pertain to the RN-BSN program’s qualifications for accreditation status.

 

 

New RN-BSN Site Opens in West Des Moines

 

On Friday, August 31, 2007, Upper Iowa University’s Des Moines Center, located in West Des Moines, welcomed fifteen RN-BSN students to the first day of classes.  The RN-BSN program began at the Fayette campus in January, 2007.

 

Nursing classes are held at the Des Moines Center’s online building, in a dedicated classroom/lab approximately biweekly.  The rest of the coursework is completed DSM Orientationthrough an online learning management system (LMS).  Training for the LMS is offered on the first day of classes.  Students are able to complete general education requirements by taking online UIU classes, or by enrolling in Center classes.

 

Faculty for the Des Moines Center RN-BSN program currently remains consisteMickient with that of the Fayette campus program.  Transcript evaluations and face-to-face advising appointments are available to Center students as well as to Fayette campus students.

 

For more information regarding the RN-BSN program at the Des Moines Center, email nursing@uiu.edu. 

 

 

Nursing Program Moves to Newly Renovated
Edgar Fine Arts Building
 

Upper Iowa University RN-BSN students, faculty, and staff enjoy the comforts of newly renovated classroom/lab and offices after a greatly anticipated move to Edgar Fine Arts last August.

 

The nursing lab is furnished with exam tables donated from Lon Butikofer, CEO of Nursing Lab FrontRegional Medical Center in Manchester.  Jerry MacCauley’s significant contribution provided many of the other tools available to nursing students, including a beam scale, laptops, a baby scale, exam models, eye exam cabinet, sphygmomanometers, etc. 

 

On August 29th, the number of Fayette campus nursing students jumped from nine to Nursing Lab Side Viewtwenty-four, as thirteen new students started the first day of classes with orientation in Edgar, Room #207.  Nearly forty students pursue their BSN degrees at both the Fayette campus and Des Moines Center, after the first nine months of the program’s operation.  Nursing faculty anticipate the first graduating class of the RN-BSN program in May 2008.

 

 
 
 

Last Updated 8/7/08