UMaine Nursing School Programs Reaccredited

Contact: Nancy Fishwick, (207) 581-2607

ORONO — The University of Maine School of Nursing programs have been reaccredited for another 10 years by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), officially recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency.

The school, which is part of the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, was evaluated this past spring by a team of CCNE evaluators.

“The evaluation team was very impressed with the positive feedback from our students, our alumni and leaders from clinical agencies — the people who hire our graduates,” says Nancy Fishwick, director and associate professor in the school.

The UMaine nursing school, in Dunn Hall, typically graduates about 75 baccalaureate and 10 master’s degree students per year. Currently the school has 410 undergraduate and 24 graduate students.

Fishwick says UMaine nursing graduates are known for being exceptionally well prepared for their work as registered nurses, as family nurse practitioners and as nurse educators and leaders.

A 10-year accreditation period is the longest accreditation period CCNE endorses.

For more information about the UMaine School of Nursing educational programs, visit the website: www.umaine.edu/nursing.