School of Nursing Scrapbook 1979

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USO SCHOOL OF NURSING AWARDED ACCREDITATION

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President Author E. Hughes today announced at a press confer– ence that the University of San Diego's Philip Y. Hahn School of ~ursing has been accredited by the National Leaque for Nursing, Board of Review, Department of Baecalaureate and Hi9her Deqree Programs. Hughes stated , "It is a great honor for our Nursing School which has only been in operation 15 months to earn initial and full accreditation with the next NLN visit scheduled in eight years, the maximum period." Dr. Irene Palmer, Dean, stated that the visitation had taken place in February and that the team evaluated how the Hahn School met the criteria for accreditation: The organization and administration of both the University and the Nursing School; student qualifications and requirements; that the faculty are academically and professionally qualified· that the curriculum implements the philosophy, purposes, and objectives of the program, and that the resources, facilities and services provided by and for the University and School meet the criteria. Dean Palmer remarked, "This honor is significant for the Uni v e rs i t y of San Di e go i n s e ve r a l w ay s . Th e Hah n s ch OO l O f N u rs i ng · s a privately endowed school, one of the very few in the United States- th anks to the wisdom and foresight of the benefactor. Yale in 1923. The first was ursin~ education began in the private sector and we

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