{"id":70953,"date":"2019-07-26T10:38:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T14:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=70953"},"modified":"2022-10-26T10:03:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T14:03:31","slug":"20-years-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2019\/07\/26\/20-years-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"20 years in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kristine Scordo, director of Wright State\u2019s Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program, has helped her students achieve a 100%, first-time pass rate on the American Nurses Credentialing Center exam.<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State University\u2019s Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program<\/a> has attained a milestone unmatched by most universities: a first-time pass rate of 100% on the national certification examination \u2014 for 20 straight years.<\/p>\n

\u201cAchieving a passing score on the national examination speaks to the intense studies students endured throughout their graduate studies,\u201d said Kristine Scordo, professor of nursing and director of the program. \u201cThese students are well prepared to care for patients who require complex health care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wright State\u2019s 100% pass rate on the American Nurses Credentialing Center\u2019s national Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) exam is well above the national average of 84\u201385%. Every student in Wright State\u2019s program passed the exam the first time she or he took the test.<\/p>\n

Scordo sets high standards for her students, yet forms close bonds with them. Many of her students call her \u201cMother Scordo.\u201d There are currently 65 to 70 students in the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents enter our program with years of critical care experience and gain an in-depth education as they proceed through their clinical and didactic courses,\u201d explained Scordo. \u201cPhysician and nurse practitioner preceptors often comment that you can tell a Wright State graduate \u2014 they are strong clinically and very professional.\u201d<\/p>\n

The master\u2019s degree program at the Wright State University\u2013Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health<\/a> enables graduates to assume primary responsibility for the direct care of patients with acute and chronic conditions in a variety of settings. These may include emergency departments, intensive care units, acute care units, specialty labs, clinics or physician practices. They diagnose health problems and may prescribe drugs and treatments.<\/p>\n

Students can select an area of emphasis, such as critical care, cardiology, pulmonary, neurology, oncology, trauma, as well as additional specialty areas. Clinical preceptors in various clinical settings serve a vital role.<\/p>\n

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Kristine Scordo is the director of the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIn addition to the Wright State faculty, we are grateful to our community physicians and nurse practitioners who serve as exceptional preceptors for our students,\u201d Scordo said. \u201cDuring their clinical rotations, they receive excellent experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

The curriculum is very extensive. Students also benefit from highly regarded physicians and specialists, who lecture to the Wright State classes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also are so fortunate to have expert lecturers, such as Drs. Jim Brown, Jeff Kaufold, Miguel Parilo, Silvania Ng, and ACNPs such as Susan Yeager, Michele Lozono and Beth Croucher, who also serves as a clinical adjunct instructor along with Angie Dugan,\u201d Scordo said. \u201cThere are many more that we are eternally grateful for \u2014 it does take a village.\u201d<\/p>\n

When students pass the written, proctored, four-hour credentialing test, they can become licensed to practice as an acute nurse practitioner.<\/p>\n

Graduates of the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program are working in hospitals, cardiology and other specialized practices in Ohio, Florida, Indiana, Texas and other states.<\/p>\n

Wright State\u2019s program is so successful that Scordo has been approached by other universities seeking her help in raising their pass rates.<\/p>\n

Scordo has more than 35 years of experience in adult cardiology. Her published work on cardiovascular medicine has gained national and international attention.<\/p>\n

She also is helping advance the nursing profession<\/a>, having been appointed by the Ohio Board of Nursing to the Committee of Prescriptive Governance and the Advisory Committee on Advanced Practice Registered Nursing.<\/p>\n

The Committee on Prescriptive Governance develops recommendations on the authority of advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe medicine or therapy to a patient. The Advisory Committee on Advanced Practice Registered Nursing advises the Ohio Board of Nursing on issues regarding the practice and regulation of advanced practice registered nurses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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