Joliet Junior College nursing students received praise for their high marks on a required licensing exam. | Adobe Stock
Joliet Junior College nursing students received praise for their high marks on a required licensing exam. | Adobe Stock
Joliet Junior College nursing students had a 96% first-time passing rate average for last year's National Council Licensure Examination.
The figure surpasses both state and national average levels.
"Joliet Junior College continues to impress," Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) said in a March 18 Facebook post. "Just another asset in our backyard. Keep up the amazing work!
The National Council Licensure Examination is for those who have graduated from the nursing program. It has a national passing average of 87% for first-time takers and 83% for NCLEX-PN. First-time test-takers of the NCLEX-PN exam earned a perfect score.
Mary Beth Luna, Chair of the JJC nursing department, highlighted the hardships the students endured amid the pandemic, further celebrating their NCLEX score achievements.
"I'm so proud of our graduates who persevered despite the pandemic," Luna said, the Herald News reported on March 16. "And I'm very proud and humbled to work with such exceptional and dedicated faculty and staff who worked tirelessly to maintain our high educational standards, even while putting the program online in a short period of time."
The school's nursing program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc.
"I know that NCLEX-RN pass rates among many nursing schools in the state have suffered in 2020," Luna said. "I am thrilled that ours have held steady."
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