Nicholls, Delgado partner to help more nursing students earn four-year degrees

Nicholls/Delgado Nursing Agreement
Nicholls State University and Delgado Community College signed a mutually beneficial transfer articulation agreement Tuesday to make it easier for licensed Delgado nursing graduates to continue their eduction and earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Nicholls. Pictured (front row) are Delgado Chancellor Joan Davis; Nicholls President Dr. Bruce Murphy; (back row, left to right) David Zerangue, Nicholls director of academic services; Dr. Lynn Gillette, Nicholls provost and vice president for academic affairs; Dr. Kathleen Curphy, Delgado vice chancellor for academic affairs and college provost; Dr. Cheryl Myers, dean of the Delgado Charity School of Nursing; and Dr. Sue Westbrook, dean of the Nicholls College of Nursing and Allied Health.
Photo by Misty Leigh McElroy/Nicholls State University
THIBODAUX — Nicholls State University and Delgado Community College are partnering to produce more registered nurses with four-year nursing degrees to meet industry demands. Both schools have signed a mutually beneficial transfer articulation agreement making it easier for Delgado’s associate degree nursing graduates to transfer to Nicholls’ Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program.

Delgado’s licensed nursing graduates wishing to continue their education may transfer to the Nicholls RN to BSN program offered online through the Nicholls College of Nursing and Allied Health.

“Through this agreement between Nicholls and Delgado’s nursing programs, we hope to expand the education and future career options for Delgado’s registered nurses prepared at the associate degree level,” said Dr. Sue Westbrook, dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Health at Nicholls. “There is a growing body of research that reinforces the connection between baccalaureate nursing education and better patient outcomes such as lower mortality and morbidity rates, lower hospital readmission rates and shorter lengths of hospital stay. These outcomes translate into cost savings for hospitals. As a result, health care employers are recognizing that education makes a difference and are creating more job opportunities for baccalaureate nurses in the acute care setting.”

The Institute of Medicine has recommended that 80 percent of nurses hold at least a four-year degree by 2020. Currently, over 60 percent of U.S. nurses hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.

In addition to the nursing agreement, Nicholls and Delgado maintain a transfer articulation agreement in business.

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