Carolina Nursing Named 2024 NLN Center of Nursing Excellence in Nursing Education
August 20, 2024
The National League for Nursing (NLN) has named the UNC School of Nursing a 2024 Center of Excellence in Nursing Education in recognition of its excellence in enhancing student learning and professional development.
Dedicated to excellence in nursing, the National League for Nursing is the premier organization for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education. The Center of Excellence in Nursing Education designation is designed for schools of nursing and health care organizations that have achieved a level of excellence in one of four specific areas:
- advance the science of nursing education,
- enhance student learning and professional development,
- promote academic progression of nurses and
- promote the pedagogical expertise of faculty.
Through public recognition and distinction, the program acknowledges the outstanding innovations, commitment, and sustainability of excellence these organizations convey.
Congratulating the exceptional institutions named NLN Centers of Excellence, NLN Chair Patricia Sharpnack, DNP, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN, Dean and Strawbridge Professor at the Breen School of Nursing and Health Professions at Ursuline College in Ohio, said, “NLN Centers of Excellence reflect the extraordinary team and teamwork required to engage in the transformative work of nursing education—not just during one semester or even a single academic year, but in a sustained way that demands genuine dedication and authentic commitment to producing consistent programmatic excellence.”
NLN President and CEO Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FANN said, “NLN Centers of Excellence represent the visionary leadership and environments of inclusive excellence that nurture the next generation of a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of the nation and the global community.”
The first designations were awarded to schools of nursing in 2004 and the first designations for health care organizations were awarded in 2012. See all Centers of Excellence schools listed by designation.
Full news release published by the NLN:
NLN Salutes the 2024 Centers of Excellence (COE) in Nursing Education
Award Ceremony Planned for Honors Convocation during the NLN Education Summit in San Antonio, Texas
Washington, DC — Thirteen nursing education programs from across the country and the academic spectrum of higher education in nursing, as well as leading teaching hospitals and clinical sites, have been named 2024 National League for Nursing Centers of Excellence™ (COE). Formal recognition will take place during the 2024 NLN Education Summit at the Honors Convocation on Friday, September 20.
2024 NLN Centers of Excellence
Promotes the pedagogical expertise of faculty
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans School of Nursing
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
- The LHC Group – Myers School of Nursing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Enhances student learning and professional development
- Collin College Nursing
- Duke University School of Nursing
- Georgetown University School of Nursing
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- University of Cincinnati College of Nursing
- The School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Rochester School of Nursing
- University of South Carolina College of Nursing
- Widener University School of Nursing
Advances the science of nursing education
- Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health
Applauding the exceptional academic institutions named NLN Centers of Excellence, NLN Chair Patricia Sharpnack, DNP, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN, Dean and Strawbridge Professor at the Breen School of Nursing and Health Professions at Ursuline College in Ohio, said, “NLN Centers of Excellence reflect the extraordinary team and teamwork required to engage in the transformative work of nursing education—not just during one semester or even a single academic year, but in a sustained way that demands genuine dedication and authentic commitment to producing consistent programmatic excellence.”
NLN President and CEO Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FANN said, “NLN Centers of Excellence represent the visionary leadership and environments of inclusive excellence that nurture the next generation of a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of the nation and the global community.”
Since 2004, the National League for Nursing has encouraged nursing programs to apply to become a COE based on their ability to demonstrate in concrete, measurable terms sustained excellence in faculty development, nursing education research, student learning and professional development, and academic progression in nursing. Historically, many programs have achieved recognition in multiple categories or once designated, have maintained their COE status through multiple award cycles.
Information about the COE program and application process can be found at NLN.org. For more information about the 2024 NLN Education Summit, including online registration, visit Summit.NLN.org.
About the National League for Nursing
Dedicated to excellence in nursing, the National League for Nursing is the premier organization for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education. The NLN offers professional development, networking opportunities, testing services, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to its nearly 45,000 individual and 1,000 institutional members, comprising nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education and health care organizations. Learn more at NLN.org.