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Hope College Nursing

Welcome to the Hope College Nursing Program! This is a time of great opportunity and challenge for nursing. Hope College prepares nurses with the knowledge, skills, and competencies essential for effective nursing practice. Feel free to contact us with any questions regarding the nursing program:

The Hope College Nursing Program is approved by the Michigan Board of Nursing and is accredited through the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Nursing Program Seeking Re-accreditation

The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) Board of Commissioners granted the Hope College Nursing Department a five-year accreditation in April 2004. This was the maximum number of years that can be awarded for a new program. The department is scheduled for a re-accreditation site visit in October 2008. The Nursing Department would like to invite alumni, college faculty and staff, healthcare agency representatives, and other community members to provide comments to CCNE regarding the nursing program’s qualifications for accreditation. The CCNE evaluation team will have access to these written comments, but at no time during the review process are comments shared with the Nursing Department.

Written and signed comments will be accepted by CCNE until September 5, 2008 at the following address:

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
Attention: Ms. LiAnn Shepard, Accreditation Assistant
One Dupont Circle, NW
Suite 530
Washington DC 20036-1120

Hope College Nursing Department Vision

The Hope College Nursing Program will be:

recognized for excellence in nursing education, research, scholarship, service, and practice.

known for the diverse strengths of its faculty, students, and graduates.

healthy and vibrant in response to the needs of its internal and external community of interest.

show evidence of planned growth in diversity and numbers of faculty and students.

The promotion of caring will be central to the mentoring,
role-modeling, and teaching and learning practices of the Hope
College Nursing Program, within the context of the Christian Faith.