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Clackamas Community College
Vol. XVIII, No. 15
Wednesday, February 20, 1985
Administration supports
Nursing department seeks accreditation
By Shelley Ball
Of The Print
Clackamas Community
College’s nursing program is
now receiving support from
the administration to pursue
National League for Nursing
(NLN) accreditation for the
first time since the program
was established.
Pat Krumm, nursing depart
ment chairperson said the
department is in the process of
seeking outside funding by ex
amining grant sources. She
also said the College’s 80
students enrolled in nursing
programs are supportive of
NLN accreditation, and are
currently in the process of
meeting to prepare to circulate
a petition calling for the ac
creditation.
All nursing programs in the
state must be accredited by the
Oregon State Board of Nurs
ing in order1 to meet the re
quired minimum standards of
excellence. Although Krumm
said the state board maintains
good standards, she said hav
ing NLN accreditation assures
that the same standards of ex
cellence are being measured
across the nation in programs
that have the accreditation.
Krumm explained that
students transferring from
schools like the College to ob
tain bachelor’s degrees will
have an easier time doing so if
they come from a school that
has NLN accreditation,
because then there would be
no question concerning stan
dards of excellence.
While there has been no ac
tual case of students being
discriminated against in
Oregon schools because of not
having the accreditation,
Krumm said the possibility is
there. This possibility could
become greater in the future
should the current trend to
raise the entry level for nursing
to the requirement of a
bachelor’s degree become a
reality.
Students who go through
two-year associate degree
programs, and pass the state
board licensing exam to
become Registered Nurses
(RN) may also have some dif
ficulty obtaining a job, as well
as students who become
Licensed Practical Nurses
(LPN) without NLN ac
creditation.
For example, two recent
graduates of the College had
some trouble transferring to
Hawaii to take their state ex
ams and go to work because
they did not have NLN ac
creditation, Krumm said. She
explained that the Hawaii
State Board of Nursing decid
ed to take a closer look at the
students’ qualifications
because of the absence of NLN
accreditation.
“The students on campus
become concerned; they
become concerned about why
we’re (College) not NLN ac
credited. We’re the only pro
gram in the Metro area not
NLN accredited,” Krumm
said. Out of all the community
colleges in Oregon, only five
have NLN accreditation:
Chemeketa, Lane, Linn-
Benton, Mt. Hood and
Portland.
Support for NLN accredita
tion is not new to the College,
as Krumm said the nursing
department has in the past re
quested funds to apply for ac
creditation, and nursing
students have written letters
and circulated petitions to no
avail until now.
The sum of $10,000 has
been requested by the depart
ment for accreditation pro-
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High schoolers put to the test
in campus competition Feb. 28
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cap in her mouth while in mid-leap. Fenda has been trained
by Bachman to fetch hunting birds for him as well.
Photo by Joel Miller
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This year will be the sixth
that the Clackamas Regional
Skills Competition will be held
at Clackamas Community
College.
On Feb. 28 from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. about 300 students will
be on campus testing their
knowledge in a variety of
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academic and vocational
areas.
Students from 17 local high
schools will race against the
clock and each other in a
number of contests measuring
skills in electronics, auto
mechanics, journalism,
welding, drafting and other
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Students climb walls via
mountain climbing class
disciplines.
Individual winners will
receive tuition waivers at
Clackamas Community Col
lege, and team members will
vie for medals and certificates.
For more information about
the competition, call 657-8400,
ext. 440.
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Men Cagers face do-or-die
game with Walla Walla
Sunday