FIFTY-TWO GRADUATE FROM BLINN’S ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM

  

Fifty-two Blinn nursing students became members of the Spring 2020 graduating class, earning degrees from Blinn’s Associate Degree Nursing Program (ADN).

Due to COVID-19, Spring 2020 graduates participated in a virtual ceremony on the video-conferencing app, Zoom. To make the unconventional graduation special, Blinn faculty created a special video to congratulate graduates.

The Spring 2020 graduating class includes Lauren Abbott (Tyler), Cara Amelang (Brenham), Ruth Arriaga (Giddings), Zachary Bell (Plano), Meagan Blauth (Kyle), Ana Bohne (College Station), Christine Bouie-Christian (Bryan), Christina Bridges (Lake Charles, La.), Rachel Busse (Bryan), Cesilia Bustos (Brenham), Beth Carnes (Flynn), Che Yizhou (China), Michael Chen (Winchester, Mass.), Carlee Dorris (Elk Grove, Calif.), Charla Esquivel (Normangee), Alex Fenner (Beaumont), Heather Finke (College Station), Richard Forrester (College Station), Ashley Gamboa (Brenham), Erika Ganauser (Victoria), Harleigh Gross (Indianapolis, In.), Stephanie Guerrero (Bryan), Melanie Guitron (Navasota), Michael Hauswirth (Arlington), Katharine Heffernan (Austin), Vivian Hernandez (Giddings), Cory Hill (College Station), Ashley Jasek (Warrenton), Reagan Johnson (Cypress), Briana Johnson-Massey (San Antonio), Elizabeth Jones (La Grange), Larra Ketkoski (Richards), Mara Lang (Bryan), Megan Lauterbach (Rockport), Klara Linder (Bryan), April Majewski (Brenham), Agustin Morales (Bryan), Kayla Morris (Houston), Skylar Murray (College Station), Mikayla Norsworthy (Caldwell), Kelsey Pett (Tomball), Anna Pollard (Tyler), Taylor Renfro (College Station), Yuliana Rodriguez Diaz (Bryan), Emily Sabin (Kuna, Idaho), Linda Salazar (Caracas, Venezuela), Krista Stickney (Franklin), Baylee Swarts (Navasota), Blake Vanier (Cameron), Kaycie Wallace (Hempstead), Brooke Wiley (Keller), and Christine Young (College Station).

Karla Ross, Associate Degree Nursing Program Director, said, “These students showed their deep desire to serve others during this unprecedented time. I am proud of the flexibility and perseverance they demonstrated as they finished nursing school in the midst of this crisis.”

Blinn’s two-year program sets students up to transfer to four years or enter the workforce after passing the NCLEX-RN (National Council Licensure Examination- Registered Nurse). Graduates who enter the workforce with a degree from Blinn and pass their NCLEX-RN see between a 97 and 100 percent placement rate and can expect to earn an average of $53,000 a year.

In the fall of 2019, Blinn’s ADN program had a 100 percent pass rate for the NCLEX-RN for the third consecutive year. The state average is 88.07 percent. Graduates who pass their board exams qualify to work in many settings, including home health, dialysis, hospitals, clinics, and physicians’ offices.

Nursing students normally spend at least two days per week in clinical rotations, in addition to lab, simulation, and lectures. Most students spend 15 to 24 hours every week in required activities and dedicate 30 or more hours to studying and preparation.

For more information about Blinn’s ADN Program, visit www.blinn.edu/adn.