Nursing Program Outcomes

Upon graduation, each student will be able to do the following:

  • Provide client-centered care
  • Collaborate effectively with members of the interprofessional team
  • Practice professional nursing behaviors
  • Integrate evidence-based practice into clinical decision-making
  • Use clinical judgment to provide safe client care
  • Use information and technology to support clinical decision-making

Program data

Wake Tech's Martha Mann Smith School of Nursing graduates demonstrate excellence in meeting the following program outcomes of on-time program completion (defined as within 7.5 terms of starting NUR 111), NCLEX RN licensure test pass rate and job placement.

Graduates surveyed one year after graduation indicate that they are "very satisfied or satisfied" with the program of study and their preparation for nursing practice. Based upon survey returns, employers are also "very satisfied or satisfied" with our graduates' performance.

Graduating class Number of graduates Graduates who passed NCLEX on first try NCLEX
pass rate		 % completing program on time % obtaining jobs within 12 months
Fall 2020 72 69 96%    
Spring 2020 64 63 98%   98
Fall 2019 77 75 97%   98
Spring 2019 70 67 96% 80 97
Fall 2018 62 61 98%   96
Spring 2018 66/td> 64 97% 76 98

North Carolina Board of Nursing NCLEX RN Test pass rate (first attempt)

  Program type 2018 2019 2020 3-year
average
Wake Tech ADN 98 97 98 98
U.S. RN-all 88 88 87 88
North Carolina
(95% of national standard)		 RN-all 84 84 83 84

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