DACC Nursing Program Regains National Accreditation

three years to get back on track, but the dona ana community college nursing program is regaing its national accreditation. also new today, we confirmed the lawsuit filed by dozens of former students … will move forward. abc-7’s jamie warren is live from our new mexico mobile newsroom. jamie? this is the notice of class action being sent out today to 73 former nursing students at dona ana community college. it makes today’s big news bitter sweet for the college: “have granted accreditation t our associate degree nursing program” a much happier scene at the dona ana community college as president dr renay scott announced the school’s nursing program is finally getting back its national accreditation. scott 2:20:35:10 its all about the students the school losy it three years ago when the national league for nursing accreditation said the school lacked the proper student-to-faculty ratio. today, dr. scott says the college just wasn’t paying faculty a competive salary. 2:15:11:06 “we had to commit to this program and making sure our nurse educators were receiving competitive pay so that they would stay with us rather then be attracted out to the hospitals.” many students enrolled in the program dropped out or transferred to other schools. 81 of them are part of a class action lawsuit against the school. the suit claims d-a- c-c knew of troubles but did nothing. youngers 2:34:36;29 the students were certainly devastated attorney joleen youngers says students weren’t notified until it was too late, keeping them from getting a job. youngers 2:33:12:04 i’m pleased they received the national accreditation we need a lot of nurses in this state and in this area however that doesn’t fix the harm for these students who were caught up in the loss of accreditation and as a result lost on average a year of their career as nurses dr. scott now says the program will have national accreditation for the next five years. “we closed the book on this chapter we’re back in business its going to be such a great benefit to our students.” youngers says those 81 former student could potentially receive about 52,000 dollars for a year’s worth of missed work. jamie thank you.. abc-seven social media is blowing up