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Program allows nurses to receive bachelor’s degrees tuition-free

Goldfarb program open to university's registered nurses

September 9, 2016

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Eight Washington University registered nurses received bachelor's degrees in nursing in August through a new program at the university. They are (front row, from left) Joann Waller, Lori Barganier and Mary Quasebarth, and (back, from left) Marc Haynes, Ann Doyle and Melissa Eagan. Not pictured are Laura Kempfer and Julie Theobald.

A group of eight Washington University registered nurses (RNs) received bachelor’s of science degrees in nursing in August as part of a new program that allows university RNs tuition remission when they pursue bachelor’s degrees at Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College.

The group was the second to complete the program, which was launched in 2014 to help provide a solution to an estimated shortage of nurses and to enhance leadership among nurses at the School of Medicine.

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Pictured is the first class to graduate from the RN to BSN program. The graduates are (first row, from left) Karen Timmermann, Kelly Polk-Ledbetter and Pat Fisher; (second row) Terri Radake, Lisa Kessels, Jamie Menendez and Kitty Harrison; and (third row) Kisha (Austill) Landeros, Teresa Spitz and Vicki Haldaman.

“The RN to BSN program is a terrific opportunity for our tremendous nursing staff and for the School of Medicine,” said Legail P. Chandler, the university’s vice chancellor for human resources. “Not only are we doing something important to help address a predicted national shortage of nurses, we are supporting the training of leaders in nursing.”

A third group of registered nurses is beginning the program this month and will complete the program in August 2017.