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FDU’s School of Nursing and Allied Health is celebrating 50 years of nursing education. Since its origin at Fairleigh Dickinson College in Rutherford, the school has graduated more than 2,000 nurses and other allied health practitioners, from radiologic technicians to doctorally prepared nursing faculty. The school was named in 1995 in honor of University Trustee Emeritus Henry P. Becton, who also is director emeritus of BD (Becton Dickinson and Company). Recently, the school received the maximum accreditation of 10 years from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing through its Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Other majors offered in the school include clinical laboratory sciences, medical technology, radiography and radiologic technology. Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences also offers several health-care–oriented programs: allied health technologies, radiography and radiologic technology. To keep up with the technological advances in medicine, the School of Nursing and Allied Health requires computer training for all its students. With those skills, students take courses in such areas as diagnostics via distance learning through the Internet, which has become a valuable resource for continuing nursing education.This fall look for a new nursing newsletter; nursing research day, featuring student projects; and an invitation to all nursing and allied health alumni to a celebratory anniversary dinner in October. For more information on anniversary activities, contact Minerva Guttman, 201-692-2888. |
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