The Nursing School Almanac ranked the Kramer School of Nursing No. 12 in the southwest region in their 2018 list of the Top 75 nursing schools in the southwest.
The site collected data from more than 3,000 institutions in Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Each school was evaluated by their prestige and perceived value, the breadth and depth of nursing programs offered and student success.
Diana Blackmon, chairwoman of traditional bachelor of science in nursing Program and associate professor of nursing, said Kramer was placed so high due to the faculty.
“We have an excellent faculty,” Blackmon said. “In fact, I’d say three quarters of the faculty have a terminal degree, or is working on one, so education is their focus.”
Blackmon also said the faculty all works well together to better provide for the students.
“We team-teach, so there’s lots of faculty-student communications and time together. So we pretty much have open doors during our office hours and students can come in at any time,” she said. “We really meet the students’ needs when it comes to nursing school.”
Brianna Miles, nursing freshman, said she thinks Kramer was ranked due to its faculty and its high-tech simulation labs.
“Without this advanced technology, nursing students don’t have the resources to excel in training for the real world,” Miles said. “Our simulations are realistic, and not many universities have the opportunity to access resources such as the ones that we have on campus.”
Lois Salmeron, dean and professor of nursing, said she is happy with the school.
“I believe this is very earned and deserved, and we are very happy with it,” she said.
Salmeron said she thinks the ranking on the The Nursing School Almanac will boost recruitment rates.
“We put these things on our website,” Salmeron said. “Students are very smart and will be looking for these types of things.”
Salmeron said she thinks that the ranking is due to the way Kramer interacts with their students.
“It’s because of the ‘Kramer Way,’” she said. “The ‘Kramer Way’ has always been about caring, kindness and respect, and that is what makes us unique.”
Students interested in checking the list can visit nursingschoolsalmanac.com/rankings/southwest for more information.
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