CLEVELAND, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Elizabeth R. Berrey, Ph.D., APRN, BC, has been named the new Dean of Nursing at Cuyahoga Community College. She previously served as the Campus College Chair for Health Sciences and Nursing with the University of Phoenix/Cleveland campus.
Prior to working for the University of Phoenix, she served as Associate Dean/Professor of Nursing at MedCentral College of Nursing in Mansfield, Ohio. Berrey was also a visiting scholar in “Higher Degrees Research Week” through the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Flinders University in South Australia. Berrey brings with her more than 30 years of experience in the health care field. Her experience ranges from working for various health care centers, non-profit associations and the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services.
Berrey holds a doctorate in philosophy from Case Western Reserve University and a Master of Science from the University of Maryland. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Currently, students graduating from Tri-C’s Nursing Program are more than 96 percent likely to pass the nursing exam. The nursing program at Tri-C offers students flexibility for taking classes in the day or evening. Along with flexibility, students learn in a new facility with the latest in technology. A new nursing center at the Metropolitan Campus opened last November. The center features two Human Patient Simulators. The computer driven mannequins represent the entire physical characteristics of adult patients and allow for the demonstration of various clinical signs, including breathing, pulses, heart sounds, lung sounds and chest excursion, all similar to human responses.
In 1964, Cuyahoga Community College developed and implemented the first Associate Degree Nursing Program in the state of Ohio and the program admitted 65 students and graduated 37. Today, more than 425 students enroll annually in the Nursing Program. In the past five years, the College has had more than 900 of its registered nursing graduates pass the National Nursing Licensure Examination.
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CONTACT: Janet R. Cannata, Manager Mktg. Communications-Metro ofCuyahoga Community College, +1-216-987-6155, or cell, +1-216-403-8156, orjanet.cannata@tri-c.edu
Web site: http://www.tri-c.edu/
