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WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Dr. Cynthia Mailloux has been appointed chair of the Dual 1-2-1 Bachelor of Nursing Program at King&#8217;s College.King&#8217;s is collaborating on the program, which is expected to welcome its first class in August 2018, with Luzerne County Community College (LCCC).A licensed registered nurse with more than 30 years of nursing education experience, Mailloux earned her bachelor&#8217;s degree in nursing from Wilkes, her master&#8217;s degree in nursing from Misericordia University, and a Ph.D. in nursing with a concentration in education from Penn State University. She also earned a certification in nursing education from the National League of Nursing.She was most recently professor and chair of the department of undergraduate nursing programs at Misericordia University. A resident of Glen Summit, Mailloux has also taught at Penn State Worthington, LCCC, and NPW School of Nursing.Mailloux was named a Wharton Fellow by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and earned a Certificate of Reviewing from the Journal of Professional Nursing.The King&#8217;s-LCCC dual-degree partnership program in nursing is the first of its kind in the region for a collaborative nursing program.Students in the nursing program will spend their first and fourth years at King&#8217;s completing the core and upper level nursing requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree; the middle two years will be primarily devoted to nursing studies at LCCC, including labs and clinical studies. During years two and three, students will also take core classes at King&#8217;s.Throughout the entirety of the program, enrolled students will be able to live on the King&#8217;s campus as well as participate in all King&#8217;s extracurricular activities.For other business stories, <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/category/business" target="_blank">click here</a>.

Dr. Cynthia Mailloux named chair of King’s College nursing program