UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
January
WILMINGTON
7, 2008
Dr. C. Sue Combs
Chairman, University Curriculum Committee
University of North Carolina Wilmington
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403-5956
Dr. Combs
Presented for review by the UCC is a course being renumbered
in the Bachelor of Science in Professional
Nursing Program. This course was previously approved by the UCC as the Oral Communication
Competency requirement for the SON. The original course number was NSG 333 Leadership and
Management in Nursing. The new course number is NSG 406 Leadership and Management in Nursing.
There is no change in the course description,
course credit hours, or course objectives or other
requirements.
Implementation
of the course at the Junior Year (NSG 333) demonstrated
that students were not
developmentally
prepared to achieve the learning outcomes without significant facilitation,
intervention, and support of the faculty. At the Senior Year, students benefit from the knowledge,
skills, and experiences of the Junior Year. Students are able to demonstrate the learning outcomes with
confidence, skill, efficiency, and proficiency. This is a course that typically appears in the Senior Year of
the curriculum in nursing programs nationwide. We, therefore, acknowledge the need to renumber and
sequence the course as a part of the senior experience.
Thank you for your consideration of this "renumbered" course as the Oral Communication Competency
for the Bachelor of Science in Professional Nursing. We wish to implement this change in Fall 2008.
Sincerely,
~~~
Associate
cc:
Dean for Academic
Affairs
Dr. Virginia w. Adams, Dean
Gayle Cooke, Academic Affairs
OFFICE
SCHOOL
OF NURSING
OF THE ASSOCIA TE DEAN FOR ACADEMiC
AFFAIRS