Annual Program Review Update
Program/Discipline:
Registered Nursing / Health Occupations________
Date:
___________10/07/2007_________________
This review separates the NURS 60 course from the other NURS courses. It is open
to LVNs as a prerequisite to the Career Mobility Program. The RN program
requires admission prior to enrollment in all NURS designated courses except
NURS 60. The RN program progresses over four semesters. The pattern is: NURS
21 & Nurse 10A (1st semester - Fall); NURS 22 & NURS 10 B (2nd semester Spring); NURS 23 (3rd semester – Fall); and NURS 24 (4th semester – Spring).
Trends and Relevant Data
1. Has there been any change in the status of your program or area? (Have you
shifted departments? Have new degrees or certificates been created by your
program? Have you added or deleted courses? Have activities in other programs
impacted your area or program? For example, a new nursing program could
cause greater demand for life-science courses.) If not, skip to #2.
Note: curricular changes should be addressed under 12-14.
The Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) curriculum changed in Fall 2006 with the
deletion of 4 skills lab courses; NURS 51, NURS 52, NURS 53 and NURS 11. A
critical thinking nursing intervention component was added to the major theory
courses; NURS 21, NURS 22 & NURS 23. The lecture/lab units in these major
courses were increased to accommodate the new objectives. Overall, the inactivation
of four courses resulted in a decrease of TLU’s.
Additionally, the mandate by the Community College Chancellor’s Office (CCCO)
to increase enrollments and improve program retention resulted in changes in
enrollments and in the admission process. The increase in students is directly tied to
this Increased Enrollment Grant. Funds are used to support added clinical teaching
faculty required for the increase in clinical lab sections. A “Remediation, Retention,
Assessment & Preparation” (RRAP) Program manager position replaced the
former Skills Lab Manager Position. It is funded by the Increased Enrollment Grant
from the CCCO. This position is 80% with the goal of improving student retention
rates in the Health Occupations programs, particularly the RN track.
2. Have there been any significant changes in enrollment, retention, success rates, or
student demographics that impact your discipline? If so, please include data
sheets (Excel or Word format) showing these changes.
RN 1st yr
RN 2nd yr
NURS 60
Fall
07
45
60
Spring 07
39
46
39
Spring
06
38
52
15
Fall 06
44
46
Fall 05
41
50
Spring
05
40
45
Fall 04
40
45
Average
completion
CA or AA
Average
class
size/section
44/ yr
X
X
(Please note, these numbers are derived from the archived census enrollment
1
information form the IR website.)
Information on student demographics, retention and program completion rates are
not available at this time. This information will be compiled for the annual required
state Board report.
As mentioned above, the increase in enrolled students is directly tied to the CCCO
increased enrollment grants. An additional 9 students have been accepted in the RN
program annually since Fall 2003. An additional 5 students have been admitted to
the LVN-RN Career Mobility program since Fall 2004. In 2007 an additional 10
LVN students from the Del Norte community have been admitted into the Eureka
campus Career Mobility Program. The addition of these 10 students will continue
every other year.
State Licensing Board Pass Rates: ‘04-’05
‘05-’06
‘06-’07
93.4%
85.7%
88.4%
These are reported for first time taken pass rates and are available on the California
Board of Registered Nursing website. Six of the 8 students who failed the NCLEX
on first try were LVN-RN Career Mobility students.
3. Occupational programs must review the update of their labor-market data, some
of it provided by Institutional Research, to illustrate that their program:
a. Meets a documented labor market demand.
California has the fewest number of Registered Nurses per capita when compared to
the rest of the United States. The need for RNs will increase over the next decade.
The hourly mean wage for an RN in California is $36.12 and annually it is $75,130
(based upon 2005 data, Bureau of Labor Statistics).
b. Does not represent duplication of other training programs in the region.
Humboldt State University (HSU) maintains a Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
(BSN) program. Annually, an average 4 College of the Redwoods graduates
continue their education pursuing a BSN at HSU.
c. Is of demonstrated effectiveness as measured by the employment and
completion success of its students.
Information on student preparation is gathered during the HSU-CR Nursing
Community advisory committee. This is attended by hospital and other community
employers. This past Spring, an exit survey was completed by program graduates.
A plan needs to be developed with the IR department to collect and track this
information so that it is readily available for year to year comparisons.
Other Resources
4. Do you have needs (professional development, library resources, and so forth) not
previously required by the discipline or not previously addressed in budget or
equipment considerations? Please describe.
With the pressure to increase RN program numbers, the biggest challenge faced by
the HO department is the availability of hospital and community clinical lab
placements. In response to the need to increase RNs in California, HSU has
changed its curriculum. It is now a 5 semester nursing major with every semester
admissions. This will result in an increase of 20 RN program admissions annually
and an overall impact of 60 additional HSU students requiring clinical placements.
The nursing faculty from HSU and CR are holding joint meetings to address the
Master Clinical Schedule changes and seeking creative ways to meet this challenge.
There is a need to improve technology resources. This is being addressed through
CCCO grant funds.
5. Does your discipline need additional support from Student Services beyond that
previously provided?
Current support is adequate. Student Services works closely with the RN program
in terms of outreach, advising and program admissions. We appreciate the addition
of a counselor to Student Services resources.
Human Resource Needs
6. Complete the Faculty Employment Grids below (please list full- and part-time
faculty numbers in separate rows):
This data is difficult to interpret. The information needs to be customized to the
particulars of this program.
Faculty Load Distribution in the Program
Discipline
Name
(e.g., Math,
English,
Accounting)
Total
Teaching
Load for
fall 2006
term
NURS
132
% of Total
Teaching
Load by
Full-Time
Faculty
% of Total
Teaching Load
Taught by PartTime Faculty
Changes
from fall
2005
Explanations and
Additional
Information (e.g.,
retirement,
reassignment, etc.)
64.8%
35.2%
(F 2005
61% or
+3.8%)
(F 2005
39% or
-3.8%))
-16 TLUs
(F 2005
=148)
Curriculum
change
% of Total
Teaching Load
Taught by PartTime Faculty
Changes from
spring 2006
Explanations and
Additional
Information (e.g.,
retirement,
reassignment, etc.)
-4.5 TLUs
(S2006=166)
Curriculum
change
Faculty Load Distribution in the Program
Discipline
Name
(e.g., Math,
English,
Accounting)
Total
Teaching
Load for
spring 2007
term
% of Total
Teaching
Load by
Full-Time
Faculty
NURS
161.5
61.3%
38.7%
(S 2006
59.4% or
+1.9%)
(S 2006
43.6% or
-4.9%)
Do you need more full-time faculty? Associate faculty? If yes, explain why and be sure to
include data sheets justifying the need.
Yes. There are difficulties recruiting RN faculty. Salaries and benefits make
recruitment difficult. Community College salaries for associate faculty are not
competitive compared to those in health care industries (see Occupational overview
for ADN program). The addition of a full time faculty position would return the
HO department back to its staffing numbers in 1994.
The addition of another RN faculty would increase the curricular consistency,
improve the ability of HO faculty to participate on college wide committees and
decrease the hours of effort spent mixing hours, contracts and availability for
faculty across the HO spectrum. A master’s prepared RN faculty would provide the
HO department with the flexibility to accommodate the demand for increases in all
programs, especially in the LVN program.
7. Complete the Staff Employment Grid below (please list full- and part-time staff
numbers in separate rows:
Staff Employed in the Program
Assignment
Full-time
(e.g., Math,
(classified)
English)
staff (give
number)
HO
1
Part-time staff
(give number)
Gains over
Prior Year
0
0
Losses over
Prior Year
(give reason:
retirement,
reassignment,
health, etc.)
n/a
Do you need more full-time staff? Part-time staff? If yes, explain why and be sure to
include data sheets justifying the need.
Yes. This is covered with the current benefit of a 20 hr/wk work study student. The
additional assistance has allowed the Department to complete data entry to log
student transcripts for admissions, calculate overall GPAs and capture information
from currently enrolled students.
8. If necessary, to clarify your needs, please comment on current available staff and
distribution of FTE's for contract and part-time faculty. Describe strengths and
weaknesses of faculty/staff as appropriate to program's current status or future
development.
Facilities
9. Comment on facilities the program uses, their current adequacy, and any
immediate needs. Have your discipline’s facilities needs changed? If so, how?
Please provide a data-based justification for any request that requires new or
additional facilities construction, renovation, remodeling or repairs.
We are undergoing major renovation of the nursing laboratory. This is supported
by Measure Q funds.
Equipment
10. Have your discipline’s equipment needs changed? If so, how? Is equipment in
need of repair outside of your current budget? Please provide a data-based
justification for any request that requires a new or additional budget allotment.
Equipment updates are part of the Measure Q remodel. This update is intended to
improve instructional capability.
Learning Outcomes Assessment Update
11. How has your area or program been engaged in student learning outcomes
assessment?
a.
Summarize your results.
b.
What did your program learn from these results that enabled you to
improve teaching and learning in the discipline?
c.
How have part-time faculty been made aware of the need to assess SLOs?
Enrollment data provided by IR shows an overall success rate in the 90% or above
for the NURS courses. Over the past year HO has been entering data related to RN
student pre-admission coursework, assessment tests and transcripts from other
schools. This fall RN students will all take the TEAS assessment test. The purpose
of this data collection is to begin the process of setting pre-admission criteria that
will predict successful completion of the RN program, or allow students to
remediate based upon areas of need identified through testing. This is an exciting
project designed to promote not only student success, but also to promote diversity
in the RN workforce. The HO Department needs assistance from IR to track
student information and outcomes and perform appropriate statistical analysis.
**Curriculum Update. (Reminder: Send updated course outlines to the Curriculum
Committee.)
12. Identify curricular revisions, program innovations, and new initiatives undertaken
in the last year.
The Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) curriculum changed in Fall 2006 with the
deletion of 4 skills lab courses; NURS 51, NURS 52, NURS 53 and NURS 11. A
critical thinking nursing intervention component was added to three major theory
courses; NURS 21, NURS 22 & NURS 23. The lecture/lab units in these major
courses were increased to accommodate the new objectives. Overall, the inactivation
of four courses resulted in a decrease of TLU’s.
13. Identify curricular revisions, program innovations, and new initiatives planned for
the next year.
The coming year will be filled with moving, renovating and focusing on student
success. This year is the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) Self Study year.
Faculty are currently looking at developing a behavioral based student clinical
evaluation tool in preparation for the BRN accreditation visit scheduled for the Fall
2008.
14. Complete the grid below
Course
1. NURS 21
Year Course
Outline Last
Updated
2006
2.
3.
4.
5.
NURS 22
NURS 23
NURS 24
NURS 10A
2006
2006
2003
2003
6. NURS 10B
1999
7. NURS 60
2002
Year Next Update
Expected
2011
2011
2011
2008
Currently in curriculum
committee
Currently in curriculum
committee
2008
Goals and Plans
15. If you have recently undergone a comprehensive review, attach your Quality
Improvement Plan if applicable.
16. If you do not have a QIP, what goals and plans does your area have for the
coming year?
The goals for the coming year:
Develop a plan for assessing student demographics, outcomes, and program/
employer satisfaction
Meet to implement cross curricular course content
Pursue the addition of a full time faculty
Complete Board of Registered Nursing self-study in anticipation of Fall ‘08
accreditation visit
Develop behavioral based clinical evaluation tool
Introduce “clicker technology” into classroom
Address fit of SLOs between RN and LVN programs
Analyze NCLEX results for areas of strength and areas of deficiency
Program Outcomes Summary
Program Name: Licensed Vocational Nursing
Effectiveness
Performance Standard
Indicator
Measurement/Data
Source
Responsible
for collecting
data
I. Effectiveness
A. Quality of Education
Student
Satisfaction
At least 85% of RN program graduates Exit and Alumni
will indicate they are satisfied with the Surveys
quality of their education.
Professional licensure
Program graduates will successfully
pass licensure exams at or above
available norms (national or state).
State Board licensure
Exam Scores
Employer Satisfaction
At least 85% of employers will
indicate program graduates are
academically prepared for
employment.
Employer Survey
IR
At least 85% of employers will
indicate program graduates are
competent in general education.
Employer Survey
IR
Faculty Credentials
IR
HO Director
IR
100% of faculty must meet State Board Faculty personnel
or Certification requirements and
file
minimum qualifications per CCCO
HO Director
100% of faculty must meet external
accreditation standards
HO Director
Faculty personnel
file
7
(year) (year) (year) (year)
Program Name: Dental Assisting
Effectiveness
Indicator
Performance Standard
Measurement/Data
Source
Responsible (year) (year) (year) (year)
for collecting
data
B. Vitality
Graduates
Job
Placement
Student Retention
At least 90% of entering students
graduate..
Data
IR
At least 90% of graduates who
continue to RN program will pass RN
state Boards
At least 90% of program graduates will
secure employment in their field of
study within six months of graduation.
Adequate to ensure program
efficiency.
Data
IR
Graduate/alumni survey
IR
Fall to spring retention
data including transfers
and readmits
IR
All students leaving program early will
have an exit interview and data will be
collected
Student demographics are collected
and assessed for enrollment and
completion rates
HO Director
Assistant Director
IR
IR
HO Director
Faculty
Instructional Program Review—Appendix B: Annual Update Forms
Annual Program Review Update
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
This section to be filled out by the program at each campus
This section to be filled out by
Subcommittee
1. Institutional Research support specific to Department reporting needs.
2.Standardized reporting mechanism for State Board requirements
3.
9
Low
Moderate
High
Not
Approved
Very
High
List Resources Needed for Academic Year_______2007-2008____________
Approved
Approval
Status
Degree of
Justification (as
substantiated by
the program
review)
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
1. One Full time HO faculty
Low
Moderate
List Faculty Positions Needed for Academic Year____2007-2008_______________
High
Please list/summarize the needs of your program on your campus below
This section to be filled out by
Subcommittee
Degree of
Justification (as
Approval
substantiated by
Status
the program
review)
Not
Approved
Very
High
This section to be filled out by the program at each campus
Approved
Annual Program Review Update
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
This section to be filled out by the program at each campus
This section to be filled out by
Subcommittee
Please list/summarize the needs of your program on your campus below
Approval
Status
List Staff Positions Needed for Academic Year___2007-2008________________
Approved
1. none
Low
High
Not
Approved
Very
High
Degree of Justification (as
substantiated by the
program review)
Moderate
Annual Program Review Update
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
1. Measure Q funds are in use for facilities.
2. Equipment needs have been met from grants and VTEA funds
3.
4.
5.
Approximate
Cost
Low
List Equipment or Equipment Repair Needed for Academic
Year____2007-2008_______________
Moderat
e
Please list/summarize the needs of your program on your campus below
High
This section to be filled out by
Subcommittee
Approval
Degree of
Status
Justification (as
substantiated by
the program
review)
This section to be filled out by the program at each campus
Approve
d
Not
Approve
d
Very
High
Annual Program Review Update
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
1. Measure Q funds are in use for facilities and equipment
Low
Approximate
Cost
Moderate
List Facility Needs for Academic Year___________________
(Remodels, Renovations or added new facilities)
High
Please list/summarize the needs of your program on your campus below
Not
Approved
Very
High
This section to be filled out by
Subcommittee
Approval
Degree of
Status
Justification (as
substantiated by
the program
review)
This section to be filled out by the program at each campus
Approved
Annual Program Review Update