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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Revised 08/01/2011
Course Prefix, Number and Title: Nurs 170
ScbooVUnit: TMCC Maxine S. Jacobs Nursing Department
Submitted by: Joy Alverson
Contributing Faculty: Cindy Stone
Academic Year: Spring 2015
Complete and electronically submit your assessment report to your Department Chair/Coordinator/Director. As needed, please attach supporting documents and/or
a narrative description of the assessment activities in your program or discipline.
Course Outcomes
In the boxes below, summarize
the outcomes assessed in your
course during the year.
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
In the boxes below, summarize
In the boxes below, summarize
the methods used to assess course the results of your assessment
outcomes during the last year.
activities during the last year.
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Use of Results
Effect on Course
In the boxes below, summarize
how you are or how you plan to
use the results to improve student
learning.
Based on the results of this
assessment, will you revise your
outcomes? If so, please
summarize how and why in the
boxes below:
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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: Nurs 170
School/Unit: TMCC Maxine S. Jacobs Nursing Department
Submitted by: Joy Alverson
Contributing Faculty: Cindy Stone
Academic Year: Spring 2015
Course Outcomes
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
Outcome #I
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Use of Results
Effect on Course
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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: Nurs 170
SchooVUnit: TMCC Maxine S. Jacobs Nursing Department
Submitted by: Joy Alverson
Contributing Faculty: Cindy Stone
Academic Year: Spring 2015
Course Outcomes
Integrate and apply patient data
to safely manage care within the
interdisciplinary health care
team for positive patient
outcomes.
Assessment Measures
Ability will be measured by
examination and quiz questions
against predetermined standards
and by a published clinical
performance evaluation tool.
Assessment Results
Use of Results
Effect on Course
Students were able to create and
implement a safe and effective
plan of care for the patients in the
clinical and skills lab setting.
The students were also able to
transfer their knowledge to
satisfactorily complete exam
questions based on safely
managing care and identifying
patient outcomes. All students
(28) were successful in passing
this course.
Exam Averages for Spring 2014
Exam #1: 81.71
Exam #2: 83.21
Exam #3: 86. 79
Exam #4: 85.52
HESI : 89.05
Focus will continue on the
specific exemplar diseases for
this class. Utilize the CPET still
in the clinical setting and exams
in the academic class. Stress to
the students how the specific
concept taught in the academic
setting is realized in the clinical
setting. Knowledge of the
concept can then be transferred to
new disease processes not taught
in the academic class. This
broadens the students'
experiences and knowledge base
for clinical care.
All exam questions are reviewed
for robustness and validity to
reflect concepts taught in the
theory portion.
In the fall of2014, a curriculum
change was implemented where
theory hours decreased from 5
hours to 4 hours of theory
instruction. Also concepts were
deleted and hours of instruction
for certain concepts were
adjusted. For example F & E and
Acid/Base were decreased from
IO hours of instruction to 8 hours
of instruction. This may have
affected exam score as seen in
the comparison of the assessment
results.
In reviewing the decrease in the
exam results instructors will
continue to present a broader
approach and not provide a too
narrow focus on concept
information.
Review of exams focuses
attention on areas needing
improvement.
This allows instructors to tailor
lecture, case studies, and other
fonns of instruction to
recognized areas that need
improvement.
Examinations reflect a downward
trend.
HESI exam reveals above
average compared to other
schools of nursing across the
country.
Exam Averages for Spring 2015
Exam #1: 81
Exam #2: 80.79
Exam #3: 85.79
Exam #4: 88
HESI: 80.70
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HESI results are reviewed to
ascertain areas that need
improvement. This semester
reflected improvement especially
in OB, where previous scores
were lower. Modify exam
questions to reflect broader
concept based learning instead of
narrow learning. This goes along
with NCLEX exam questions.
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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: Nurs 170
SchooVUnit: TMCC Maxine S. Jacobs Nursing Department
Submitted by: Joy Alverson
Contributing Faculty: Cindy Stone
Academic Year: Spring 2015
Course Outcomes
Outcome# 2
Communicate effectively with
patients, family members and
interdisciplinary team members.
Assessment Measures
Ability will be measured by a
published clinical perfonnance
evaluation tool.
Assessment Results
All 28 students met the criteria of
a total of 154 points or better on
the CPET and passed both OB
and Med-Surg clinical
components to progress to
Nursing 202.
Passage of CPET demonstrates
that students have effective
communication skills which are a
necessity to care for patients in
the clinical setting. Students
realize that poor communication
can lead to poor patient outcomes
or a problem that will impact a
patient directly.
HESI exam: Communication was
below average in interprofessional communications. On
HESI exam only 2 questions
were asked relating to this area,
so results are not true indicators
of student communication
abilities.
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Use of Results
Students communicated verbally
with the clinical instructors and
hospital staff effectively to
express the patient situation and
what the students would do for
and about patient problems.
Students also communicated in
the written fonn with the use of
the concept map in the clinical
setting. This is a written picture
of the patient's history and
problems that were encountered
in the clinical setting.
Another assessment tool for
communication is the Skills lab
simulations. Students are given
the opportunity to communicate
with a simulated physician and
other simulated hospital
personnel. These are observed
with feedback given specifically
to the primary RN and the other
members of the team thru verbal
and a written feedback sheet.
Each student will be the primary
RN at least once during the
semester.
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Effect on Course
All instructors will continue to
improve our communication
skills to become role models for
the students.
Instructors in skills lab reinforce
communication skills in a safe
environment, ex: calling the
physician (using an SBAR
communication tool for clear
concise relay of infonnation),
speaking to family members and
direct communication with other
persons within the simulation
such as an RN, CNA, patient and
other staff members.
Review of the HESI results on
communication has shown that
the importance of communication
skills needs to be continually
stressed and reinforced in the
clinical and simulation
environment. These conclusions
are disseminated to all involved
faculty in theory and clinical.
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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and T itle: Nurs 170
School/Unit: TMCC Maxine S. Jacobs Nursing Department
Submitted by: Joy Alverson
Contributing Faculty: Cindy Stone
Academic Year: Spring 201 5
Course Outcomes
Outcome #3
Demonstrate professional
responsibility for safe medication
administration.
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
Use of Results
Eff'ec& on Course
Ability will be measured by
calculation questions on
examinations and quizzes and by
a published clinical perfonnance
evaluation tool.
All students were able to pass the
MAPES exam with I00%. The
use of HESI for the MAPES
practice and testing was
effective. Students were able to
provide safe medication
administration in the clinical and
skills lab settings.
Exams will continue to have a
math component to keep students
up on math skills. The CPET will
continue to have a •4 item on
medication calculations and
administration to provide safe
care to patients. Math
calculations will continue to be
incorporated into the skills labs
for this course.
Will continue to stress the 3
checks and 7 rights of medication
administration for all students to
follow. This has been an
effective way to teach students
the importance of consistent and
careful medication
administration. Clinical
opportunities for medication
administration will continue to be
recognized and utilized for
student ]earning.
Please enter your name and date below to confinn you have reviewed this report:
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Name
Date
Department Chair/Coordinator/Director
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Dean
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Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services
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