Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Program: AAS Nursing Degree
School: SOSC
Submitted by: Karen Fontaine
Contributing Faculty: Nursing Faculty (see individual course reports)
Academic Year: 2010-2011
Complete and submit your assessment report electronically to your Academic Dean. As needed, please attach supporting documents and/or a narrative description of the assessment activities in your
program or discipline.
Program, Discipline or
Course Outcomes
In the boxes below,
summarize the outcomes
assessed in your program or
discipline during the last
year.
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
In the boxes below, summarize
the methods used to assess
program, discipline, or course
outcomes during the last year.
In the boxes below, summarize the
results of your assessment
activities during the last year.
In the boxes below, summarize how
you are or how you plan to use the
results to improve student learning.
Outcome #1:
Program Outcome #1
NCLEX-RN Pass Rate will
be at or above national
standards.
Information received from
Nevada State Board of Nursing
annually (calendar year).
National Standard is 91.8% for
Associate degree programs
(2008-2009).
100% pass rate for first time test
takers for calendar year 2010.
Maintain results at or above national
average for Associate degree
programs.
No Action needed.
Outcome #2:
Program Outcome #2
Program retention will be at
or above national standards
Gathered from IR annually for
Accreditation Report. National
standard is 73.7% for
Associate Degree Programs
(2008-2009).
Six Semester overall retention
average is 61% from Summer ‘07
thru Summer ‘09 admissions.
Year Round track is higher than
Traditional track. Slight
improvement noted in 4 semester
rate for fall ‘09 cohort.
Retention course/semester
Changes have been made in
readmission policy which allows
students to progress without
interruption. Other strategies
employed previously have not
improved results.
Continue to monitor for
improvement based on changes in
policy.
NURS 102 F ’10 100%,
NURS 212 F ‘10 98%,
NURS 170 F ‘10
NURS 202 F ’10 87%,
NURS 209 F ’10 84%; S ’11 90%
Use of Results
Effect on Program, Discipline
or Course
Based on the results of this
assessment, will you revise your
outcomes? If so, please
summarize how and why in the
boxes below.
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Program: AAS Nursing Degree
School: SOSC
Submitted by: Karen Fontaine
Contributing Faculty: Nursing Faculty (see individual course reports)
Academic Year: 2010-2011
Student Outcome #1
TMCC’s Nursing Program
graduates will be able to use
an evidence base to provide
caring interventions that
result from a comprehensive
and accurate assessment of
the clients’ biophychosocial
and cultural status.
NURS 170: Students
will develop and implement a
plan of care to patients across
the lifespan with selected
disease processes.
NURS 170: Students will
analyze and apply principles of
safe medication administration.
NURS 202: Students will
demonstrate the ability to
anticipate complications,
justify a nursing decision or
course of action, prioritize
caring interventions based on
client needs and presentation,
and evaluate changes in
condition of clients with
altered health status
NURS 274: The student will
demonstrate clinical decision
making and prioritization of
nursing care for clients with
stable, complex, or unstable
health needs.
NURS 170: Students were also
able to realize, through exams,
what would be the best plan of care
for patients in specific situations
with exemplar diseases.
NURS 170: Students also perform
administration with clinical faculty
until they can provide medication
safely and accurately.
This outcome is clinically based
more than classroom based and may
need to be revised to reflect a more
academic SLOA.
This outcome is pertinent for both
academic and clinical situations and
has no need to be revised.
NURS 202: 76% of students
answered relevant questions on a
comprehensive final exam with a
score of 75% or better. Students
complained of assessment not
being appropriate to content.
Faculty assessed according to
objectives for spring, 2011 course.
NURS 274: Students are meeting
the clinical decision making and
prioritization measure in the 4th
semester course
Outcome will not be revised and will
continue to monitor utilizing the
current outcome.
Individual Course Student Learning
Outcomes need to be better aligned
with program student learning
outcomes to allow better evaluation
of outcomes.
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Program: AAS Nursing Degree
School: SOSC
Submitted by: Karen Fontaine
Contributing Faculty: Nursing Faculty (see individual course reports)
Academic Year: 2010-2011
Student Outcome #2
Nursing Program graduates
will be able to coordinate,
collaborate, and mange care
using technology
appropriately to work
cooperatively with the client
and all healthcare team
members to achieve client
goals.
Student Outcome #3
Nursing program graduates
will be able to teach, valuing
cultural, social, and
environmental differences in
order to promote
homeostasis, reduce risk, and
maintain optimum wellness
and quality of life.
Student Outcome #4
Nursing program graduates
will be able to practice using
professional behaviors that
are based on standards of
legal, ethical, regulatory and
professional frameworks.
NURS 274: The student will
demonstrate effective
delegation, collaboration, and
supervision of the acutely ill
client.
NURS 274: Students are meeting
the care management measure in
the 4th semester course.
Outcome will not be revised and will
continue to monitor utilizing the
current outcome.
Individual Course Student Learning
Outcomes need to be better aligned
with program student learning
outcomes to allow better evaluation
of outcomes.
NURS 212: The student will
demonstrate theoretical
knowledge needed to plan and
implement culturally competent
nursing care to clients from
diverse populations.
NURS 212: Students are meeting
the knowledge component necessary
to plan care by achieving above
87.5% on the final comprehensive
exam questions.
Outcome will not be revised.
Individual Course Student Learning
Outcomes need to be better aligned
with program student learning
outcomes to allow better evaluation
of outcomes.
NURS 202: 100% of students
achieved a passing grade on a
written paper using a grading rubric.
Outcomes have been rewritten to
reflect course assessment expectations.
No change in outcome is noted.
NURS 102: 100% of the students
were able to successfully
demonstrate their knowledge of
professional behaviors through class
discussions posts and exams and
received an A, B, or C in the course
as a final grade.
No change in outcomes
NURS 202: The student will
demonstrate the ability to
implement effective teaching
strategies that promote
appropriate self-care measures in
clients with a specific disease,
ethnic group or religion, and age.
NURS 102:
The student will be able to
explain, interpret and illustrate
nursing’s professional behaviors
Individual Course Student Learning
Outcomes need to be better aligned
with program student learning
outcomes to allow better evaluation
of outcomes.
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Program: AAS Nursing Degree
School: SOSC
Submitted by: Karen Fontaine
Contributing Faculty: Nursing Faculty (see individual course reports)
Academic Year: 2010-2011
For Program, Discipline or Course Assessment Reports:
I have reviewed this report:
Karen Fontaine
Director
Ted Plaggemeyer
Dean
Date: June 3, 2011
Date: June 3, 2011
John Tuthill
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services
Date August 23, 2011
Revised 9/28/2009