Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Nursing
Course Number: NURS 274
School/Unit: School of Sciences
Submitted by: Karen Fontaine
Contributing Faculty: Debbie Bader
Academic Year: 2009-2010
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
Outcome #1: Nursing
Program graduates will be
able to coordinate,
collaborate, and manage
care using technology
appropriately to work
cooperatively with the
client and all healthcare
team members to achieve
client goals
NURS 274:
Delegate and evaluate
aspects of client care
appropriately, safely and
effectively to nursing
assistive personnel,
according to the NCSBN
& State Nurse Practice
Acts.
Outcome #2: 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
Recognize and base
Assessment
Measures
Students will complete
a written assignment
regarding delegation
and evaluation of the
delegation that is
graded by instructors
that are assessed as
part of the clinical
performance
evaluation tool.
Students will be
evaluated by clinical
instructors who will
assess their
performance against
nursing practice
standards and a
published clinical
performance
evaluation tool.
Assessment Results
Clinical pass rate = 33/33 or
100% of the students met all
proscribed behaviors as
described in the Clinical
Performance Evaluation Tool.
Use of Results
Students are meeting
the standard of
collaboration and
management of care in
this fourth semester
course.
Objective #8 Managing Care:
Average score: 26.33 out of
possible 28 pts; 94.04% overall
success rate on this
performance concept.
The clinical portion of the
course is graded on a
PASS/FAIL basis. Students
must meet a 75% requirement
on the CPET which is leveled
for each course. 33 students
successfully completed the
clinical portion of the course.
Clinical pass rate = 33/33 =
100% of the students met the
overall expectation for behavior
Students are meeting
the standard of
professional behaviors in
this fourth semester
course.
Effect on Program,
Discipline or Course
The student learning outcome
statement will be reviewed and
revised to reflect the priority for
the course, and the expected
student outcome for this 4th
semester course. Faculty will
rewrite the outcomes in fall,
2010.
The student learning outcome
statement will be reviewed and
revised to reflect the priority for
the course, and the expected
student outcome for this 4th
semester course. Faculty will
rewrite the outcomes in fall,
2010.
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Nursing
Course Number: NURS 274
School/Unit: School of Sciences
Submitted by: Karen Fontaine
Contributing Faculty: Debbie Bader
Academic Year: 2009-2010
care on ethical, legal,
political, and regulatory
aspects of nursing.
Outcome #3
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 clients’ bio-phsychosocial and cultural status.
NURS 274:
Analyze assessment
data to support clinical
decision-making.
Formulate a safe,
accurate and complete
plan of care; Exhibit an
accurate understanding of
the expected effects, and
possible complications
that could result from
interventions; Make
appropriate judgments
and sound decisions in
the management of
patient care; Base
interventions on a clear
and accurate
understanding of
as described in the CPET.
CPET Objective #1:
Professional Behaviors
Ave score: 42 out of possible
44 pts.; 95.45% overall
The seven (7)
outcomes above will
be assessed and
evaluated by faculty
and the outcomes will
be evaluated using
the NURS 274 Clinical
Performance
Evaluation Tool. The
NURS 274 Clinical
Performance
Evaluation Tool is
published at the
beginning of the
course and reflects
established standards
of nursing practice. It
contains an evaluation
and grading rubric
A total of 33 students
successfully completed the
clinical portion of the course.
Twenty–eight (28) students
successfully completed the
theory portion of the course and
moved forward to the Practicum
component.
The clinical portion of the
course is graded on a
PASS/FAIL basis. Students
must meet a 75% requirement
on the CPET which is leveled
for each course.
Clinical pass rate = 33/33 or
100% of the students met the
behavior as described in the
CPET.
CPET Objective #4 Clinical
Decision Making
Ave score: 29.24 out of
possible 32 pts.; 91.38% overall
Students are meeting
the standard of
assessment in this fourth
semester course.
The student learning outcome
statement will be reviewed and
revised to reflect the priority for
the course, and the expected
student outcome for this 4th
semester course. Faculty will
rewrite the outcomes in fall,
2010.
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: Nursing
Course Number: NURS 274
School/Unit: School of Sciences
Submitted by: Karen Fontaine
Contributing Faculty: Debbie Bader
Academic Year: 2009-2010
rationale; and Perform
nursing skills and
therapeutic procedures
safely, accurately, and
with dexterity.
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___Karen Fontaine__________________________
Director
__Ted Plaggemeyer______________________________________
Dean
Date________________
Date____6/4/10___________
________________________________________________
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services
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