Spring 2008 Assessment Report
Program: NURSING – Baccalaureate Program
Prepared by:
Date: July 17, 2008
phone: 4-3179
D. Stuenkel
Email: Stuenkel@son.sjsu.edu
Electronic and hard copy due to your college facilitator May 27, 2008. Digital version of
this form available at: http://www.sjsu.edu/ugs/assessment/forms
Please check the Website at: http://www.sjsu.edu/ugs/assessment/programs/. Are the Student
Learning Objectives and Assessment Schedule listed on the Web current?
_____X________ YES
_______________ NO
Please email any changes to: jacqueline.snell@sjsu.edu
What have you learned about student learning in the last semester? What has your department
done either programmatically or pedagogically to improve student learning in the spring 2008
semester? What motivated the change (qualitative &/or quantitative data report)?
Please explain all activities. The form below is meant to be helpful. You may report your activities
in any format that is interpretable by readers outside your department as well as within the
department.
C=Collect data D=Discuss data among faculty I=implement program changes based on data
SLO
#
C, D,
or I
Content or results
1-10
C
Instructors in 6 sections of NURS 148 (Practicum VI), the capstone clinical
course, evaluated a total of 65 students per the final clinical evaluation tool.
100% of these students earned a "Satisfactory" rating and met these criteria.
1-10
D
Because all students met the SLOs, no program changes were undertaken as a
direct result of this assessment.
As part of a major curriculum review/revision, nursing faculty approved the
revised student learning objectives based on educational and practice
standards from the: American Association of Colleges of Nursing, American
Nurses Association, California Board of Registered Nursing, Institute of
Medicine guidelines, and National Council of State Boards of Nursing
standards. Once approved by the California State Board of Registered
Nursing, these revised SLOs will be implemented.
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Please describe activities planned for the fall 2008 and spring 2009 semesters. These should
match the schedule posted on the Web that is aligned with your Department Program Planning,
but describe the activity in more detail. Include courses and SLOs to be assessed. Do NOT
include faculty names.
SLO
F 08
Planned activities
NEW
D
Approve new curricular framework, align evaluation tools with new SLOs,
Review/revise courses as necessary, Update greensheets
Will work on the above at the Fall Faculty Retreat and at specified
Curriculum revision meetings.
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Attachments:
1) New Mission Statement
2) New Student Learning Outcomes (Implementation Date = TBA)
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San Jose State University
School of Nursing
Mission Statement
The mission of the SJSU School of Nursing is to:
Provide innovative education in the art and science of professional
nursing while empowering our baccalaureate and masters graduates
to be socially and ethically responsible and knowledgeable
clinicians, leaders, and scholars who will meet the changing healthcare needs of
a diverse global community.
Approved May 5, 2007
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San Jose State University
School of Nursing
New Student Learning Outcomes
End-of-Program Competencies
The baccalaureate program prepares the graduate to be a competent professional nurse
who demonstrates the ability to:
1. Conduct comprehensive and focused biopsychosocial and environmental assessments
of health and illness parameters in clients, using culturally appropriate approaches.
2. Plan, implement, and evaluate client-centered care that demonstrates the safe
application of the pathophysiological, medical, and nursing management of common
acute and chronic illnesses, and health promotion.
3. Use the nursing process to provide appropriate evidence-based nursing care to
manage the client’s experience and promote health.
4. Deliver client-centered education that integrates the application of developmental
stages across the lifespan, cultural background, educational level, and health literacy
considerations.
5. Act as a client advocate to develop strategies for addressing adherence/compliance
issues in client-centered care.
6. Demonstrate a beginning safe performance level of pharmacologic agents and
complementary modalities, including identification and management of side effects, used
in common acute and chronic illnesses and health promotion.
7. Employ health literacy and use relevant technology to provide nursing care that
contributes to safe and high quality client outcomes.
8. Communicate effectively with clients and members of the interprofessional healthcare
team to improve client outcomes.
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9. Participate in disaster planning and response with an awareness of environmental
factors and the risks they pose to self and clients.
10. Demonstrate beginning levels of clinical judgment, systems thinking, and
accountability for client outcomes when delegating to and supervising other members of
the healthcare team.
11. Assume responsibility for and evaluates own professional nursing practice in relation
to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations.
12. Practice according to: a) ethical standards and decision-making according to the ANA
Code for Nurses; b) legal mandates, statutes, and regulations set forth by the California
Board of Registered Nursing.
13. Coordinate and manage healthcare for a group of individuals across the lifespan in
order to maximize health, independence, and quality of life.
14. Analyze the influence of health care policy, finance, and regulatory environments on
baccalaureate nursing practice in the global community.
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