SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIAN UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF NURSING
Doctorate of Nursing Practice Curriculum Committee Meeting
DATE: March 13, 2014
TIME: 2:00 PM
PLACE: Wholly Ground Coffee Shop, Walker, LA
MEMBERS PRESENT: Janet Jones, Donna Hathorn, Lucie Agosta, Laurie Kinchen
MEMBERS ABSENT: Susan Pryor & Laura Martin
AGENDA ITEM
I.Call to order
II.Approval of Minutes
III.Old Business
IV. New Business
ACTION/DISCUSSION
I.Call to order at 2:05 PM by
J.Jones also serving as
designated recorder
II.Minutes of August 28,2013
were reviewed.
3.1Changes to N802 syllabus as
presented last meeting.
3.2 Changes to N809 were
presented & approved at last
meeting including changing
course to variable credit
hours of 1 – 6 hours and
practicum hours ranging
from 60 – 360.
4.1 The ratio of credit hours to
practicum hours is inconsistent
between N821 Residency I,
N822 Residency II, N823
Residency III, and N809
Advanced Directed Studies.
N821 has 1 credit hour to 30
practicum hours. N822 & N823
PLAN
Approved with no revisions
unanimously.
3.1 Changes were approved by
SON Graduate faculty, graduate
Council, and UCC.
3.2 These changes were not
approved by the DNP
Administrative Council. It was
decided that the workload for
the instructor should require a
fixed number of hours at 3 credit
hours and the ability to retake
the course twice. This
recommendation was approved
by SON Graduate Faculty.
Number of practicum hours
need to be determined.
The group consensus was to
standardize the credit hours to
one credit hour to 45 practicum
hours. Consequently N821 will
have 90 practicum hours versus
60 hours. N822 & N823 will
remain unchanged. N809 will
have 135 hours. This proposal
have 1 credit hour to 45
practicum hours. N809 has no
stated practicum hours in the
Syllabus or the catalogue.
4.2 N809 currently has no prerequisite stated in the Syllabus
or the catalogue. The course is
intended to assist in obtaining
additional practicum hours to
meet the expectation of a total
of 1,000 post-BSN practicum
hours prior to graduation. This
course is anticipated to be
directly related to the DNP
project. Consequently Janet
Jones is requesting that N803
Project Planning be added as a
pre-requisite.
4.3 A request has been made to
the Provost to change the DNP
Program Admission
Requirements from Nurse
Practitioners and Nurse Leaders
to include all Advanced Practice
Registered Nurses (APRNs) and
Nurse Leaders. This change will
increase the potential pool of
DNP candidates. The thought is
that post-MSN students have
already obtained specialization
and licensure. Therefore all
APRNs should be eligible.
4.4 Proposed DNP Curriculum
Committee Bylaws were
reviewed. One formatting issue
was identified which changed
the outline number from 1 – 8 to
1 – 7.
4.5BSN-DNP Curriculum proposal
was presented at the last Full
Faculty meeting for
informational purposes. The
Board of Regents has approved
the BSN – DNP Program at SLU
and UL as a curriculum change.
SLU and UL have been meeting
to finalize the curriculum. A copy
will be brought to DNP
Administrative Council for
approval.
4.2 The group consensus was to
add N803 as a pre-requisite to
N809.
4.3 Once the Provost approves
this policy change then a request
for catalogue change will go
through the approval process.
4.4 The group unanimously
approved the proposed DNP
Curriculum Committee bylaws
with the one correction. The
bylaws will be sent to Faculty
Affairs Chairperson Donna
Hathorn for approval.
4.5 This proposal will be
presented to the ICMSN for
input. The goal is to begin the
program in Fall 2015.
of the last version was submitted
for review. All the ICMSN
courses will remain the same.
The DNP courses would remain
the same but beginning to be
taught toward the end of the
MSN section. The courses would
be accelerated meaning a
change from an academic
calendar to a annual calendar
with summer courses. The
option of education courses has
been included. The program
would be completed in 3 years
on a full-time schedule which
comparable to other programs.
4.6 Several courses are eligible
for Quality Matters review.
These courses have been taught
twice. The courses are: N800
Theoretical Foundations, N802
Epidemiology, N801 Biostatistics,
and N804 Evidence Based
Practice.
4.7 Course evaluations were
distributed among the members.
The course evaluations are to be
reviewed by the DNP Curriculum
Committee and the DNP
Evaluation Committee for
related changes. The evaluations
were long. The Evaluation
Committee felt that the courses
had not been taught frequently
enough at this time to be
reviewed.
4.8 Curriculum review/Concept
mapping/Objective
leveling/Textbooks. The
committee has been charged
with conducting a curriculum
review of the courses taught,
which includes N800 Theoretical
Foundations, N801 Biostatistics,
N802 Epidemiology, N804
Evidence Based Practice, N805
Population Health, and N806
Informatics. The purpose of the
4.6The group concurred that the
respective instructors should
request a Quality Matters review
from Dr. Longman.
4.7 The group consensus was to
develop a Course Summary
process similar to the ICMSN
Course Summary. A format
needs to be developed and each
instructor requested to complete
the Course Summary. The group
felt the latest version of the
ICMSN forms were less
burdensome to complete.
4.8 After lengthy discussion of
the process, the group agreed
that Donna Hathorn would
identify a model or framework
for the concept mapping. Janet
Jones will develop an outline of
concepts based on the DNP
Essentials for the group’s input.
The actual process for the review
will be discussed further at the
next meeting.
V. Adjournment
review is to determine if the
level of the course objectives is
at doctoral level especially
compared to similar courses in
the BSN and MSN programs. Also
to map the concepts through the
curriculum, preventing overlap
between courses and gaps. Dr.
Carruth also requested that the
level of the textbooks be
reviewed. At the time of course
development the textbooks
related to DNP programs was
limited. However a large number
of books have been recently
published. A table of courses
with similar concepts through
the BSN, MSN, and DNP were
presented as well as the current
textbooks. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Action verbs were presented as
a reference for the objectives
review.
V. Committee was adjourned at
4:00 PM.
Minutes submitted by Janet Jones DNS
V. The next meeting will be
Thursday, April 17, 2013 2:00 PM
at the Wholly Grounds Coffe
Shop in Walker, LA..