SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF NURSING
DNP Administrative Council Meeting Minutes
DATE: March 28, 2013
TIME: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
PLACE: Hammond Campus, Department Head’s Office
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Dr. Eileen Creel
Dr. Lorinda Sealey
Dr. Luanne Billingsley
MEMBERS ABSENT: Not applicable
AGENDA ITEM
I. Call to order
II. Approval of minutes
ACTION/DISCUSSION
Not applicable
PLAN
Not applicable
III. New business
A. DNP faculty
1. Confirm DNP faculty?
2. Discuss meeting schedule/agenda for DNP program within
the Graduate Level meeting
Listed/discussed potential DNP faculty
as follows:
Donna Hathorn: NURS 800
Vic Swaim: NURS 801
Wynn Gillan: NURS 802
Janet Jones: NURS 804
Luanne Billingsley: NURS 803, 821, 822,
823 & 809
Mary Burke: NURS 806
Ken Tillman: NURS 807
Danny Lee: NURS 808
DNP faculty to be scheduled by Eileen
– options discussed. Graduate Level
Meeting DNP agenda items will
include reports from DNP Committee
Chairs.
The DNP program will be listed on the
Graduate Level meeting agenda
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DNP Administrative Council Meeting Minutes
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B. University standards and guidelines
1. DNP program
2. DNP program coordinator
a. Committees
C. Establish/confirm/define DNP committees
1. DNP Curriculum Committee – confirm team members
a. Needs and Team members
b. Project Planning, Residency I, II, III – format
ACTION/DISCUSSION
The DNP program coordinator was
invited to attend the Southeastern
University Graduate Council Committee.
New Chair (John Boulahanis) did not
have L. Billingsley’s contact information
to add to committee.
Curriculum committee needs discussed
and members tentatively assigned:
Janet Jones (Chair), Donna Hathorn,
Michelle Ellis
Discussed project planning, residency I,
II, III – and need for continuity across
these courses.
2. Discuss curriculum changes made at UL
Discussed recent changes made to our
partner UL at Lafayette’s DNP program.
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Will keep biostats in the fall
semester
PLAN
DNP program coordinator will attend
meetings scheduled on the 3rd Tuesday
of the month at 3pm. Next meeting
scheduled: April 16, 2013.
(E. Creel forwarded L. Billingsley’s
contact information during the meeting.
L. Billingsley will plan to attend
meetings.)
E. Creel will follow up with
recommendations and notify faculty of
committee assignments.
These courses (syllabi and outcomes)
will be reviewed together to assure
continuity and timeline for synthesis
project completion. The Capstone
Committee will be updated and
feedback requested prior to offering
Project Planning in the fall 2013. L.
Billingsley will share with committee
for understanding of the
process/outcomes.
1. Will continue with plan to move
biostats to Fall semester. Flow will be
biostats in the Fall then epidemiology
in the Spring semester. This is how it is
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SCHOOL OF NURSING
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ACTION/DISCUSSION
Changed pre-req to N809
Added courses to add various
number of practicum hours.
PLAN
listed in the 2012-2013 Southeastern
General Catalogue. L. Sealey will send
to University Curriculum Committee
for congruence.
2. We do not have pre-req to N809 –
this allows flexibility to assist students
to get additional hours (for non-NP
students), to continue or to extend
synthesis projects as needed.
Southeastern’s curriculum does this –
no changes recommended to our
program. Will not add courses – adds to
confusion for N809 – no established
hours are listed and will depend/flex to
student’s need and objectives.
Southeastern’s program requires a
minimum of 420 practicum hours. UL
has moved to a minimum of 480
practicum hours.
L. Billingsley will continue to work
with UL on this project and share work
with Program Evaluation Committee
when completed.
Will plan to revise DNP AAP at the
completion of program outcome work
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COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF NURSING
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a. DNP Handbooks
i. Student
ii. Faculty
ACTION/DISCUSSION
DNP faculty handbook needs discussed.
DNP student handbook needs discussed
PLAN
with UL – at that time – this work will
be shared with the Program Evaluation
Committee for revisions to enhance
continuity and relevance to DNP
program. –L.Billingsley
DNP faculty handbook to be
developed/revised PRN– L. Sealey/L.
Billingsley
DNP student handbook to be
developed/revised PRN – E. Creel/L.
Billingsley
E. Creel will follow up with
recommendations and notify faculty of
committee assignments.
3. DNP Program Evaluation Committee – confirm team
members
b. Review program outcome work – with UL
DNP Program Evaluation committee
needs discussed and members tentatively
assigned:
Danny Lee (Chair), Mary Burke, Lorinda
Sealey, Ken Tillman, Michelle Ellis
DNP Essentials cross-walked for
outcomes. Work shared with team. L.
Billingsley assigned DNP Essential IV:
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b. University Academic Assessment Plan
a. Previous meeting: Faculty development meeting at OLOL –
February 7, 2013. Identify all meetings/agendas, minutes to
complete and add to appropriate folders.
5. DNP Capstone Committee
a. Policies
ACTION/DISCUSSION
Informatics.
PLAN
Reviewed current DNP AAP. L.
Billingsley is the DNP AAP Plan
Coordinator and is a member of the
university level AAP committee.
Discussed co-Southeastern and UL at
Lafayette DNP faculty development
meeting hosted by OLOL/2/7/2013 to
share information about the DNP
program/student/and faculty and to begin
discussions for program improvements.
DNP Capstone committee needs
discussed and members tentatively
assigned:
See above discussion re: Project
Planning and residency courses.
Laurie Kinchen (Chair), Lucie Agosta,
Kristin Whitty, Judith Bradford, Luanne
Billingsley
6. DNP Advisory Committee (Southeastern and UL)
Patricia Johnson, DNP – Woman’s
Hospital
L. Billingsley to follow up on meeting
date/agenda/minutes with A. Carruth to
place in DNP meeting folder.
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ACTION/DISCUSSION
PLAN
E. Creel will follow up with
recommendations and notify faculty of
committee assignments.
D. SYNTHESIS PROJECTS
1. Under what circumstances is it appropriate at place of
employment?
2. Ability for Southeastern students to do population
based/aggregate DNP projects out of state?
1. Discussed that is appropriate for DNP
students to implement and evaluate
practice improvement projects at their
place employment. The DNP student will
need to be outside of their normal role
during employment. Practicum hours
should not include hours on the clock –
some exceptions can be made – but this is
an exception not the rule. Ex: An
organizational meeting that occurs during
the workday of the employee.
Will continue this discussion in
Capstone Committee. We have a
student with both MS/LA nursing
licenses and would like to consider
practice improvement project in MS.
2. DNP students may implement practice
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ACTION/DISCUSSION
improvement projects in other states –
where they are qualified to do the project.
E. CCNE
1. Review CCNE self-study and CCNE 2009 standards for
tentative assignments – Due July 30, 2013
2. Discuss CCNE Self Study timeline needed
3. CCNE site visit – scheduled for September 10, 2013
PLAN
Meeting dates/tasks:
Discussed 2009 CCNE Standards and
timeline.
CCNE Self-Study Assignments
Standard I: A. Carruth
Standard II: L. Sealey
Standard III: L. Billingsley (D. Lee)
Standard IV: E. Creel
April 10: Dean’s meeting – validate
timeline
(See revised timeline – Self-Study
Timeline 04102013 attached to
minutes – E. Creel)
Timeline:
Self-Study to Provost: JUNE 30th
FINAL DATE TO UPLOAD: July 29th
IV. MISCELLANEOUS
A. DNP Course Evaluations
DNP Course evaluations in progress since
Fall 2012. Need to add SOTs.
E. Creel will notify M. Hall to add to
current NURS 801 (Swaim) & NURS
804 (Jones) DNP courses.
B. Stakeholder Communication
Discuss recruitment efforts.
Continue to educate stakeholders to
gain support for the DNP program,
students and faculty. L. Billingsley will
meet with organizations prior to June
25, 2013 DNP application due date.
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SCHOOL OF NURSING
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V. Parking Lot Items
ACTION/DISCUSSION
PLAN
Discussed the need for clarification of
what “same” means with courses: NURS
800, 805 & 808
 Questions/thoughts: Does it mean
just the course
description/objectives have to be
the same? Do the assignments
need to match? Does the entire
syllabus need to match?
 L. Sealey shared that she had
worked with UL faculty on
syllabus for NURS 805 and
thought it had to be the same.
L. Billingsley to facilitate discussion at
the Dean level to get feedback.
REFERENCE: See minutes of meeting
with UL (?/2012) – this where these
guidelines were established.
Meeting scheduled April 25, 2013
with UL Lafayette. (On agenda)
Reviewed/Discussed that Southeastern
will accept NURS 800, 805 & 808 from
any DNP program.
Reviewed/Discussed that NURS 803,
821, 822, 823 & 809 can only be taken at
the home institution.
Adjourned at: 5:00pm
Next Meeting(s) scheduled:
Next meetings scheduled for
 April 10, 2013: Dean’s Meeting
 DNP Program Coordinator
Meeting – April 11, 2013 at
9:00am in the Dean’s Conference
Invite DNP Committee Chairs (E.
Creel)
Curriculum: Janet Jones
Capstone: Laurie Kinchen
Program Evaluation: Danny Lee
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SCHOOL OF NURSING
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ATTACHMENTS
ACTION/DISCUSSION
Room
PLAN
See revised timeline – Self-Study
Timeline 04102013 attached to
minutes – E. Creel)
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