SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY
School of Nursing
Full Faculty Levels Meeting Minutes
DATE: January 17, 2014
TIME: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
PLACE: Teleconference (Baton Rouge/Hammond campuses)
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Hammond Attendees
Janet Jones
Judith Bradford
Karen Hill
Laurie Kinchen
Danielle Charrier
Lindsay Domiano
Willa Stewart
Penny Thomas
Terry Compton
Oscar Lee
Sheila Matheny
Mitzie Meyers
Rebecca Willingham
Barbara Gibbs
Buffy Pecoraro
Sue Prude
Dar Calamia
Emily Weatherford
AtNena Tucker
Michelle Reid
Luanne Billingsley
Pam Tusa – Advising
Kristie Riddle – Sick Leave
Baton Rouge Attendees
Denise Hart
Robreka King
Lana Auzenne
Lorinda Sealey
Kristin Whitty
Lucie Agosta
Michelle Ellis
Darlene Guillot
Theresa St. Romain
Missy Wafer
Kristin Marino
Jennifer Austin
Erin Hoffman
Susan Pryor
Bonnie Meeker
Donna Hathorne
Wendy Lafreniere
Pam Tusa
Jeannie Harper
Sharon Landry
Mary Burke
Dell Mars
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Full Faculty Levels Meeting Minutes
I.
Call to order
AGENDA ITEM
ACTION/DISCUSSION
Meeting was called to order by Dr. E. Creel at 9:04 AM
Recorder: L. Broussard
II.
Approval of Old Minutes
Approved October 8, 2013 minutes.
Donna Hathorne motioned and Judith Bradford seconded
approval of minutes.
PLAN
Minutes approved with revisions.
Missing People from BR. Add an “I” to
Cherrier in the minutes.
For part 5.12 in old minutes: Should be
Debby Longman not Debby Broussard.
III.
Announcements
3.1- Introduction of New Hires
3.1 Atnena (Nena) Tucker –assistant Professor.
Emily Weatherford – Instructor. Will teach clinical and skills
lab.
Rebecca Willingham –Instructor – will teach clinical and
skills lab.
Kristin Marino – Instructor - will teach Peds. clinical
Michelle Reed has rejoined us for Director of Health Center.
She will be teaching Foundations clinical and patho pharm.
3.1 Welcome to our new faculty members!
3.2- Health Coaching Grant
3.2 Dr. Carruth reported:
Department received a grant for $351,000 for a health
coaching model. There are three entities: Southeastern, North
Oaks, and Tangipahoa Business . The foucus will be to go
into the home and reduce to the hospital readmission rate.
Hospitals are penalized now for readmission with 4 major
symptoms. Teaching students to be part of a disciplinary team
to either go to the home or use the software and engage the
patient needs. We have a health coach on staff in KHS: Ralph
Wood. It is a 2-year grant. A Nurse at North Oaks will be
3.2
There is a group going next month to PA to
see how it works.
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responsible for oversight. The model is coming from
Pennsylvania. This Model is used in 12 different locations
across the nation. Pre-med students will be invited to
participate.
Think about how Nursing students perhaps
Capstone students can participate in this
grant.
If we can demonstrate how this is an effective plan, it could
be used across the region. Opportunity for our students to use
telehealth and electronic medication reconciliation which
healthcare providers us to show that someone has not taken
their medication.
3.3 BS to BSN
3.4 Health Folders – Sign In and Out of
Office
A large piece of th grant will be used get desktop
conferencing. To be used for Heatlh Coaching. Bedsides
Health Coaching the equipment can be used for meetings in
real time from anywhere with the software. We will have our
own server so any lecture, meeting, etc. can be recorded and
can kept as a link. It is a Polycon system.
Multiple training sessions to be conducted.
Next phase will be to figure out
sustainability and work with office of
technology
3.3 Dr. Carruth elicited feedback on purposal to BoR for
Southeastern Louisiana University SON to go from a BS to a
BSN. Board of Regents requested every school in the state to
be BSN. We sent documentation to the state saying we will be
BSN around 2008-2009, but the process was not finalized. In
our self-study, we had to say BS with a major in Nursing as
that was the way we were documented with BoR. We are the
only BS in the state. Any thoughts on that? Discussion about
difference between the two – Dr. Carruth noted no difference.
All same amount of nursing courses. Our students say they
have their BSN and don’t really know they have a BS.
3.3 Motion made to change to BSN.
All said “I.”
No oppositions. No abstentions.
Motion passed.
3.4 There was a previous rule about taking folders from Baton
Rouge to Hammond, but over the past two years the office
has made every attempt to accommodate that transport for
faculty. However, please do not take them away from either
the Hammond or BRC locations – such as do not take them to
clinical. If you are working with a lecturer, please do not let
3.4 If there is a problem with Health
Folders, let Dr. Creel know. The office is
still working on Lakeview’s folders, but all
others should be ready to look at and
review.
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them take the folders away from the physical location. This
will prevent us from losing them or compromising student
confidentiality. This is the student’s personal information and
we must be careful with it.
IV.
Old Business:
4.1 Tenure Promotion Guidelines
4.2 Curriculum
4.21 Course Reports
4.22 Course Description Changes to
Catalog
4.3 Resource/Simulation – Advertisement
Closed
4.1 Dr. Creel shared Tenure Promotion were sent to the
Dean.
4.1 We have no revisions at this time.
4.2
4.2, 4.21, 4.22 Course report; M Ellis reported Curriculum
still has not heard them from everyone. If you have submitted
course description changes last semester, they have been
submitted and approved by UCC in the Fall. Faculty can put
in syllabus. It will be out in the catalogue Fall 2014/2015
4.3 Dr. Creel shared: The Ad has closed and there are 13
applicants. Review and interview to start soon. Hopefully this
semester someone will be hired.
4.4 Faculty Affairs
4.4 Hathorne thanked everyone for attending faculty meetings
to complete Tenure Promotion Guideline approvals.
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4.41 Bylaws
4.41 In progress
4.5 Graduate
4.51 DNP – by-laws
4.6 Progression and Retention
4.51 DNP Evaluation Committees are complete; DNP
Curriculum in progress
4.6
4.61 Presenting at next faculty meeting
4.61 Policy Status: ESL, Amnesty,
Biology/Zoo Sequence
4.61 ESL –was sent to Mr. Prejean – University Counsel.
Amnesty-was forwarded as approved to Dean
Bio/Zoo – in committee for revisions.
V. New Business
5.1 Feedback on Tobacco Free Campus
5.1 Dr. Creel shared that SLU is moving to a tobacco free
campus: not just in the buildings, but the whole campus.
Feedback: August 1, no tobacco on campus whatsoever. Any
form. E-cigarettes not allowed on campus. Someone will be
walking around on campus handing out tickets.
Discussion about support for smokers: Smoking Cessation
Trust – qualify smoked before September 1, 1988 and a
resident of Louisiana may qualify for smoking cessation
interventions – which may include prescription medication.
Students can be seen at the Health Center and they will work
with them on smoking cessation, but not employees of the
university.
5.2 ADA – Time and a Half Testing
5.2 Dr. Creel discussed Students who have accommodations
for time and a half testing and faculty may be misinterpreting
the meaning of “time and a half “. A typical time for a
multiple choice question is one minute/question. Faculty who
give an hour and a half for a tests with 50 questions – have
given the entire class “time and a half.” The student with
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5.2 Be clear when you start your test –
what “time” is and when “time and half” is
for that test. If more writing intensive, you
decide its more per question, you may need
to rethink the time.
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accommodations is not entitled to an additional half time.
Students are very confused. You may give the whole class
time and a half.
5.3 Grade Appeal Process –
Graduate/UG
5.3 Dr. Creel clarified a grade appeal process. If you do have
a student, the grade appeal should be to the faculty first. Only
a formal letter of formal appeal should be accepted (not
emails.) Faculty should respond to them in a formal letter.
Next the student may appeal to the department head and then
the dean, there needs to be appropriate (formal)
documentation.
Need to discuss about what 10 days means with breaks
included. Teachers have a holiday and will not get their mail
until they return to school, and it may have been ten days after
until they read the letter.
Discussion about the “10 day” response time. Facutly would
like clarification
5.4 Curriculum
5.3 You have 10 working days to respond.
Does not include weekends. Can send to Dr.
Creel to double check it your response is
concerned. Put dates to stand up legally.
Email formal responses and replies as an
attachment.
Dr. Creel to follow up with Dr. Carruth
what 10 days means for the department.
5.4
5.41 Clinical Eval Reminder
5.41 M Eillis reminded faculty about the 4 yes/no indicator s
that should be present on all clinical evaluation tools. Clinical
eval tool – discussion about the excessive number of pages.
Dr. Creel indicated we must have a hard copy for student
academic records. Faculty must print them out. Can change
the font or print front to back to save paper. Change margins
5.41 The tools all need to have the 4 yes/no
questions completed.
5.42 Course Evals
5.42. Course evals can be created on Moodle or Survey
Monkey. MEllis suggests Survey Monkey. If faculty need
help, ask around. The sites on Survey Monkey should be kept
confidential as it is used for graduate and faculty research.
Course report: Curriculum worked last semester to make
these easier. Revision on Moodle, under the folder for
Curriculum Committee and Course Report, there are two
forms, one for clinical and one for theory. Instructions have
been shortened. There are six questions.
5.42 Look for email from Sandra Williams
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Question: Can the ATI report be added directly to the course
eval form or must it be transposed?
5.43 Curriculum Retreat – Fall –
Content Mapping
5.43 Curriculum proposes a a curriculum retreat in the fall for
content mapping of the curriculum as a whole. Beneficial to
be face to face for that meeting.
5.44 QM Review and Faculty
Certification
5.44 QM- review after move to Moodle – waiting on direction
from Debby Longwood. New faculty, should go through
quality matters certification.
5.5 EOS
5.51 Report – AAP Status
5.42 M Ellis response: OK to attach the ATI
group report. The most important part is
course coordinator analysis.
5.43 Plans to be formalized this semester
5.44 If you do not know how to get
certified, email Dr. Creel and she will get
you started.
Curriculum is going to pick the courses this
semester to get started on the QM
certification.
5.5 Doing senior exit survey and the employee survey this
semester.
5.5 Date for Senior Exit Survey TBD next
meeting
5.51 In progress. Faculty who submitted data, if you have an
outcome that was not met, the action plan needs to be in by
February 15.
5.51 Reports need to be in by February 15
5.6 Faculty satisfaction surveys will be going out in April.
5.6 Faculty Satisfaction and Faculty Evals
due in April.
5.6 Faculty Affairs
5.61 Faculty Satisfaction Survey –
April
5.7 Graduate
5.71 MSN
5.61 Faculty Evaluations are due in April. CVs will need to be
updated and put them on the template for School of Nursing.
5.61 Upload revised CV to the Y drive.
Can be found on Moodle.
5.7 L Sealey reported that the AET grant for 2 years. 20122013, awarded 40 different student stipends for tuition and
books, and whatever fees..
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5.7 Grant Goal: get our students through
faster to increase number of primary care
providers with the Affordable Care Act
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5.71 Nurse Educator Option
5.72 DNP
5.721 BS – DNP
5.8 Progression/Retention
5.71 Accepting applications for Nurse Ed in the fall.
Curriculum changes - must meet the three Ps. Patho, Pharm
and Physical Assessment.
5.71
Piloting Respondus Monitoring - a video recording as
students take a test. Increases test security and creates an even
field for all students taking a test. Piloted in - 616 and 682.
Pilot free. Once adopted a charge to students per course for
the semester.
5.721 Dr. Jones reported: We have permission to proceed
with BSN to DNP. Final phases of finalizing the curriculum.
5.721 Will be having meetings on
curriculum, how best to proceed ,and get
feedback.
5.8
5.81 Revising Table for PreRequisites Student Handbook
5.81 Being revised to reflect accurate information of revised
curriculum already in catalog about course pre-requisites and
progression. Allows easy access to information. Consistent
with catalog.
5.81. To be placed in Student Handbook
later this semester.
5.82 Appeals
5.82 JBradford discussed - if faculty have students that are
failing and may need to appeal. Please download all grades
from all classes that semester (not just class failed) as the
student will need to present this documentation when they
appeal. The committee looks for a trend across the whole
semester. If they have this at the time of appeal it doesn’t
result in deferrals and allows them to complete the appeal
process faster.
5.82
5.9 M Burke shared: Email was sent yesterday, past funds for
prints in the library are no longer available.
5.9 Please report all equipment breakage in
the simulation lab.
Equipment must be turned off after use.
5.9 Resource/Simulation
There has been a problem about leaving the compressors on
for long periods of time. Will blow up the lungs and freeze
the machine.
Denise Hart received a grant for edema simulation.
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5.10 Scholarship
5.10 35,000 Letite Pate available. Will be awarded this
semester.
5.11 Standardized Testing
5.11 KWhitty reported on ATI Results from Fall 2012. She
will be sending email to course coordinators to pick up ATI
books when they arrive.
5.10
5.11 Ordering tests for this semester soon.
Waiting for total number of students in
clinical courses.
Faculty can make practice tests available for 2010 or 2013.
Do not use 2013 provisional as final test.
5.111 Virtual ATI
5.111 Senior class will be emailed that there is a virtual ATI
that costs $275. Prep course that is customized to the students.
5.111 Dr. Whitty to email Sr. class
5.112 Time and a Half for ATI
Testing
5.112 Student must identify as needed in ADA time and half
accommodations before the test. They are allowed extra time,
any person on the committee can set the system to allow time
and a half. 373 is their first ATI test, so if it is added in the
first test, it should follow them until they graduate. Make sure
it gets into the 373 syllabus & put in all syllabi for appropriate
and timely identification of those who qualify for
accommodations. .
5.112 Kisten Whitty is going to work on the
statement for syllabi.
Faculty discussion: statements differ from course to course
about notifying instructors about ADA requirements with
time and a half. Motion about adding same statement to all
courses syllabi.
Designate on the clinical syllabus that it is about ATI testing
but not about patient care in clinical – as no accommodations
for patient care.
5.12 Student Affairs
5.121 Student Response System
5.12
5.12
5.121 RKerner reported students brought concerns about the
use of response clickers. Not all faculty use these and there
are new applications where students may use laptops and/or
smart phones to complete this activity.
5.121 Tabled until new technology and all
options can be presented.
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5.122 Pottle is reserved for May 15. Looking into use of
Student Union as it renovation should be complete.
5.122
5.13 Foundation Issues
5.13 None
5.13
5.14 Integrative/Synthesis Issues
5.14 None
5.14
5.15 Other
5.15
5.15 Please contact Dr. Carruth about
interest in participation in Health Coaching.
5.122 May Pinning
VI. Next Meeting: March 24, 2014
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