STATEWIDE PRACTICAL NURSING CONSORTIUM
MEETING
May 18, 2007
TOPIC
Welcome
Moment of silence in
memory of Dorothy
Brown
Dr. Theresa Resch,
Executive Director
Technical Education
DTAE
Phil Petty
DISCUSSION
Joyce Hickey, and Sara Lanier offered
greetings
Announced Phil Petty is retiring July 1, 2007.
GVTC has completed reorganization.
Reorganization of Technical Division in
progress. Instructional Support
reorganization involves having a Coordinator
and Specialists. Public Health and
Safety/Nursing will consist of PN and RN
programs, Criminal Justice, EMT, Paramedic,
Fire Science
Allied Health will include all other programs
related to health care.
With reorganization described above there
will be more emphasis on customer support,
less regulation and fewer mandates. Jobs will
be consolidated at the state level.
-New program request process will change.
It will be an e-process that will decrease the
time it will take to approve a new program.
Access to documents will be through the
internet.
-Process will change for program revision.
Time frame for making a change will be cut
to 8 months and may be decreased more.
-PN Program Standard Revision is scheduled
for 2009. The process for revision is the
same at this point.
-If changes in the Standards are proposed:
 Change must be proposed by the
advisory committee.
 Documented in the advisory minutes
 Discussed at the Regional
Consortium meeting
 Discussed by the PN Executive Board
composed of all Regional Chairs
 Forwarded to DTAE
-Criminal Background Checks – DTAE
Office of Legal Services to develop a policy.
Hospital Corp of America Standard is Level
1 check will be for students and is a basic
ACTION
Any changes to PN
Standards should be
submitted by December
2007.
TOPIC
Marcia Stevens,
Educational
Consultant to the
GBELPN
Vicky Penn, Flint
River Tech Nurse
Educator for
GBELPN
Jason Bandy and
Alana Powers Assessment
Technologies
Incorporated
DISCUSSION
criminal background check. Level 2 will be
for instructors and will consist of basic
criminal background check, licensure and
credential check.
Colleges will not handle any part of the
criminal background check. It will be
between the clinical site and the student.
There is liability related to storing any
information related to criminal background.
There are 2 web-based services. Pre-Check is
one and can send results of check to several
clinical sites.
The Hospital Association is recommending
criminal background checks of their member
facilities.
Policy from DTAE will include information
about handling students who can not be
placed in clinical sites due to criminal
background.
Phone number (478)207-1629
Public Meeting – Held in May, posted on
Secretary of State Website. Other means of
communicating state meeting will be
investigated.
Site Visits – Are being scheduled.
Monthly reports of NCLEX-PN score being
mailed – 92% is the Statewide Pass Rate
Newly appointed. Offered greetings.
ACTION
Comprehensive assessment driven review.
For each area, includes books, DVDs, 2
practice assessments and a proctored test.
ATI will align curriculum with the testing.
Recommend that ATI test be part of course
grade. Cut scores are given. Level 1 – low
chance of success on NCLEX-PN, Level 2 –
fairly certain chance of success on NCLEXPN, and Level 3 – Very likely to succeed on
NCLEX-PN. Students have user name and
password for testing. Testing can be on
computer or paper and pencil. One minute is
allowed per question. PN Predictor for
passing the NCLEX-PN is given at the end of
the program. There are two versions of the
predictor.
TEAS – Test of Essential Academic Skills is
the ATI admissions test.
Contact ATI if
interested. Jason Bandy
– jbandy@atitesting.com
913-638-1906
TOPIC
Updating Course
Descriptions
DISCUSSION
Virtual ATI – On-line NCLEX-PN review.
Student is paired one-on-one with instructor.
Skills Modules – will eventually be 40 skills
with streaming video.
Partnered with colleges and universities
across nation as part of distance learning.
Test out of pre-requisite courses,
comprehensive learning modules developed
by subject matter experts, academic support
and tutoring provided. Solid instructional
design for the adult learner. Core courses are
taken through the college or university. LPN
– BSN – partnered with Indiana University,
RN – MSN – partnered with Regis
University.
See discussion above with Phil Petty.
The IFCC Executive Board must meet
annually – This could be at the annual
meeting of all IFCC Executive Chairpersons
at end of October each year.
-Consortium-Level Chairpersons must meet
twice annually with colleges in their
consortia – one of these meetings can be after
the PN State-wide meeting on one of the
state-wide meeting dates. The other meeting
date will have to be arranged with the
colleges in each local consortia.
Course descriptions will be reworded to make
them more concise.
AHS 103 – Diet and
Nutrition
Increase hours from 2 credit hours to 3 credit
hours.
Integrate Pediatric
Disorders into MedSurg
Hours in Peds theory would have to decrease
and hours for Med-Surg theory would
increase. Peds theory (NSG 212) would
change to just assessment and growth and
development. Clinical would remain in final
qtr. along with revised peds theory.
The College Network
Dr. Carla Downing,
Product Development
and Glenn Cason –
Vice President,
Ozge Denizli,
National Director of
Healthcare Business
Development
Role of IFCC and
process for
Curriculum Change
ACTION
Contact if interested.
Will come to speak to
students.
Ozge Denizli, National
Director of Healthcare
Business Development –
1-813-994-6943
odenizli@collegenet.com
Local Consortia to
schedule one more
meeting this year.
Curriculum changes
must be generated from
suggestions of Advisory
Committees. Schedule
Advisory meeting prior
to October meeting of
Executive Board if any
changes are desired.
S. Lanier and J. Hickey
will work on revising
course descriptions.
New descriptions will be
e-mailed to consortium
members for review
when they are
completed.
No decision.
Marcia Stevens – AHS
103 can be taught by
non-RN , AHS 102 must
be taught by RN.
Concern voiced
regarding articulation
with RN program.
Problem in the past
when course was
Maternal – Child. RN
programs did not think
we were teaching
enough peds.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
ACTION
Pediatric Clinical Sites Marcia Stevens said there was no State Board Virtual Peds, doctors’
rule relating to virtual peds clinical
offices, schools, health
dept suggested.
Leadership Theory
Teach along with Nursing Fundamentals.
Must be taught with Corequisite – NPT 215.
Reintegrate AHS 104 Can not be done unless agreed upon by all
theory into NSG 110
programs that require AHS 104.
Decrease number of
Decrease hours in Peds and OB clinical since Task Force formed to
clinical hours and
very few LPNs are hired in these areas and
investigate issue:
Increase number of
clinical sites are difficult or impossible to
Sylvia Rozier – Chair
theory hours
schedule.
Leslie Thigpen –
Sandersville Tech
Linda Jung – Augusta
Tech
Fredia Wimsatt – Middle
GA Tech
NAPNES Update
Sylvia Rozier – Board member for NAPNES
Evidenced Based Research with Council of
PN Educators (COPNE) and NCSBN.
PN Educator Certification – Offered by
NAPNES
Nurse Educator Certification is already
offered by NLN
Serena Gadson, PN
478-207-1628
Application Specialist www.sos.state.ga.us – can verify licenses onfrom GBELPN
line
Application to Bd. Fee - $40, can be money
order or check
Pearson Application - $200
 Name on Application and ID must be
the same.
 Convictions – Send detailed letter of
explanation and support
documentation including dispensation
of case. All felonies go before board.
Other convictions within 5 yrs or less
does not have to go before board.
 Send applications with authorization
to test from Pearson in a group along
with a cover letter.
 Passport type picture must be include.
 7 to 10 days after testing – license
will be issued.
 Tell students to keep addresses
current and renew every 2 years.
 Lapsed licenses –
5years – Refresher, 7 – 9 years –
Refresher and NCLEX-PN, after 10
years – retake program and NCLEX-
TOPIC
Election of Chair and
Vice Chair
Regional Consortium
Break Out Sessions
DISCUSSION
ACTION
PN
 Must take NCLEX-PN within 5 years
of graduation or have to retake
program.
 There is no cut off for the number of
times you can take NCLEX-PN
 GA Board does not recognize
interstate licensure – have to apply for
GA license
Nomination of Joyce Hickey – Chairperson
Joyce Hickey –
and Sara Lanier – Vice Chairperson.
Chairperson and Sara
Election held.
Lanier – Vice
Chairperson will
continue to serve
Regional Consortiums met.
Southeast –
Consortium Chairs:
To e-mail Chair and
Northeast –
Vice Chair
Chair – Kowanda Robinson – Gwinette Tech
Vice Chair – Kathy Callahan – Lanier Tech
Northwest –
Chair - Helen Medlin, North Metro Tech
Vice Chair – Sheila Croft – Dalton State
College
East Central – Sara Lanier – Augusta Tech
Vice Chair – Terri Wilkins – Central GA
Tech
West Central – Chair - Joyce Hickey –
Griffin Tech
Vice Chair – Patricia Blake – Atlanta Tech
Southeast –
To e-mail Chair and Vice Chair
Southwest –
Chair - Mattie Buchannon –
Albany Tech
Vice Chair – Doris Carmichael – Bainbridge
College
Meeting Adjourned