review the courses, curriculum, syllabi, instructional resources, facilities, faculty professional development, job placement, and response to industry trends and needs (minimum of once each fall or spring semester).
items included improvement in the professionalism and skills of recent graduates and use of electronic devices in the workplace. Discussed the increasing use of electronic medical record-keeping in the workplace.
developed. Faculty have emphasized to students the hazards of taking electronic devices into clinical settings. Faculty have also begun piloting using electronic medical records tools to promote familiarity before students enter workforce.
50% of entering new students will graduate within three years of program entry (data collected each spring).
Graduation rates for the spring 10 and fall 10 cohorts were 43% and 54% respectively. Previous rates: Fall 08 95/181 52% Spg 09 98/194 51% Fall 09 97/186 52% (Data not available for PN) Faculty noted that rates are lower than desired because of a program philosophy to allow students progression options. Student can, for example, opt to go part-time, which reduces the on-time graduation rates for cohorts. Withdrawal survey data notes most common reasons for withdrawal include academic difficulty, change in health status, family
As a result of analysis, faculty have noted that shift in entrance requirements to ACT minimum scores will increase graduation and retention rates. Faculty have also implemented a Nursing Success Course at no cost to beginning students to mitigate barriers to success at the critical early stages of the program of study. Faculty have begun to target students who habitually re-enter for progression counseling. Finally, faculty have volunteered to participate in Inside Track Success Coaching Program under the aegis of a DOL grant whereby nursing students who voluntarily
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