Villanova Nursing's The State of the College: 2018-2023

THE STATE OF THE COLLEGE: 2018–2023

COMING HOME Over the past five years, I have been honored and humbled to come home to Villanova University’s M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing as the fourth dean to partner with our community to continue to “spiral upwards.” Villanova offers the perfect environment, cloaked in the spirit of truth, unity and love, to educate professional nurses for a noble career of service, education and the pursuit, and application, of knowledge to support betterment for humankind. Without a doubt, it has been a pleasure to partner with our exceptional teacher-scholars, gifted staff and talented students to shape the future of health care for our nation. It has been a privilege to come home to the College of Nursing and to join in this important endeavor.

Villanova’s College of Nursing played a key role in my personal and professional development as a graduate student, and one that I am eager to repay. All Villanova faculty clearly take student mentoring seriously. My Villanova faculty mentors have remained close throughout my career, even now as I serve as the dean of this outstanding College. I thank all of them for their wisdom, guidance and friendship across the years.

A vital component of my preparation for the deanship was provided by my predecessor Dr. M. Louise Fitzpatrick—the third dean of the College of Nursing. Our College now carries her name, reflecting her impact across nearly 40 years of service.

As all who are reading this can well imagine, Dr. Fitzpatrick was always providing her special guidance and advice while promoting entrée to key leaders in the profession whom “HER” students “needed to know.” During my doctoral program, I had the good fortune to complete a “dean residency” with Dr. Fitzpatrick. Indeed, she prepared me well for my three-year journey as the Interim Dean a large R1 research university and for my homecoming to Villanova in 2018. I believe that she would be pleased by what the College has accomplished over the past five years, while remaining true to its heritage.

Part of my eagerness to return home was related to my restlessness to get on with my life journey…to work with capable and courageous groups that are rooted in important values, yet they are also restless to “become.” For me, this meant partnering with the Villanova community to build on the College’s rich foundation to promote betterment in the world. St. Augustine’s teachings and words shape our actions every day and we are intent on becoming what we are not yet. It IS GOOD to be part of a university and a college of nursing that authentically embrace Catholic Augustinian values while spiraling upward. Our new strategic plan, approved in the 2022-2023 academic year, serves as a guide for our journey and is described on the following pages.

My role as a dean centers on strategic leadership, excellence in academic programs, faculty and staff development, research and scholarship, student success and engagement, community and industry partnerships, and financial and resource management. This does not happen in isolation. Our College is blessed to have attracted faculty and staff with the minds and hearts to carry out our mission together in brave and bold ways.

As we created, and now live, our new 2023-2026 strategic plan, it is a pleasure to stand shoulder to shoulder with our students, staff and faculty—exceptional people—to create magic and Ignite Change!

As you will see in this document, during the past five years we have realized numerous accomplishments. With great courage, our community persevered in the midst of a pandemic, never losing sight of our mission. For example, we have increased faculty and staff numbers, added several new, innovative and much needed programs (such as our Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner track in the Graduate Program), received funding for research endeavors, achieved national recognition and status in multiple areas, celebrated numerous faculty inducted into prestigious honorary societies and appointed to influential boards, reflected faculty and staff achievements through compensation study outcomes, and gratefully acknowledged the generous gifts bestowed upon our college by our loyal and supportive benefactors. For certain, the Fitzpatrick College of Nursing community IS igniting change.

Thank you, Villanova Nursing, for inviting me to be your fourth College of Nursing dean and to take this pilgrimage with you to create new meaning about ourselves, others, higher education in nursing and advancement for humanity. We ARE becoming what we are not yet.

Donna S. Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor

SUCCESSES IN NUMBERS 2024 US News & World Report

2027

Interdisciplinary Students Minoring in

3 Presidential Scholars

2018-2019 academic year

Nursing Programs

#23

in the nation

140

Class of

Best Undergraduate

Global Health, a 47% increase since

94 Students 8 Honors Students

#1

Over

113

among 84 undergraduate nursing programs in R2 high research

200

Second Degree

Clinical Partners

doctoral universities

Accelerated BSN Students

6

339

consecutive designations as

Graduate Students

National League for Nursing Center of Excellence in Nursing Education

542

Undergraduate Students

Over

2,500

Participants in Professional Development Programs

8

Global Health Sites

CLASS OF 2022 BSN GRADUATES CAREER OUTCOMES

AMONG THE TOP CLASS OF 2022 EMPLOYERS Brigham and Women’s Hospital Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

97.5% successful placement rate

$75,035 average starting salary

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Mayo Clinic MedStar Georgetown University Hospital NYU Langone Health

Children’s National Hospital

Penn Medicine

Duke University Health System

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Main Line Health

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Massachusetts General Hospital

Yale-New Haven Hospital

DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Health Care Professional Development

NEW BSN curriculum launched Fall 2023

•N EW Certificate in Healthcare Design and Innovation (with Villanova School of Business)

• Traditional 4-year BSN

• Nurse Manager Certificate

- NEW 30-credit Honors Nursing option,

• Clinical Preceptor/Instructor Certificate

with research project

• RN Refresher Certificate

-S ummer research scholar and clinical

• NEW Advanced Practice Provider Preceptor

externship opportunities

• NEW Advanced Practice Provider Pharmacology

- NEW Fall semester sophomore year study abroad option in Dingle, Ireland

• NEW Simulation Institute

-S ophomore year study abroad option in

6 Centers and Offices

Manchester, England

• Center for Global and Public Health

• Second Degree Accelerated BSN

• MacDonald Center for Nutrition Education and

(NEW Conway Scholar funding for both options)

Research

- 1 4-month option

• Simulation and Learning Resource Center

- NEW 23-month option

• NEW Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE), one of ten Pediatric

Master of Science in Nursing and Post-graduate Certificates

Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) in the US and the first of its kind in a College of Nursing

• Nursing Education

• NEW Office for Inclusive Excellence

- NEW (pilot) Accelerated Clinical Faculty MSN in

• NEW Office of Nursing Research

Nursing Education in partnership with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia • Primary Care Nurse Practitioner: Adult-Gerontology, Family, Pediatric, and NEW Psychiatric-Mental Health options

Doctoral Post-baccalaureate Nurse Anesthesia Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) NEW DNP track (Nurse Anesthesia conversion from MSN to DNP degree) Program now solely owned and administered by the Fitzpatrick College of Nursing Post-master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) • For advanced practice nurses, nurse executives and nurse educators • Full-time, part-time, and flex options PhD in Nursing • Teacher-Scholar model • Traditional and NEW 3-year Accelerated option (NEW Conway Fellow funding)

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Rapid but thoughtful, strategic growth necessitates deliberate building of infrastructure.

It starts with people, their mission and their environment.

OUR GREATEST ASSET: OUR PEOPLE At Our Core

Teacher-Scholars

The Fitzpatrick College of Nursing is emblematic of our

“Teacher-scholar” remains at the heart of what Villanova

University’s Augustinian Mission, with the 3 words of

Nursing faculty do. They expand and share their expertise,

Villanova’s motto Veritas, Unitas, Caritas threaded through

educating first-year through doctoral students and other

all we do.

professionals while also advising, mentoring and role modeling what a nurse, a scientist and educator is. Whether

Truth is embedded in our teacher-scholar model, in our

within the walls of Driscoll Hall or beyond, their dedication

teaching and in our research and scholarship.

to the mission leads to extraordinary graduates, impactful

Unity is found within the community we build internally and the wider community we build externally through hundreds

science, innovations in many arenas and an amplification of the voice of nursing.

In recent years, among their many achievements related to

of partnerships and affiliations in the region and beyond.

research and teaching roles, faculty have designed a new

Love is at the core of the care we provide. 24/7/365.

undergraduate curriculum and also developed a workload

Internally, for our classmates, colleagues, and ourselves

policy with Boyer’s Model of Scholarship as a guiding

through our new Inclusive Excellence and Healthy Work Environment initiatives. And externally, for the underserved and the vulnerable of all ages, as we advocate, partner in health, and seek health equity and social and climate justice for individuals and populations.

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principle.

Administrative Leadership Team Donna S. Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor Bette Mariani, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN Vice Dean for Academic Affairs* Patricia K. Bradley, PhD, RN, FAAN Associate Dean, Inclusive Excellence* Bridgette M. Rice, PhD, MDiv, APRN, FAAN* Associate Dean, Research and Innovation* Anne M. Fink, PhD, RN, CNE Associate Dean, College

Building on Staff Excellence Staff support every aspect of the College. Over the past five years, staff have been promoted and positions have been added to accommodate for and facilitate the growth in the College.

They launched, and participate in, our new staff council and help lead our Healthy Work Environment committee. They attend allCollege meetings and have an option to accompany faculty on

and Student Services Catherine Lovecchio, PhD, RN* Associate Dean, Undergraduate Program

global health trips with students while facilitating logistics. Staff have personal development opportunities through events in the

Mary Terhaar,

College as well as the University. A new staff awards program is

PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN*

being launched to recognize their outstanding efforts.

Associate Dean, Graduate Program

Healthy Work Environment

Evie Lengetti,

Dean Havens is a champion for a healthy work environment

Associate Dean, Health

within the College. Throughout her over forty-year professional career, her passion, research and scholarship has focused on the importance of and the design of Healthy Work Environments for practicing nurses and for nurse faculty as a strategy to enhance satisfaction, retention and positive perceptions of work as well as positive work outcomes.

PhD, RN, NPD-BC Care Professional Development Program Maria Pavelsky, MBA Assistant Dean, Finance and Administration*

Springing forth from a lively, interactive May 2022 summit for faculty and staff arranged and supported by Dean Havens, new ideas and plans have taken shape including social events, team building, and a wellness and lactation room.

Ann Barrow McKenzie, MSN, RN Assistant Dean, Strategic Initiatives*

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*New position or appointment

STRATEGIC VISION AND PLAN Nursing’s strategic planning process led by Dean Havens and a consultant, alongside faculty and staff, began before the pandemic, was resumed after a hiatus, and completed in 2022-2023. Five key aspirations were identified for the next three years beginning in Fall 2023:

1. Become a leading presence in nursing, nationally and globally In addition to ranking #23 in the nation in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Undergraduate Nursing Programs, a new position was created for an Assistant Dean of Strategic Initiatives to oversee the plan; faculty are seeking and earning appointments to key boards, committees and academies; and a data manager position has been approved to support the work of the college and its data-driven decision making.

5 Endowed Chair and Professorships

Inductions into Prestigious Academies

• Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor

In the last five years, additional faculty have been honored with academy inductions leading to the

• Diane L. and Robert F. Moritz Endowed Chair in

following total number of faculty who have been

Nursing Research

so honored:

• Richard and Marianne Kreider Endowed

• 13 American Academy of Nursing

Professorship in Nursing of Vulnerable Populations

• 7 Academy of Nursing Education

•N EW M. Louise Fitzpatrick Endowed

• 2 American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Professorship in Nursing

• 1 Gerontological Society of America

•N EW Kreider Endowed Professorship in Health Care Simulation and Innovation

• 1 American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

4 Endowed Assistant Professorships

• 1 American College of Nurse-Midwives

•N EW Coach Bennett Endowed Assistant

• 1 Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists

Professorship

• 1 Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

•N EW Diane Foley Parrett Endowed Assistant Professorship

Recent Firsts: Competitive National External Fellowships

• NEW Eastwood Family Endowed Fund for Assistant Professors of Nursing

• Macy Faculty Scholar

• NEW Weingarten Endowed Assistant

• Betty Irene More Fellowship

Professorship

• Post-doctoral Fellowship

NEW Visiting Professorship

• Wharton/AACN Fellowship

• Howley Family Visiting Professorship in Health Care

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2. Foster an environment of Inclusive Excellence where all feel a genuine sense of belonging and a fulfilling growth experience. All feel welcomed, valued and respected.

All NEW Initiatives include: • Named inaugural Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence (ADIE) • Created office budget, with administrative and student support; donor funds also support this

3. Be the nursing learning environment of choice for faculty, staff, students and employers to educate and launch the next generation of practice-ready nurses.

office and its work – $2.5 million Conway Scholar funding for Pell-eligible students—50 students/year ’23-’28 – Gertrude Skelly Hardship Funds

Reflecting its status, the College continues its

– Various donor funded student support

National League for Nursing designation as a

• Developing Inclusive Excellence Advisory Board

Center of Excellence in Nursing Education.

• Consulting on all FCN searches and coordinating

• Simulation and Learning Resource Center

work with Villanova’s Office of Diversity, Equity

– NEW Endorsed by the International Nursing

and Inclusion via ADIE

Association of Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL)

• Developed Social Justice and Health Equity in Professional Nursing curriculum

– NEW Provisional Accreditation from the Society of Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) (first step in

• Student-founded groups: Men in Nursing and

full accreditation that will be pursued in 2024)

Multicultural Student Nurses Organization (MSNO)

• Developing state of the science curricula, teaching

• Established Healthy Work Environment

methodologies and learning spaces continues

Committee and held College summit

• Ensuring College recognition as leader in

• Hosted FCN Alumni of Color event in spring 2023 and organized celebration lunches, breakfasts

pioneering technology and simulation in the

and teas, with more activities to come

teaching and learning experience • Recognizing faculty as nationally distinguished

The Work Continues

leaders and scientists in the education of nurses and the scholarship of teaching—we “educate the

Number of incoming students who identify as racially diverse 2020 2021

33 34

2022

educators” •N EW Expanding Innovative Nursing Education (INE) model launched in partnership with Main

Average of 10 men per class.

Line Health •N EW Piloting programs in academic-health care partnership for accelerated MSN for clinical faculty

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and creating programs for clinical preceptors •N EW Partnering with industry leaders to beta test virtual reality programs in Simulation and Learning

Faculty and Staff Ethnicity

Resource Center

• Staff: 19% identify as racially diverse

•N EW Creating virtual gaming simulations

• Faculty: 15% identify as racially diverse

• Increasing innovation opportunities for faculty,

• 5.4% male faculty

staff and students

Nationally, 19.2% of full-time U.S. nursing faculty identify as racially diverse, and 7.4% are male, per AACN 2021 Annual Survey.

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STRATEGIC VISION AND PLAN CONTINUED

4. Elevate engagement with new and current partners to advance transformative and sustainable partnerships to ignite change in education, research, practice and policy.

5. Advance a bold and ambitious Nursing research agenda to impact science, education, practice and policy.

Build the NEW Infrastructure and Initiatives:

• Searching for inaugural Howley Family Visiting

• Engaged Associate Dean of Research and

Professor in Health Care for ’23-’24

Innovation, Biostatistician, Office of Nursing

• Established dozens of new industry relationships

Research Coordinator and Deployed Research

to expand student experiences, leverage College

Administrator

expertise, and continue to innovate on multiple

• Created Operating Budget, and Research

fronts, including in the health monitoring and

Development and Innovation Grant Funds

device industries

• Raised funds including those for a COVID-19

• Collaborating with clinical partners on revolutionary evidence-based clinical practice

workforce study and an NIH-NINR grant,

experiences and creating new degree and

with future studies planned through various

certificate offerings through academic-health

foundation and organization grant funding

care partnerships

• Developed faculty workload policy to support enhanced research opportunities

• Creating additional faculty and student research collaborations with internal and external partners

• Initiated reduced teaching load for tenure track assistant professors in their first semester as well

• Partnering to provide innovative student externships, mentorship, and experiences with

as three years of research assistant support and

health care delivery organizations—local to

mentoring

global—and all sectors of the health care industry

• Established four research interest groups related to family, gerontology, simulation, and equity and

•N EW Launched award-winning WXV&U Health

justice

partnership with Villanova radio station WXVU—first in nation—and named inaugural

• Celebrated Villanova University awards bestowed

director

on three Nursing faculty for outstanding research or scholarly achievement

•N EW Hosted two post-doctoral students

• Launched Villanova ReachOut initiative,

• Continuing development of initiatives with Villanova’s Office of Veterans and Military

leveraging science, to engage older adults

Service Members

through technology and make a positive difference in their mental and physical wellness.

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE Among FCN’s areas of focus for science and innovation are:

Cancer care

Family and veteran care

Mental health

Climate change and health,

Gerontology nursing

Nursing education

environmental health

Global and public health

Nutrition and health

Elimination of maternal

Health equity

Simulation

Health services

Trauma/violence

health inequities

Build the next generation: Funding has been increased for traditional and second degree accelerated BSN students to conduct research with faculty mentors.

A Coordinator of Undergraduate Research oversees the new Honors Nursing Program and works with fellow faculty and students to match interests, create synergies and expand student development as scientists.

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PhD graduates since 2008

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DRISCOLL HALL RENOVATIONS AND ENHANCEMENTS The beauty and safety of our Villanova Nursing home, Driscoll Hall, has been enhanced over the past five years in many ways.

• The Recovery Room is now the name for our renovated 2nd floor café space with upgraded furniture, and additional electrical outlets and charging stations to enhance the student experience and facilitate collaboration.

• The Larson Kelly Auditorium was named for alumna, former Board of Consultors chair, Villanova trustee and loyal donor Christina Larson Kelly ’74 BSN who made a major investment in upgrading technology in the Simulation and Learning Resource Center (SLRC), in addition to many transformative gifts over the years.

• The Kreider Family Dean’s Suite is to be celebrated in recognition of the longtime support of Richard ’83 VSB and Marianne Kreider P ’05, ’09, ’18. He served as the inaugural chair of the College’s Board of Consultors, is a Villanova Trustee, and among other generous gifts, donated an endowed scholarship, two endowed professorships and significant research support.

• SLRC common area furniture upgrades, manikins and equipment.

– Architectural firm now working with the College to reimagine the SLRC space.

• Changing stations added to men’s restrooms.

• Safety features were added or upgraded in the form of security cameras, swipe cards, lockable spaces, and more visible fire extinguishers.

• Other office and work spaces reconfigured to meet growing needs.

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FUNDRAISING

$32.9 MiLLION Gifts & Pledges

The efforts of our College family, Advancement colleagues and our Board of Consultors, along with the generous spirit of all of our donors near and far, have allowed us to operationalize our dreams for our students and colleagues, our College, nursing education, the profession and those we serve in health

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$9.5M

and health care. Dean Havens, as a major component of her role, is dedicated to “raising friends” with up to 120 visits annually with donors, in-person events, and also virtual events she hosts for alumni, parents and friends of

$8.2M

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the College throughout the year to share news and answer questions. The partnership is powerful and the College values the faith that benefactors have

$5.7M

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in Villanova Nursing.

$4.8M

Funding Priorities

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$3.0M

• Invest in simulated and virtual learning—technology, equipment and staffing 2

• Endow new professorships

$1.7M

• Fund research to improve nursing practice and patient care • Endow new scholarships, especially for second degree and graduate students • Support inclusive excellence and psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner program

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2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024*

Fiscal year, from June 1 to May 31 *June 1 to October 1

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE “ We will become a dynamic and pioneering College of Nursing. We will proactively advance our mission, remaining grounded in our commitment to faith, equity, social justice health care and well-being. The FCN community will drive health care change by rapidly evolving to meet novel challenges, and shaping agile leaders with a global perspective who positively transform nursing and health care. Students will move forward with a deeply ingrained sense of self, and self-as-a-nurse.

These will be inspiring years, fueled by vigor and compassion. Working together, we will shape an even brighter future as a brave and brilliant voice of nursing.”

Strategic Plan 2023–2026, M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing

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