Northwest Florida State College RN to BSN Nursing Program

Key Element I-D
Roles of the faculty and students in the governance of the program are clearly defined and
enable meaningful participation.
Nursing faculty members enjoy a clearly defined role in program governance at two levels.
First, all program goals, outcomes, content, and requirements are developed, reviewed and
evaluated by nursing faculty members through participation on Department of Nursing
Committees. Second, the review, approval and implementation of faculty-developed program
components (e.g. admission criteria, courses, graduation requirements, student outcomes, etc.) is
conducted by groups which include significant participation by nursing faculty. All nursing
faculty members serve on the NAC and two nursing faculty members, plus the Associate Dean
for Nursing and Allied Health, serve on the College Curriculum Committee. Nursing faculty
also serve on other college standing committees (e.g. Copyright Committee, College Success
Committee, etc.), whose missions may be more global than the interests of a single program, but
whose actions and recommendations may affect BSN students. The relationship among the
department committees, the faculty as a whole and the college standing committees is one of
support and exchange, where groups and individuals cooperate, sharing information and opinions
in an effort to reach the best decisions. Figure 2.0 presents a graphic of this governance system
and Appendix G contains a description of the responsibilities of each departmental committee.
Figure 2.0 BSN Program Governance
Associate Dean,
Nursing/Allied
Health
Director of
Nursing
Nursing
Advisory
Committee
Nursing
Curriculum
Committee
Entire Nursing
Faculty
(
Nursing Evaluation
and Assessment
Committee
Nursing Student
Affairs
Committee
Various
College
Standing
Committees
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