Northwest Florida State College RN to BSN Nursing Program

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student in clinical exit conferences. Final course grades are communicated to the students via US mail and electronically through the online RaiderNet service. After comprehensive analysis of student performance through course grades, performance on selected activities and examinations within those courses, feedback from clinical preceptors, and related assessment strategies during the past two years of upper division nursing instruction, faculty determined that students needed additional support in selected areas if they were to meet expected outcomes and program goals. Faculty learned the following through this review process: 1) although students must satisfy the writing component of general education prior to program admission, many still need to build writing and critical thinking skills; 2) competencies in pediatric nursing were weaker than in other areas, due in part to the limited pediatric clinical experiences available in this relatively low population density region; 3) results of course content evaluated through group projects were less reliable than results obtained through alternate methods; and 4) student demonstration of the critical thinking skills inherent in health assessment was weaker than needed to achieve program outcomes. Accordingly, the faculty implemented the following program enhancements to counteract the findings: • Additional assignments and activities designed to build writing skills were added to NUR 3080 Dimensions of Baccalaureate Nursing Practice, NUR 4165 Evidencebased Practice: Incorporating Nursing Research, and NUR 4827 Nursing Leadership and Management. • A workshop on the APA writing style was added as an optional element of the first semester curriculum. • Group projects in NUR 3080 Dimensions of Baccalaureate Nursing Practice and NUR 4165 Evidence-based Practice: Incorporating Nursing Research were restructured to ensure individual students can be held accountable for participation and mastery. • Clinical sites and assignments were realigned to ensure an appropriate variety and level of pediatric experiences. • Additional activities using the adult patient simulator (following additional training and preparation time for faculty) were incorporated into NUR 4165 Evidence-based Practice: Incorporating Nursing Research to strengthen student assessment skills. Northwest Florida State College Self-Study Report for the BSN Program, August 20, 2008 Page 46 of 59
Term-by-Term Review of Student Progress The second area of performance evaluation involves the periodic review of student progress through the program. This effort includes a term-by-term review of four primary performance indicators: 1) student success rates in each course taught during the term, where success is defined as completion of the course with a “C” or higher; 2) student performance on course final examinations or other culminating course activity, 3) individual cumulative upper division student GPAs; 4) course and program retention rates, where retention is defined as the student’s being in good academic standing and still enrolled in the program; and 5) student progress toward degree completion per the college degree audit system The process and forms used to conduct this review are included in the Student Handbook. Table 7.0, which follows, summarizes these activities, indicators (benchmarks) and actions/interventions pursued if benchmarks are not met. Northwest Florida State College Self-Study Report for the BSN Program, August 20, 2008 Page 47 of 59
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