Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12
The Hartnell Nursing Program is fortunate to have many sources of financial support. Several
grants have been received by the Nursing Department, including a unique Evening/Weekend
Year-Round Program. Seven students graduated from this program in December 2011 after
completing a 17-month course of study. Another grant supports a new Nurse Residency
Program. This program allows newly-graduated RNs to work with a preceptor in a partnering
hospital for six months, which is a recent recommendation of the ―Institute of Medicine‘s
Future of Nursing‖ report. (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Oct 2011). Additionally,
Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System has been financially supportive of the program,
donating adjunct faculty and administrative salary support, supplies and equipment, and a
full-time faculty salary stipend. Recently, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors
approved $175,000 to support Hartnell‘s nursing programs for 2012-13. Each of the
supervisors commended the college and Natividad Medical Center for demonstrating
excellent cooperation and collaboration.
The Nursing Program‘s Advisory Committee is composed of representatives from local
hospitals, clinics, and health care agencies, and meets one to two times a year with the entire
nursing faculty. Additionally, faculty for each course are in frequent communication with
agency directors regarding scheduling of clinical placements, appropriate assignments based
on student learning outcomes, influences of regulatory agencies in student learning, and
troubleshooting issues as they arise. (II.A.68)
In fall 2009, the nursing program moved to Main Campus after having spent several years in
an office building adjacent to Natividad Medical Hospital. The new campus building has
state-of-the-art skills lab facilities and smart classrooms. Student learning is facilitated with
computerized textbooks, online testing, and high-fidelity simulation equipment.
During the past two years, the nursing faculty has been engaged in curriculum redesign,
program evaluation, and professional development, in addition to teaching nursing courses.
New mission, vision and values statements and major curriculum changes were approved by
the BRN and the college Curriculum Committee in 2011. (II.A.69) The RN program has
been approved by the California State Board of Nursing through 2014, with a midterm
review scheduled in February 2012. Following completion of the RN program, students
receive an Associate of Science degree and are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN exam.
Evaluation of the program is most readily captured by reviewing NCLEX-RN pass rates and
by comparing scores on benchmark exams for each semester. (II.A.70)
NCLEX-RN Pass Rates for First Time Testers
Spring 2008 to Spring 2011
Semester # Graduated % Pass Rate National Average (Pass Rate)
Sp 2008
Sp 2009
Sp 2010
Sp 2011
18
32
37
52
94%
84%
92%
95%
88%
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