Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

MECN students complete a total of 75 academic credits in theory courses, 2 academic credits/60laboratory hours and 29 academic credits/870 clinical hours and complete a comprehensive examinationto attain a MSN degree. Approved by the California BRN, graduates are eligible to take the NCLEX tobe certified as an RN after completion of the program, as well as be eligible to take the Clinical NurseLeader (CNL) certification exam developed under the auspices of the AACN. The first class of 52MECN students graduated in spring and summer of 2008. We anticipate that these graduates will practicein a variety of acute care and community settings.1. Goals, Rationale, Structure. The goal of the MECN program is to produce nurse generalistswith special leadership skills and cultural competency; and who assume accountability for healthcareoutcomes for a specific group of clients through the assimilation and application of evidence-basedinformation. The curriculum meets the requirements as outlined by the AACN, for Master’s entryprograms; specifically liberal arts and science prerequisites and coursework which includes graduate levelpathophysiology, pharmacology and health assessment. In addition, our required coursework includes theAACN mandated five Institute of Medicine health professions core competency areas of: qualityimprovement, interdisciplinary team care, patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, and use ofinformatics. The Table below provides the Proposed Curriculum sequence for MECN Students.Proposed Curriculum for MECN Students (Total Units=102)First YearFallN250 Social JusticeN252 Primary PreventionN254A MECN Role/FundN254B Fundamentals labN230APathophysiology ITotalUnits5541217WinterN174 Physical AssessmentN225A Pharmacology IN230B Pathophysiology IINC260 Secondary PreventN266 Health Care SystemsTotalUnits4324417SpringN204 ResearchN225B Pharmacology IINC255 Mental HealthN269QualityImprovementN461*MentalHealth PractTotalUnits4234215SummerN262 Tertiary Prevent IN462* Obstetrics PractN463* Med Surg GeroPractTotal72413Second YearFallN265 Tertiary Prevent IIN268 Care Systems(Ind)N464* Pediatrics PractN465* Med Surg GeroPractTotalUnits742417WinterN171C Public HealthN171D Public Health PractN258 ClinicalPractResearchN267 Health PolicyN256 InformaticsTotalUnits3323213SpringN467 Clinical ImmersionTotal**Clinical courses pending revision (unit/title changes to better reflect content).Units12122. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Program. For clinical courses, this program utilizes aClinical Partnership with 11 hospitals in the Los Angeles area, including: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Del Amo Psychiatric Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, HarborUCLA Medical Center, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, Santa Monica-UCLA MedicalCenter and Orthopedic Hospital, Saint John’s Health Center, Torrance Memorial Hospital, RonaldReagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA–Mattel Children’s Hospital and Veterans Administration MedicalCenter. Each partner hospital has one or more appointed Clinical Liaisons (CLs) (such as nurse managers,14