Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

STUDENT AFFAIRS STRATEGIC PLANCommittee Members:Kay Baker (Chair)Kathy ScrivnerRhonda YoungerSuzette CardinGayle EarlyJan FredricksonCommittee Guest:Janina Montero, Vice Chancellor for Student AffairsForward:The committee’s responsibility was to identify student issues in relationship to recruitment,retention and other areas involving students. There were many discussions about the MECN(master’s entry clinical nurse) program. The committee does support the concept of the program,but recognizes that the MECN program will not assist in immediately increasing any our currentprograms. In the long run, perhaps another pathway will allow the MECN students to achieve theadvanced practice role either as a post-master’s to our current program or somehowincorporating the Doctor of Nurse Practice role. Therefore, the committee focused on our currentapproved programs in their strategic planning.I. Increase Qualified Applicants For The Master’s ProgramA. RN’s with a non-nursing bachelor’s1) Objective: Re-establish the program for RN’s with non-BSN degree to go directly into themaster’s program2) Rationale: These students already have an undergraduate degree, can be successful at theuniversity level and have directed goals. The student’s transcript could be evaluated to see ifthey have enough credits and science courses and they could enter into the master’s program.The school had this program before and it could be reestablished again.3) Benefits: It would increase the applicant pool for the current master’s program.4) Current Status: Currently we make these students enter the bridge program.5) Strategies:a) Advertisingb) Mailings,c) Attendance at conferences,d) Create new brochures6) Measurement Indicators: The MSN applicant pool would increase234