Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

7) Resources and Cost: We would have to advertise this. The faculty and staff would need toevaluate the transcripts. In the past we have asked the students to take epidemiology,statistics, and community/public health if needed. Unsure if any clinical might be needed. Ifwe approved this option we will need to create a business plan for a self-supporting programor speak with UCLA Extension.8) Time Line: admit in 2006 or 2007B. Establish a generic bachelor’s program1) Objective: to reestablish the generic undergraduate program2) Rationale: will allow high school students to enter the UC system or currently enrolledstudents to transfer into nursing.3) Benefits: will have a major positive impact on increasing the applicant pool for our currentMSN program. Will provide baccalaureate prepared nurses for the bedside. Will increasethe applicant pool ultimately for the PhD program.4) Current status: needs to be implemented5) Strategies: establish a task force to discuss possibility of getting federal grants support andlocal hospital support.6) Measurement indicators: will be established7) Resources and cost: the resources would be faculty, staff, space and extra workload forcurrent staff. It would be costly in the short run, bur very effective in the long run.8) Time line: if the money is provided by the Office of the President at an acceptable amount,we could open this program in fall of 2006.C. RN-BS ProgramD.1) Objective: Establish a task force to explore the feasibility of having a RN-BS completionprogram.2) Rationale: A number of students want to continue their bachelor’s degree at UCLA, but donot have the clinical experience to be able to matriculate into the master’s program. Thiswould allow students who are enrolled in an AD program to continue on for their BS degree.They could then work for several years for bedside experience and then apply to the master’sprogram. We would give preference to those students who could matriculate immediatelyinto the master’s program, but taking some students without hospital experience and stillallow them to get a bachelor’s degree at UCLA and become part of the applicant pool for thefuture.3) Benefits: This would encourage students to continue their degree, increase the applicant poolfor the current MSN program, but not commit the school to accept students who don’t haveenough clinical experience to enter the master’s program.4) Current Status: Currently, we only accept those students who have clinical experience andgo immediately into the MSN program.5) Strategies: To make clear to the applicants that if they do not have clinical experience, theywould get their BS degree and be recommended to reapply for the MSN at a later date.6) Measurement Indicators: The number of applicants for the MSN program from our BS poolwould increase.235