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Nursing Issues & Resolution

Institutional Research: April 2008

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Issue: Communication

• Dr. Denise Maguire was introduced to the Sarasota-Manatee Nursing Education Consortium at the June and July meetings.

• Although her teaching schedule did not permit her to attend the Fall 2007 meetings, she has regularly attended meetings this spring.

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Issue: Course Delivery

• Blended courses are again being offered in the RN to BS program & 3 courses are being taught live at USF S-M or MCC.– Enrollment was higher in web courses.– Only 4 enrolled in live pharmacology.

• Students can mix and match the on-line program with the blended courses if they choose.

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Issue: Clinical Nurse Leader

• The CNL program is now on hold for new admissions, due to low enrollment.– Hospitals each have a different interpretation of the

role, and many are not employing the CNL.

• Core Courses are being taught face-to-face on the Sarasota-Manatee Campus via video-conference.

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Issue: Redesign of CNL

• The CON is re-evaluating the CNL curriculum to better meet the needs of partner hospitals. A Task Force has met once. Additional community members are welcome.

• Dr. Maguire was recently appointed as Director of the CNL program.

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Issue: Nursing Advising

• Mary Poe, College of Nursing, alternates between the USF Sarasota-Manatee Campus and the MCC Bradenton Campus every Tuesday from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm.– She is busy, but the calendar is never completely filled.

• Appointments are scheduled through the USF Sarasota-Manatee Office of Student Services at (941) 359-4330.

• Students scheduling appointments at MCC through USF should call (941)752-5526 to confirm a day before their appointment.

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Issue: USF Website

Website revisions have been made. Here are links:

Nursing information:http://www.sarasota.usf.edu/AcademicAffairs/Documents/CollegeofNursing/Nursing.htm

Nursing appointments: http://www.sarasota.usf.edu/AcademicAdvising/documents/AAAppointments.htm

Nursing advising dates:http://www.sarasota.usf.edu/AcademicAdvising/documents/NursingAdvising.pdf

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Issue: USF Website

To find nursing courses on the website:

http://www.sarasota.usf.edu/

(Home page click on “class schedule”)

http://www.registrar.usf.edu/ssearch/search.php

(select “Sarasota” for campus)

http://www.registrar.usf.edu/ssearch/search.php

(select “Nursing” for college)

All nursing courses for the USF S-M and MCC campuses display.

 

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Issue: Joint USF-MCC Admissions

• MCC and USF are working to finalize the process of joint admission.

• The College of Nursing (CON) has made this option available to students, announced at the March Education Consortium meeting.

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Issue: Tuition Deferment Process

• The hospital representative responsible for tuition approval may contact: – Gabriella Vega, Financial Aid, gvega@sar.usf.edu

at (941)359-4622

• USF requires a list of the nursing students, and a promise from the facility to pay directly to USF in order to receive a deferral.

• Announced at the March Education Consortium.

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Issue: Needs Assessment

• Survey of 8500 Sarasota and Manatee County RNs by USF Tampa College of Nursing (See summary in appendix).

• Survey of nursing directors by USF Sarasota-Manatee Institutional Research (See summary in appendix).

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Issue: Recruitment

• The CON has an extensive recruitment plan.

• Prospective nursing students are entered into the USF S-M recruitment database and sent information through Student Services.

• Admission information videos on the web.• USF S-M Info Sessions.• Career fairs & info sessions at hospitals.

– CON turned away from many hospitals due to solicitation policy.

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Issue: Orientation

• One orientation session for new nursing students is held prior to every semester (Fall, Spring, Summer) on the USF Sarasota-Manatee Campus.– Students who are admitted are notified of the orientation by mail

in their letter of admittance.– Most recent announced in the Feb Education Consortium mtg.

• Contact Dr. Denise Maguire for information:dmaguire@health.usf.edu

(813) 396-9962 or cell (727) 515-3126

Issue: Applications

CON Tampa Admissions Recruiter/Advisor

Diane Horton

(813) 974-4185

dhorton@mail.usf.edu

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Issue: Nursing Education Funding• Sarasota philanthropist Leona Hughes established The Lewis and

Leona Hughes Endowed chair in Nursing Informatics for the USF College of Nursing in the early 90’s. Its founding chair, Dr. Linda Moody, recently retired.

• Sarasota resident  Beatrice Thompson endowed a gift to USF Nursing.

• Manatee Memorial Hospital Foundation & Auxiliary gifted  to enhance and complete the new USF Sarasota-Manatee  campus, which houses offices and multi-use classrooms for Nursing administration, faculty, and students.

•  Nursing scholarships for local USF students were endowed by the Manatee Memorial Hospital Foundation & Auxiliary.

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Issue: Nursing Education Funding

• Ensuring enough Nursing faculty is the current need at USF Sarasota-Manatee.

• SMH has offered their Ph.D. nurses as adjunct faculty. • USF Sarasota-Manatee  applied for $995,000 in federal

appropriations.

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Issue: Nursing Education Funding

GRANT REQUEST:

Faculty & Support Staff

1 full-time director

2 full-time faculty

1 advisor/recruiter

1 office manager

4 adjunct instructors

Patient Simulation Lab (METI)

Videoconferencing Classroom

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Issue: Nursing Education Funding

Timeline, if grant funded:

Fall 2008 Hire director, advisor/recruiter, office manager.

Start faculty searches.

Spring 2009 Construct Patient Simulation Lab & Videoconferencing Classroom

May 2009 Start classes, Summer Session 2009 Request second-year funding for 09-10

2010 Request third-year funding for 10-11

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Appendix

1. USF College of Nursing Survey Summary

2. USF Sarasota-Manatee Nursing Survey Summary

3. List of Courses offered Spring, Summer, Fall in Nursing

March 2008Reported April 18, 2008

Denise Maguire, PhD, RN

RN Survey

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Demographics

• Sent to 8500 RNs in– Manatee, Sarasota, DeSoto, Hardee, Charlotte– Distributed to nursing students at MCC, Keiser

• 608 respondents (7% of sample)– 513 females; 29 males, 66 missing– 95% White; 25% Hispanic/Latino

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Demographics

Preparation Percent

RN / AS or ADN 42.6%

RN / BS in nursing 25.5%

RN / non-nursing BS 13.7%

ARNP with MS 7%

RN / MSN 6.7%

RN / non nursing grad MS 4.5%

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Age

20-30 16.5%

31-40 16.9%

41-50 29.4%

51+ 37.3%

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County of Residence

Sarasota 48.7%

Manatee 45.2%

Pinellas, Charlotte, Desoto, Hillsborough,

Hardee

5.2%

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Would you further your career?

Males Females Total

Yes 89.3% 76.8% 73.5*

* Missing data

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Which concentration?

Nursing Education 22.8%

CRNA 18.2%

Adult NP 11.6%

Family NP 11.2%

Health Systems Leadership 9.7%

CNL 7.3%

Pediatric NP 7.3%

Acute Care NP 4.9%

Psych NP 3.6%

Occupational Health 2.7%

Oncology NP 0.6%26

When will you begin?

Fall 2008 44%

Spring 2009 41.%

Summer 2008 14.3%

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Program delivery preference?

Blended 57.8%

Web 29.3%

Live 12.9%

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Nursing Questionnaire

Results: March 2008

Institutional Research

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Responders

• Englewood Community Hospital

• Lakewood Ranch Medical Center

• Manatee Memorial Hospital

• Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

• Venice Regional Medical Center

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Nurses Currently EmployedTotal # Employed 2,441*

RN 1,569

BSN 372

MSN/MBA 52

Ph.D. 4

Other: Diploma, Foreign-Trained 150

*Due to inconsistent reporting on the questionnaire, categories do not add up to “Total number of nurses employed at your hospital/facility” as provided by the contact people.

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Nursing Program EnrollmentTotal # taking courses now with highest education as:

543* % at USF

MCC Nursing Program

353** na

RN 98 9%

BSN 61 49%

MSN 31 71%

*190 hold RN & higher.**75% of MCC students in RN program plan to go on for BSN.

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Other Nursing Programs with Enrollments of Nurses

• Ball State University – on-line RN to BSN & MSN• Columbia Southern – grad certificate in Healthcare Management,

no nursing• St. Joseph’s (Maine) – on-line RN to BSN, RN to MSN, MSN• St. Petersburg College – on-line & face-to-face RN to BSN• Nova Southeastern University – on-line or blended RN to BSN

(18 months)• Webster University – No nursing on Sarasota campus or on-line• Florida State University – on-line RN to BSN• University of Florida – some MSN web courses• University of Tampa – face-to-face RN to BSN & MSN• University of Phoenix- on-line RN to BSN & MSN

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Interested in Enrolling N=185Face-to-Face/Online Preference

Highest Education currently is:

FTF Online Blended

RN (for BSN) 34 55 53

BSN (for MSN) 20 23 0

MSN (for other) 0 2 0

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Projected Nursing Hires

Total #

in typical year

386

RN 280

BSN 97

MSN 9

Ph.D. 0

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Demand for RNs in Suncoast Region: 2006-14*

• 5th highest occupation for projected growth 1,731 nurses needed from 2006-14.

• Annual growth projection = 343 63% due to growth 37% replacements

• “. . .demand for registered nurses (RNs) and licensed professional nurses (LPNs) continues, which ensures that investment in health care training is still a good idea for many Suncoast workers.” p. 43

*State of the Workforce 2007: Suncoast Florida, Suncoast Workforce Board website.

Sarasota-Manatee Nursing Courses

Now Registering:

Summer 2008

Fall 2008

Preliminary:

Spring 2009

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Summer 2008 Nursing Courses**Currently registering.

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REF# PRX CRS# SEC TITLE CR STATUS SEATS DAYS TIME

54127 NGR 6199  561  Pharmacology for Adv Practice SARASOTA VIDEOCONFERENCE W/CRN 52581  

3  Open 12 W 09:00am-12:50pm

54113 NGR 6800  561  Nursing Research SARASOTA VIDEOCONFERENCED W/TAMPA, CRN 52876  

3  Open 5 W 01:00pm-04:50pm

54081 NUR 3066  561  Physical Exam & AssessmentSARASOTA STUDENTS. Meets at Manatee CC, Rm 139.  Students must also register for CRN 53974.  

2  Open 15 T 03:00pm-05:50pm

52558 NUR 3805  561  Educat Trasnsit for Regist Nur SARASOTA STUDENTS  

3  Open 28 T 11:00am-02:50pm

Fall 2008 Nursing Courses**Currently registering.

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REF#PRX CRS#

SEC TITLE CR STATUS SEATS DAYS

TIME

88097 NGR 6135 

560  Ethical/Legal Policy IssuesVideo-conferenced w/USF-TAMPA.

3  Open 4 W 01:00pm-03:50pm

86041 NUR 3066 

560  Physical Exam & Assessment SARASOTA RNs only. Blended course (on-site and on-line)  Meeting dates/times/location TBA. Must also register for  CRN 84541  

2  Open 17   TBA

84541 NUR 3066L 

560  Clinical Exper in Hlth Assm RNSARASOTA RNs only who must also register for CRN 86041.  Class meets at Manatee Comm Coll.

1  Open 17 T 04:00pm-05:50pm

88100 NUR 3125 

560  Pathophysiology for Nursing Pr SARASOTA STUDENTS  

4  Open 18   TBA

88052 NUR 3805 

561  Educat Trasnsit for Regist Nur SARASOTA STUDENTS. Blended course (on-site and on-line). 

3  Open 15   TBA

88053 NUR 3826 

563  Eth Legl Asp Nur & Health Care SARASOTA STUDENTS. Blended course (on-site and on-line). 

3  Open 13   TBA

86032 NUR 4165 

562  Nursing Inquiry SARASOTA STUDENTS. Blended course (on-site and on-line).    

3  Open 23   TBA

Spring 2009 Nursing Courses**Preliminary-Subject to change.

REF#PRX CRS

#SEC TITLE

CRSTATUS SEATS DAYS TIME

15013 NUR 3066 561  Physical Exam & Assessment SARASOTA STUDENTS. Meets at Manatee CC, Rm 139.  Blended course (on-line and on-site)  Co-req: CRN 15014  

2 Open 20 T 01:00pm-

02:50pm

15014 NUR 3066L 

561  Clinical Exper in Hlth Assm RN SARASOTA STUDENTS. Meets at Manatee CC, Rm 155.  Day/time TBA. Co-req: CRN 15013.  

1 Open 20 T 03:00pm-

04:50pm

15959 NUR 3805 560  Educat Trasnsit for Regist Nur SARASOTA STUDENTS  Blended course.  

3 Open 20 T 01:00pm-

03:50pm

14946 NUR 4165 560  Nursing Inquiry SARASOTA STUDENTS  Blended course.  

3 Open 35 T TBA

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