College of Nursing Academic and Student

Affairs UpdateFall 2013

Patty Cowan, PhD, RN

Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

Academic and Student Affairs

Patty Cowan Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

Roylynn GermainAdministrative

Coordinator

Lyniel Smith Coordinator

Academic Affairs

Jamie Overton Director,

Student Affairs

Daniel McGarryEducational Coordinator

To be hiredRecruitment Coordinator

Be More, Expect More Branding Marketing

– TV Ads– Billboards– Magazines:– Facebook Ads– TN Nurse– CON Facebook page– Open houses– Online overviews

Television Ads

BSN TV ad

https://www.uthsc.edu/tvcommercials/nursing-bsn-program.php

Or

https://www.uthsc.edu/nursing/photo_gallery/

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

Voluntary–Concerned with: quality and integrity of the whole institution Institution’s achievement of its own mission, goals, and expected

outcomes

Continuous quality improvement process --see how standards are meet, identify areas for improvement and implementing plans to improve our outcomes

Must have institutional accreditation to: receive federally-funded grants and student aid AND and to seek discipline specific (professional) accreditation for programs

such as nursing, medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy.

Institutional Accreditation

SACS requested UTHSC separate from “Big Orange”

Why? Different missions, student body, funding

Process: 2012-2015 Application-initial June 2013; financial audit required.

So initial for us as well as with “Big Orange” Compliance Report Final Report On-site review

SACS Accreditation

Faculty credentialing

Evaluate student learning outcomes by program

Course descriptions, outcomes, syllabi

Tracking of “score card” data -education, research, practice, and public service as well as development, efficiency.

CON Activities for SAC Accreditation

Accrediting Body: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)

Continuous Improvement Progress Report (CIPR) for DNP program submitted 2012 (approved in 2013)

Substantive Change Document sent to CCNE October 2013: Reactivated BSN program Course changes in DNP curriculum and part-time DNP concentration changes CON missions/goals

College of NursingProgram Accreditation

DNP Program Self-study (due Dec. 2013)

CCNE Standards:

I. Program Quality: Mission and Governance

II. Program Quality: Institutional and Resources

III. Program Quality: Curriculum and Teaching-Learning Practices

IV. Program Effectiveness: Assessment and Achievement of Program Outcomes

DNP Program Accreditation

Examine website-now Review electronically submitted self-study report Make site visit- Feb. 3-5, 2014

Meet with faculty, students, CON administration,UTHSC administration, community partners, advisory, alumni

Review resource documents Exit session – all invited

Full report detailing adherence to standards and recommendations made regarding reaccreditation

Board determination of accreditation Fall 2014

CCNE Review

CCNE Third-Party Comments

Submit written, third-party comment about the UTHSC DNP Program to:

Catherine Sneed, Accreditation Coordinator, at csneed@aacn.nche.edu

Or mail comments to:Catherine Sneed, Accreditation Coordinator

Commission on Collegiate Nursing EducationOne Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530

Washington, DC 20036

Other Accreditation Activities MSN program:

Mid-cycle review (CIPR) in 2014. CCNE Self-Study report 2018.

BSN program: Initial accreditation Self-Study report February-

May 2014. Requesting initial CCNE accreditation site visit

September 2014. Full TN Board of Nursing approval Spring 2015.

PhD Program

2013 Admissions: 3 new, 1 returning Total Enrollment Fall 2013:

15 enrolled students 1 on leave

May 2012 graduate: Marie Gill

December 2013 graduate: Carrie Plummer

Carrie PlummerHartford

Pre-Doctoral Award

PhD Students Awards

Loretta Alexia Williams Jonas Nurse

Leadership Scholar

Ansley Stanfill NINR-NRSA & SNRS Grants; Post-Doc at

U of Pittsburgh.

Y’esha WeeksSREB Doctoral

Scholar

Rebecca GravesLEND Trainee

STTI chapter grantDown Syndrome

Society Award

Jennifer HittMS Nurses

Foundation Grant

Melody WallerAACN/J&J Minority

Nurse Faculty Scholar

Samantha RansoneUTAA Joe & Pat

Johnson Scholarship