DDual Degree Integrated ual Degree Integrated ProgramProgram

DDIPCCC/SUNY PBAKA: Smarticulation

Need from you:

Affirmation of the program’s academic soundness.

Bugs yet to be worked out:

Where go the credits? Where goes the money? FTE’s/Tuition

Cross registration?

MOUMOUBugs worked out through MOU> In progress

Background: Why this Background: Why this Smarticulation?Smarticulation?1. BSN in 10 legislation2. Aiken Study 20033. National Initiative: IOM report:

The Future of Nursing: Leading Change and Advancing Health

4. Local Initiative: CVPH preferential hiring practice

5. Impending nursing shortage6.?Future of CCC Nursing

Planning for the inevitablePlanning for the inevitableGoing from competition to

collaborationChairs from SUNY PB & CCC

convened 2011 to do what we saw was right for this community.

The agreementThe agreement3+1 agreementYears 1-3 @ CCCYear 4 @ SUNY PBDual admission in first yearEarn AD degree after third yearNCLEX after third year Earn BS degree after fourth year.Integration into years 1-3

CreditsCreditsTransfer up to 67 non-nursing credits.

34-38 CCC nursing credits validated by NCLEX pass and completion of NUR 350.

SupportSupportBoth administrationsCVPHSUNY CentralSED

Win-WinWin-WinSUNY PB: pipeline of studentsCVPH & the Community: pipeline

of well prepared nursing graduates

Profession: Advancement of nursing

Thank you for your time and consideration!