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 [email protected]
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