College of Nursing Academic and Student Affairs Update Fall 2013 Patty Cowan, PhD, RN Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

Academic and Student Affairs Patty Cowan Associate Dean, Academic Affairs Roylynn Germain Administrative Coordinator Lyniel Smith Coordinator Academic Affairs Jamie Overton Director, Student Affairs Daniel McGarry Educational Coordinator To be hired Recruitment Coordinator

Be More, Expect More Branding  Marketing –TV Ads –Billboards –Magazines: –Facebook Ads –TN Nurse –CON Facebook page –Open houses –Online overviews

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 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:  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 Nursing Program 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 Or mail comments to: Catherine Sneed, Accreditation Coordinator Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530 Washington, DC 20036

Other Accreditation Activities  MSN program:  Mid-cycle review (CIPR) in  CCNE Self-Study report  BSN program:  Initial accreditation Self-Study report February- May  Requesting initial CCNE accreditation site visit September  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 Plummer Hartford 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 Weeks SREB Doctoral Scholar Rebecca Graves LEND Trainee STTI chapter grant Down Syndrome Society Award Jennifer Hitt MS Nurses Foundation Grant Melody Waller AACN/J&J Minority Nurse Faculty Scholar Samantha Ransone UTAA Joe & Pat Johnson Scholarship