1. Spring 2019 UTHSC Advisory Board Meeting
College of Nursing

2. 2018-2019 CON Graduation & Enrollment
PROGRAM
GRADUATES
TOTAL ENROLLMENT
May 2018
BSN
RN BSN
DNP
RNFA
Certificate Programs
PhD 43 1 74 3
158 7
243 4 11
Total
122
424
December 2018 76 2 20
186 6
250 21 99
467
May 2019
BSN (projected)
RN BSN (projected)
DNP (projected)
RNFA (9 already counted in DNP)
PhD (projected) 33 66
100
223 10
103
353

3. Fall 2019 New Student Profile: All Programs
Students
BSN 64
RN-BSN 15
DNP 91
DNP Nurse Anesthesia 22
RNFA Certificate 6
Post DNP PMHNP Certificate 1
Post DNP Pediatric Primary Certificate 2
Post MSN AG-ACNP Certificate
TOTAL INCOMING STUDENTS
202

4. DNP New Enrollment Doctor of Nursing Practice- APRN
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) 20
Psych Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMH) 18
Acute Gero Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) 25
Dual FNP/ PMH 9
Dual FNP/ AGACNP 7
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner 1
Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner 3
Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 8
Total 91

5. New Student Demographics
CRNA
DNP/Certs
BSN
Gender
Summer 2019
Total % CRNA
Male 9
41%
Female 13
59% 22
Race
Total % in CRNA
Asian 1 5%
Black 2 9%
White 19
86%
Gender
Total % DNP/Cert
Male 14
14%
Female 87
86%
101
Race
Asian 10 6%
Black 28
28%
White 54
53%
NOT DISCLOSED 8 8%
Gender
Fall ABSN
Fall RN-BSN
Total # in BSN
Total % in BSN
Male 6 3 9
11%
Female 58 12 70
89% 64 15 79
Race
Multi-racial 1 2 3%
Black 21 7 28
35%
Hispanic 1%
White 39 46
58%
No Disclosed

6. New Students Demographics
Program
Average GPA
Average Age
BSN
3.42 26
CRNA
3.68 27
DNP
3.46
33.6
PEP
Southwest
Dyersburg
Rhodes
NORTHWEST
ST. JUDE
LeMoyne-Owen
# of Students 4 8 2

7. NCLEX & DNP Certification Pass Rates
BSN – NCLEX
# Graduates
Pass (Overall/2nd Attempt)
In Progress
42 (May 2018)
95.1%; N=39/41*
2.0%; N=1/42
76 (December 2018)
98.7%; N=75/76 (100%)
DNP – NBCRNA, ANCC, AANP, PNCB, NCC
Total
Eligible
Respondents
Pass – 1st Attempt(2nd Attempt)
Cert %
92* 83
77 (82)
92.8% (98.8%)
AGACNP (Only) 17
20*2
100%
Dual: AGACNP/FNP 3
Counted with single concentrations*
FNP 22
31*1 29 28
96.5%
PMH (Only) 11
17*3 13
Dual: PMH/FNP 6
Nurse Anesthesia 15
10 (15)
66.67% (100%)
PNP 7
NNP 2
**In progress
1: Includes graduates from Dual: AGACNP/FNP and PMH/FNP
2: Includes graduates from Dual: AGACNP/FNP
3: Includes graduates from Dual: PMH/FNP

8. Program Updates All Programs COA accreditation Curriculum Development
PhD Program
Partnership Enrollment Programs (PEPs): University of the South; St Jude
Students from other disciplines enrolling in NSG PhD Mixed Methods Research course
New Tuition Fees
BSN Program
12 mo. 2nd Degree ABSN
Certificate Programs
Transition to Concept-Based Curriculum (CBC)
Title Protection Legislation – passed both houses; waiting for governor’s signature
Consultants-Faculty Development, CBC
CCNE Accreditation (Fall 2019)
DNP Program
DNP Project
Consultant-EBP

9. Research Ongoing awards:
Dr. Anne Alexandrov NIH R01 $2.3 million/5 years
Dr. Ansley Stanfill NIH R01 $1.1 million/3 years
Dr. Randy Buddington United Therapeutics $288,000
Dr. Diane Pace site qualification from Endoceutics
Dr. Sarah Rhoads/Dr. Lacretia Carroll NIH “All of Us” $24,000
PhD student Wendy Dusenbury Sigma Theta Tau $3,000
Funding by the numbers
FY 18
FY 19
1/1/19-5/1/19
Number of grants submitted 30 14
Funding requested
$7,313,841
$13,607,860
$9,553,633
Funding awarded
$3,043,000
$27,000 $0
Funding pending review
$98,788
$9,052,950
$6,305,940

10. Center for Community and Global Partnerships Mission
Develop sustainable academic practice partnerships with health systems to advance the profession of nursing and improve health
Methodist Scholars
Health Department
Regional One De-escalation Training Grant
Nightingala/ Community Nursing Grants

11. Methodist Le Bonheur Scholars

12. Methodist Le Bonheur UTHSC Nurse Scholar Program
14 nurse scholars representing 6 Methodist Le Bonheur hospitals started the program in December 2017
Research Studies:
A New Graduate Nurse Residency Program: Factors Impacting Retention: Dissemination underway
Predictors of Uncompleted Emergency Department Care: Patients Who Leave against Medical Advice: Analysis underway
Scholars are all Co investigators
EBP: projects are in implementation phase
Developed Shared Governance Nursing Research Council

13. Shelby County Health Department Partnership: Public Health Nurse Residency Program Metrics
Partnership Expansion for Year 2
Develop a 12 month new graduate nurse residency program
Develop a post masters/doctorate public health nurse fellowship
Current Nurse Residency program will become Nurse Scholars Program, new cohort start in 2019

14. Regional One Health Partnership
Simulation Training: case scenarios for management of aggressive behaviors were developed and involved the use of standardized patients.
Training occurred on July 11, 2018 at the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation.
De-escalation simulation was videoed and is used to teach the staff
First two de-escalation training sessions for Regional One ER staff were successfully completed on September 14th and September 28th.
Currently have trained 300 staff
Plan to take training to other Mid-South hospitals

15. Questions?