CAA 2 of 14. Program Specializations/Sub-Plans. Last Updated: Myers,Dena Elizabeth 03/14/2011. Nursing Practice

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1 Status: PENDING PROGRAM REQUEST Nursing Practice CAA 1 of 14 Last Updated: Myers,Dena Elizabeth 03/14/2011 Fiscal Unit/Academic Org Administering College/Academic Group Co-adminstering College/Academic Group Semester Conversion Designation Current Program/Plan Name Proposed Program/Plan Name Program/Plan Code Abbreviation Current Degree Title Nursing - D1700 Nursing Converted with minimal changes to program goals and/or curricular requirements (e.g., subplan/specialization name changes, changes in electives and/or prerequisites, minimal changes in overall structure of program, minimal or no changes in program goals or content) Nursing Practice Nursing Practice NURPRC-DNP Doctor of Nursing Practice Credit Hour Explanation Program credit hour requirements Total minimum credit hours required for completion of program Required credit hours offered by the unit A) Number of credit hours in current program (Quarter credit hours) B) Calculated result for 2/3rds of current (Semester credit hours) C) Number of credit hours required for proposed program (Semester credit hours) D) Change in credit hours Minimum Maximum Required credit hours offered outside of the unit Minimum Maximum Required prerequisite credit hours not included above Minimum Maximum Program Learning Goals Note: these are required for all undergraduate degree programs and majors now, and will be required for all graduate and professional degree programs in Nonetheless, all programs are encouraged to complete these now. Program Learning Goals Practice at the highest level of nursing, integrating and applying knowledge from the sciences with the fields of organizational management, ethics, health policy, and information technology. Demonstrate leadership skills in organizational and health systems management to improve the safety and quality of care. Apply analytical skills and translational science methodologies to practice-focused scholarship Provide leadership in inter-professional collaborative teams to improve health outcomes for individuals, populations, systems, and the crafting of policy. Demonstrate high level of skills in health promotion and disease prevention strategies for individuals, populations, and systems. Develop skill in the analysis and shaping of health policy. Demonstrate skill in the application of ethical decision-making frameworks to resolve ethical dilemmas in health care.. Assessment Nursing Practice - Page 1

2 Status: PENDING PROGRAM REQUEST Nursing Practice CAA 2 of 14 Last Updated: Myers,Dena Elizabeth 03/14/2011 Assessment plan includes student learning goals, how those goals are evaluated, and how the information collected is used to improve student learning. An assessment plan is required for undergraduate majors and degrees. Graduate and professional degree programs are encouraged to complete this now, but will not be required to do so until Is this a degree program (undergraduate, graduate, or professional) or major proposal? Yes Does the degree program or major have an assessment plan on file with the university Office of Academic Affairs? No DIRECT MEASURES (means of assessment that measure performance directly, are authentic and minimize mitigating or intervening factors) Standardized tests Certification or licensure examinations Classroom assignments Embedded testing (i.e. specific questions in homework or exams that allow faculty to assess students' attainments of a specific learning goal) Other classroom assessment methods (e.g., writing assignments, oral presentations, oral exams) Evaluation of a body of work produced by the student Practicum, internship or research evaluation of student work Portfollio evaluation of student work Capstone course reports, papers, or presentations Direct assessment methods specifically applicable to graduate programs Candidacy exams Thesis/dissertation (written document) INDIRECT MEASURES (means of assessment that are related to direct measures but are steps removed from those measures) Surveys and Interviews Student survey Alumni survey Employer feedback or survey Student evaluation of instruction Additional types of indirect evidence Student or alumni honors/recognition achieved External program review Curriculum or syllabus review Grade review USE OF DATA (how the program uses or will use the evaluation data to make evidence-based improvements to the program periodically) Meet with students directly to discuss their performance Analyze and discuss trends with the unit's faculty Analyze and report to college/school Analyze and report to accrediting organization Make improvements in curricular requirements (e.g., add, subtract courses) Make improvements in course content Make improvements in course delivery and learning activities within courses Make improvements in learning facilities, laboratories, and/or equipment Periodically confirm that current curriculum and courses are facilitating student attainment of program goals Program Specializations/Sub-Plans Nursing Practice - Page 2

3 Status: PENDING PROGRAM REQUEST Nursing Practice CAA 3 of 14 Last Updated: Myers,Dena Elizabeth 03/14/2011 If you do not specify a program specialization/sub-plan it will be assumed you are submitting this program for all program specializations/sub-plans. Pre-Major Does this Program have a Pre-Major? No Attachments CoN letter to OAA.pdf: Letter from College of Nursing to OAA (Letter from the College to OAA. Owner: Polivka,Barbara Jaszczuk) DNP Program Rationale Final.pdf: DNP program rationale (Program Rationale Statement. Owner: Polivka,Barbara Jaszczuk) Comments Workflow Information Status User(s) Date/Time Step Submitted Approved Polivka,Barbara Jaszczuk Polivka,Barbara Jaszczuk 03/10/ :11 PM Submitted for Approval 03/10/ :12 PM Unit Approval Approved Bernhard,Linda Anne 03/11/ :34 AM SubCollege Approval Approved Ahijevych,Karen Louise 03/11/ :43 AM College Approval Approved Myers,Dena Elizabeth 03/14/ :22 PM GradSchool Approval Pending Approval Soave,Melissa A 03/14/ :22 PM CAA Approval Nursing Practice - Page 3

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9 9 of 14 Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Rationale for Program Changes The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) prepares students for the highest level of nursing practice with individuals, families, populations and systems. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has proposed the DNP degree be the entry level for all advanced practice nurses by Hallmarks of the program include an emphasis on leadership in relationship to health systems and organizational management, advanced nursing management of patient care, skill in quality improvement, application of informatics for practice and health care improvement, and competence in diversity, inclusion, health policy, advocacy, and ethical decision making in health care. The DNP Program includes DNP core courses and electives in students areas of specialization. Students are required to complete a written Doctoral Professional Examination after the successful completion of synchronous courses. The final outcome for students in the DNP program is the development of a DNP Scholarly Project. The Doctor of Nursing Practice Program was approved as a Post-Masters program, for implementation by the Ohio Board of Regents in summer of 2008 with the first students enrolled in courses in autumn The DNP program was evaluated for accreditation in autumn of 2010 and has been recommended for accreditation through the American Colleges of Collegiate Nursing Education (ACCNE). There have been no significant program changes since the implementation of the DNP Program in The first graduates of the program will be in spring quarter The DNP Program is an online distance education offering that provides a flexible and convenient option for students who are pursuing the clinical doctorate degree. All courses in the program are offered through the University s CARMEN website. A variety of distance learning technologies using synchronous and asynchronous approaches are used to educate students. All students in the DNP Program have the same resources available to them as graduate students who are not enrolled in an online/distance education program. In the quarter system, students complete 75 post masters credit hours and may elect to complete their program of study through a two year full time or three year part time/full time approach (See Tables for the plans of study). In the semester approach, the 75 quarter credits are converted to 50 semester credit hours. This is a straight quarters to semester conversion for total hours in the program. Minor changes to hours of the core courses are outlined below. In order to meet certification requirements, DNP students must have a minimum of 500 clinical hours post master s for the DNP degree to be awarded and these hours need to occur in each year of study. Clinical practicum hours occur in NP8400, NP8500, NP8781, NP8480 and NP 8898 I & II (Total = 525 practicum hrs). Clinical hours in both the quarter based curriculum and the semester based curriculum are calculated at the university required 3:1 ratio of clinical hours to credit hours. NP8400 Leadership Throughout Organizations and Systems. This course remains at 3 credits in order to provide for a sufficient number of clinical hours towards the 500 post master s degree hours required by CCNE. Currently, 1 quarter hour provides 30 hours per quarter of clinical experience. In the semester format, each credit hour provides 37.5 hours of clinical per semester. Two hours per week of didactic learning activities is required to adequately cover the course material. Page 1 of 6

10 10 of 14 NP8401 Strategic Macrosystem Management for the Doctor of Nursing Practice. In the quarter-based curriculum this course (NP945) is a 4 credit hour course. In the semester curriculum, this course will be directly converted into a 3 credit hour course. NP8500 Health Policy for Doctoral Nursing Practice. This course remains at 3 credits in order to provide for a sufficient number of clinical hours towards the 500 post master s degree hours required by CCNE. Currently, 1 quarter hour provides 30 hours per quarter of clinical experience. In the semester format, each credit hour provides 37.5 hours of clinical per semester. Two hours per week of didactic learning activities is required to adequately cover the course material. N8510 Ethics in Healthcare Practice, Research, and Policy. In the quarter-based curriculum this course (N755) is a 3 credit hour course. In the semester curriculum, this course will be directly converted into a 2 credit hour course. N8520 Applied Nursing Informatics. In the quarter-based curriculum this course (N885) is a 3 credit hour course. In the semester curriculum, this course will be directly converted into a 2 credit hour course. NP8780 Clinical Effectiveness and Translation in Clinical Science & NP8781 Methods and Measurement in Clinical Nursing Science. In the quarter based curriculum, there are 3 core research courses (NP951 Scholarly Inquiry in Clinical Nursing Science; NP952 Methods and Measurement in Clinical Nursing Science; NP953 Clinical Effectiveness and Translation in Clinical Science). In the semester system, there will be two core research courses (NP8780 Clinical Effectiveness and Translation in Clinical Nursing Science and NP8781 Methods and Measurement in Clinical Nursing Science). Content from NP951, NP952, & NP953 has been redistributed into these two semester based courses to improve academic delivery to students and facilitate students learning and completion of their DNP project NP8480 Quality Improvement in Doctoral Nursing Practice. This course remains at 3 credits in order to provide for a sufficient number of clinical hours towards the 500 post master s degree hours required by CCNE. Currently, 1 quarter hour provides 30 hours per quarter of clinical experience. In the semester format, each credit hour provides 37.5 hours of clinical per semester. Two hours per week of didactic learning activities is required to adequately cover the course material. NP8490 Health Promotion in the Age of Personalized Healthcare. In the quarter-based curriculum this course (NP913) is a 3 credit hour course. In the semester curriculum, this course will be directly converted into a 2 credit hour course. NP8193 Individual Studies. In the quarter-based curriculum, this course is a 2 credit hour course. In the semester-curriculum, it will be a 2 credit hour course. Faculty determined that DNP students needed this amount of hours in order to prepare for their written examination. NP8898 Clinical Immersion I, II. In the quarter-based curriculum, these courses (NP959 I, NP959 II, NP959 III) are 7 credit hour courses each. In the semester-curriculum, they will be 7 credit hours each. Faculty determined that DNP students needed this amount of hours to acquire knowledge in content related to their clinical specialties. In each N semester credit hours are for didactic content and 5 are for clinical practicum hours (187.5 clinical practicum hours per semester). Page 2 of 6

11 11 of 14 NP8998 DNP Final Project. In the quarter based curriculum, this course is a 3 credit hour course. In the semester-curriculum, it will remain a 3 credit hour course. Faculty determined that DNP students needed this amount of hours in order to complete components of their DNP Scholarly Project. Electives. In the semester based curriculum, 7 quarter credit hours of electives were required. We are reducing the number of required elective hours to 4 semester credit hours. As in the quarter based curriculum, elective credits can be taken within the College of Nursing or outside of the College. Electives must be approved by the student s faculty advisor. Table 1. DNP Semester Courses with Quarter Equivalent Courses Semester Course # N8510 Semester Course Title Sem. Cr. Hrs. Quarter Course # Ethics in Healthcare Practice, Research and Policy 2 N755 Quarter equivalent course(s) Nursing Ethics in Advanced Practice Qtr. Cr. Hrs. 3 N8520 Applied Nursing Informatics 2 N885 Informatics Enabled Health Information 3 NP8400 NP8780 NP8401 NP8490 NP8500 NP8781 NP8480 Leadership Throughout Organizations and Systems Clinical Effectiveness and Translation in Clinical Science 3 3 NP NP953 & part of NP951 Strategic Macrosystem Management for the Doctor of Nursing Practice 3 NP945 Health Promotion in the Age of Personalized Health Care Health Policy for Doctoral Nursing Practice Methods and Measurement in Clinical Nursing Science 3 Quality Improvement in Doctoral Nursing Practice 2 NP913 3 NP NP952 & part of NP951 3 NP DNP Professional Seminar I Clinical Effectiveness and Translation in Clinical Science; Scholarly Inquiry in 4,2 Clinical Nursing Science Nursing Management for the Doctor of Nursing Practice 5 Health Promotion in the Age of Personalized Health Care DNP Professional Seminar III Methods and Measurement in Clinical Nursing Science; Scholarly Inquiry in Clinical Nursing Science DNP Professional Seminar II NP8193 Individual Studies 2 N893 Individual Studies 2 NP8898 DNP Clinical Immersion I, II 7, 7 NP959 DNP Clinical Immersion I, II, III 7, 7, 7 NP8998 DNP Final Project I, II 3, 3 NP998 DNP Final Project I, II, III 3, 3, ,2 3 Page 3 of 6

12 12 of 14 Table 2. DNP Full Time Sample Plan of Study Year 1 Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Session NP810 Ethics in healthcare practice, 2 NP8401 Strategic macrosystem 3 NP8193 Individual 2 research, & policy management for the DNP Studies NP820 Applied nursing informatics 2 NP8490 Health promotion in the age of 2 Elective 2 personalized healthcare NP8400 Leadership throughout 3 NP8500 Health policy 3 organizations and systems for doctoral nursing practice NP8780 Clinical effectiveness & 3 NP8781 Methods & measurement in 3 translation in clinical science clinical nursing science Elective 2 NP8480 Quality improvement in doctoral 3 nursing practice Total credits 12 Total credit 14 Total credits 4 Year 2 Autumn Semester Spring Semester NP8898 DNP clinical immersion I 7 NP 8898 DNP clinical immersion II 7 NP8998 DNP final project I 3 NP8998 DNP final project II 3 Total credits 10 Total credits 10 Table 3. DNP Sample Part Time Plan of Study Year 1 Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Session N8510 Ethics in healthcare practice, 2 NP8500 Health policy 3 Elective 2 research, & policy for doctoral nursing practice NP8400 Leadership throughout 3 NP8490 Health promotion in the age of 2 organizations and systems personalized healthcare Total credits 5 Total credit 5 Total credits 2 Year 2 Autumn Semester Spring Semester Summer Session N8520 Applied nursing informatics 2 NP8401 Strategic macrosystem 3 NP8193 Individual 2 management for the DNP Studies NP8780 Clinical effectiveness & 3 NP8781 Methods & measurement in 3 translation in clinical science clinical nursing science Elective 2 NP8480 Quality improvement in doctoral 3 nursing practice Total credits 7 Total credit 9 Total credits 2 Year 3 Autumn Semester Spring Semester NP8898 DNP clinical immersion I 7 NP8898 DNP clinical immersion II 7 NP8998 DNP final project I 3 NP8998 DNP final project II 3 Total credits 10 Total credits 10 Page 4 of 6

13 13 of 14 DNP Transition Plans DNP students enter into the program as a cohort and move through the required courses as a cohort. All students work with a faculty advisor to develop a plan of study. Students currently in the DNP program will complete the program in the quarter based curriculum. If there are current DNP students who for any reason are not able to complete any courses, those will be handled on an individual bases and students may be required to complete an independent study all such requests will be approved by the Graduate Studies Committee. Students entering autumn 2011 will follow the plans of study outlined below. Any deviations will be addressed on an individual basis with the students advisor and the Graduate Studies Committee. Table 4. DNP Transition Plans Full Time Autumn 2011 Winter 2012 Spring 2012 Summer 2012 Course # Qtr. Cr. Course # Qtr. Cr. Course # Qtr. Cr Course # Sem. Cr. N755 3 NP945 5 NP913 3 NP N885 3 NP953 4 NP952 4 NP Elective 3 NP NP951 4 NP Elective 2 Autumn 2012 Spring 2013 Course # Sem. Cr Course # Sem. Cr. NP NP NP NP Full-time DNP students will complete all the quarter based DNP core requirements during the academic year, then complete the DNP Immersion and the final project courses during the academic year. DNP Transition Plan Part-time Autumn 2011 Winter 2012 Spring 2012 Summer 2012 Course # Qtr. Cr. Course # Qtr. Cr. Course # Qtr. Cr. Course # Sem. Cr. N755 3 NP945 5 NP913 3 Elective 2 NP NP NP Autumn 2012 Spring 2013 Summer 2013 Course # Sem. Cr. Course # Sem. Cr Course # Sem. Cr. NP NP NP N Autumn 2013 Spring 2014 Course # Sem. Cr. Course # Sem. Cr. NP NP NP NP Part-time DNP students will complete the initial series of courses during autumn and winter quarters, then switch to semesters to complete their courses throughout the academic years. Page 5 of 6

14 14 of 14 Table 5 DNP Curriculum Map Program Learning Goals (Program Outcomes)* Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal 3 Goal 4 Goal 5 Goal 6 Goal 7 Required Core Courses A A A A A A A N8510 Ethics in Healthcare Practice, Research, & Policy A A A A A A A NP8400 Leadership Throughout Organizations & Systems A A A A A A A N8520 DNP Applied Nursing Informatics A A A A A A A NP8780 Clinical Effectiveness and Translation in Clinical Nursing Science A A A A A A A NP8401 Strategic Macrosystem Management for the DNP A A A A A A A NP8490 Health Promotion in the Age of Personalized Health Care A A A A A A A NP8500 DNP Health Policy A A A A A A A NP8480 Quality Improvement in Doctoral Nursing Practice A A A A A A A NP8781 Methods and Measurement in Clinical Nursing Science A A A A A A A NP8193 Individual Studies A A A A A A A NP8898 Clinical Immersion I, II A A A A A A A NP8998 Final Project I, II A A A A A A A Required Courses (offered outside of the unit)- None Elective Courses, Tracks, Categories, or Baskets of Courses -Electives Program Goals* 1. Practice at the highest level of nursing, integrating and applying knowledge from the sciences with the fields of organizational management, ethics, health policy, and information technology. 2. Demonstrate leadership skills in organizational and health systems management to improve the safety and quality of care. 3. Apply analytical skills and translational science methodologies to practice-focused scholarship. 4. Provide leadership in inter-professional collaborative teams to improve health outcomes for individuals, populations, systems, and the crafting of policy. 5. Demonstrate high level of skills in health promotion and disease prevention strategies for individuals, populations, and systems. 6. Develop skill in the analysis and shaping of health policy. 7. Demonstrate skill in the application of ethical decision-making frameworks to resolve ethical dilemmas in health care.. Key: B=Beginning: I=Intermediate; A=Advanced Page 6 of 6