Employers of Yavapai College Nursing Graduates Executive Summary Conducted Summer 2006

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1 Employers of Yavapai Collee 00-0 Nursin Graduates Executive Summary Conducted Summer 00 Nursin and Allied Health Proram Christine Witbeck, Interim Division Assistant Dean The Office of Academic Affairs Dr. Utpal Goswami, V.P. Academic Affairs Barbara Win, Dean of Prescott Campus Tom Schumacher, Dean of Verde Valley Campus Susan Howery, Dean of Prescott Valley Campus John Moran, Dean of Chino Valley Campus The Office of Institutional Research Tom Huhes, Director Diane Mazmanian, Senior Research Analyst Sandra Thurman-Jackson, Research Analyst Fall 00

2 Executive Summary Employers of Yavapai Collee 00-0 Nursin Graduates In summer 00, a survey was distributed to Arizona employers of 00-0 Yavapai Collee nursin raduates. From a list provided by the Yavapai Collee nursin department, the employers were located primarily in Yavapai County as well as throuhout Arizona. Employers were defined as firms that provide the followin services: lon-term care, home health/hospice, hospital, office practice and other. Forty-eiht (8) raduates from 00-0 were also identified per the Yavapai Collee database. Eiht (8) surveys were returned with four of the respondents indicatin they have not hired a Yavapai Collee nursin raduate recently. While the overall response rate may appear low, those respondin have hired a lare share of Yavapai Collee raduates in the past three years. Number of YC Graduates Hired Number of Employers - employees -0 employees or more employees Of those surveyed, % (five employers) worked in hospitals. One (%) worked in lon-term care, one (%) worked in home health/hospice and one (%) worked in an outpatient facility. Level of Satisfaction with Graduate Preparation The followin components were measured to determine the employers perspectives of the preparation received by the Yavapai Collee Nursin raduates. Due to the small number of respondents, the data should be viewed with caution. With the exception of a few fair responses, the majority of the employers rated Yavapai Collee preparation as ood or very ood. None of the employers ave poor or very poor responses to any of the measures. N= % Good/ Very Good Perform holistic assessments 00% Develop nursin plan of care 7% Provide safe and effective nursin care 00% Perform technical skills correctly 7% Administer medications safely 00% Plan and implement client teachin 0% Evaluate client s response to care 00% Use theory, research, resources, and critical thinkin skill to make nursin decisions 0%

3 % Good/ Very Good Use holistic carin behaviors that demonstrate respect for clients 00% Interate client s cultural values when plannin & implementin 7% nursin care Use therapeutic communication with clients, families and staff 0% Document in medical record in a thorouh and leally correct 00% manner Practice within the ethical and leal framework of nursin role 00% Assume responsibility and accountability for own nursin 00% practice Collaborate effectively with nursin and interdisciplinary terms 00% Manae client care efficiently and effectively 0% Deleate assinments and supervise other personnel 0% appropriately Seek assistance when a situation is encountered that is beyond 00% the nurse s knowlede and experience Use appropriate channels of communication within the 00% oranizational structure Follow policies and procedures of your institution 00% Overall satisfaction with this employee s preparation as a reistered nurse 00% All (00 percent) of the respondents indicated they would definitely hire another Yavapai Collee nursin raduate. Employer Comments Respondents were asked to comment on workforce needs, the preparation of nursin raduates and any suestions for improvement. All comments are provided per the followin attachment.

4 Yavapai Collee Employers of Yavapai Collee Nursin Proram 00-0 Graduates Feedback from employers w ho hire our students w ho complete the Nursin Proram is essential in the collee's effort to improve prorams and services. Please complete this questionnaire and return it in the enclosed envelope. Your response w ill be kept confidential; only areate data from the survey is reported. Your reply is reatly appreciated! Please completely fill in the appropriate bubble usin No. pencil, blue or black pen.. Please indicate your type of facility. Lon term care Home health/hospice Hospital Office practice Other (Please specify). Please rate how w ell Yavapai Collee prepared reistered nurses in the follow in areas. Very poor Poor Fair Good Very ood NA/ DK NA= Not applicable DK= Don't know Perform holistic assessments Develop nursin plan of care to help client achieve mutually areed upon healthy outcomes Provide safe and effective nursin care Perform technical skills correctly Administer medications safely Plan and implement client teachin Evaluate client's response to care Use theory, research, resources, and critical thinkin to make nursin decisions Use holistic carin behaviors that demonstrate respect for clients Interate the client's cultural values w hen plannin and implementin nursin care Use therapeutic communication w ith clients, families and staff Document in medical record in a thorouh and leally correct manner Practice w ithin the ethical and leal framew ork of nursin role Assume responsibility and accountability for ow n nursin practice Collaborate effectively w ith nursin and interdisciplinary terms Manae client care efficiently and effectively Deleate assinments and supervise other personnel appropriately Seek assistance w hen a situation is encountered that is beyond the nurse's know lede and experience Use appropriate channels of communication w ithin the oranizational structure Follow policies and procedures of your institution In eneral, how satisfied are you w ith Yavapai Collee raduates' preparation as reistered nurses? n/forms/nursin/nsemp

5 . Please comment concernin preparation of the nursin proram raduate related to any of the previous items.. About how many Yavapai Collee nursin proram raduates has your company hired in the last three years? or more. Would you be w illin to hire another Yavapai Collee nursin proram raduate? (Please comment) Yes, definitely Yes, w ith reservations No Not sure 7. Please share any ideas you may have that could help Yavapai Collee better prepare reistered nurses for w ork at your aency. 8. What are your most pressin w orkforce development needs in the health care area in terms of positions and skills at your aency? Thank you for your help! Please address questions or comments to Tom Huhes, Director of Institutional Research (98) 77-0 or tom_huhes@yc.edu

6 Survey Comments Employers of Yavapai Collee Nursin Proram 00-0 Graduates. Other (Please Specify). Outpatient. Please comment concernin preparation of the nursin proram raduate related to any of the previous items.. Efficiency, deleation and plan of care/education are areas that improve once the new rads et into a routine for patient care and are not so overwhelmed with new experiences.. Critical thinkin overal [sic] I find your raduates to be doin well but can still use more critical thinkin skills.. Many of the questions relate to development of skills that increase with time and experience.. I have not hired any raduate nursin students from any collees in the last couple years. I am unable to fill out this questionnaire. 8. Overall the VA has been very pleased with the quality of preparation of YC Grads. Compared to other schools (inc. BSN prepared) Yavapai is outstandin technically. 7. Please share any ideas you may have that could help Yavapai Collee better prepare reistered nurses for work at your aency.. Share with students importance of appearance; body piercins, belly shirts, etc., are not professional and should not be worn on the job.. I believe that they are well prepared in theory but need more clinical time. Prior to raduatin they should be able to manae a patient load of patients.. Time manaement this is touh as this [tic] a skill developed over time.. I would suest they volunteer before their raduation to ain experience and knowlede. 8. VA pts consistently have co-morbidities with one of the main Rx substance abuse. Nurses havin an understandin of addictions is valuable.

7 8. What are your most pressin workforce development needs in the health care area in terms of positions and skills at your aency?. Critical care.. Many of the raduates want to work in the critical care settin vs med/sur. If this is oin to be the trend than [sic] there needs to be more focus to these area [sic] durin school. Thanks for the reat job that you do.. Depth on the nursin staff.. We really need applicants. We have not had any inquiries from Yavapai Collee.. We are short reistered nurses at this time. I need RN!! 8. 9% RN VA are eliible to retire within next - yrs. Averae ae of RNs is over 0 yrs. There are few RNs ready to step up to leadership roles. Our needs for staff nurses will row each year and alon with that our needs for nurses lookin to make VA a career choice will also row.

8 Yavapai Collee Nursin Graduates Academic Year 00-0 Award Type Basic Certificate Advanced Certificate Technical Certificate Associate Applied Science 8 Total Awards 8 Total Graduates 8 Gender Male 0% Female 90% Not Reported Ethnicity Non-Resident Alien Black, non-hispanic Native American Asian Hispanic White 9% Other 08% Not Reported Residence Yavapai County 8% Other AZ County % Out of State 0% Out of Country Not Reported Ae Under 0 0-7% -9 % 0-9 % 0-9 % 0-9 0% 0 and over Not Reported 7