Annual Goals for College of Nursing and Allied Health 2010-2011 Provide high quality, innovative educational nursing programs Evidenced by: 1. Scores >90% pass rates on NCLEX exams 2. Positive anecdotal evidence reported by employers and others of the community of Interest 3. Positive responses of CONAH annual surveys 4. High student graduation and retention rates 5. Adequate number of qualified applicants to the nursing program 6. Adequate number of qualified faculty/staff to support student learning needs 7. Maintenance of CCNE accreditation standards and ABN approval Budget: $ 115,500.00 1 CONAH faculty 1. Annual NCLEX rate was 91.1% exceeding the national and State rates of 87.42% and 85.21%, respectively. 2. Dean's Advisory minutes from annual meeting in June, which consists of agency leaders from across the region report increased quality of UNA nursing student showing improved initiative. 3. Positive responses reported through faculty course evaluations and annual survey. 4. Graduation and retention rates remain high in the College with steady admission of 48 students and consistently graduating >40 students in Traditional program. Students in the Online Department matriculate more slowly as they are working RNs but continue to progress meeting the ACHE post-implementation graduation numbers in the MSN program. 5. CONAH applicants for Summer10-8(initiated new accelerated program-1st class) Fall10-121 and Sp11-99 for a total of 228 applications of which ~102 students admitted (34-unqualified, 4-other). Enrollment remaining strong. 6. One faculty resigned position at the beginning of Fall10 and another two retired Sp11 (one retiree remaining for one year donating salary to UNA Foundation for nursing scholarship). Two new faculty hired and begin Fall 2011, therefore adequate number remains intact for Traditional program. However, with Online Department growth, additional faculty will be needed to continue 1
current trend of acceptance. Particularly, MSN program growth has exceeded expectations while RN-BSN growth remains steady 7. BSN CCNE accreditation visit in October resulted in 10-year maximum award through June 30, 2021. Improvements: Build and maintain student-centered nursing program Evidenced by: 1. Increase in activity of alumni in university activities 2. Active Student Nurses Association 3. Participation of students in the shared governance of the College as stipulated in the Program Evaluation Plan Budget: $ 4,000.00 2 267 Faculty, students and foundation staff 1. The report from the UNA Foundation office shows that of UNA's four Colleges, the CONAH is #2 in faculty/staff giving, with faculty at 50% and staff at 33%. However the CONAH is #4 in alumni giving with only 2.54% alumni giving (goal 85%). 2. SNA active with ~121 members and ~30-50 active participants (See attached SNA Annual Report). 3. Students active in CONAH shared governance activities as structured in the Program Evaluation Plan (see attachment). Improvements: Budget: $ 41,000.00 Provide a culturally diverse environment for students, faculty and staff Evidenced by: 1. Diversity reflected in staffing 2. Diversity reflected in faculty 3. Diversity reflected in students 1,3 2
Dean/Chairs Faculty/Staff 1. Hired first male in the CONAH in a staff position. 2. Diversity continued with monitoring progress in hiring practices. 3. Diversity in programming with continued support for the OPEN grant in its latent phase. Online department reporting increase in diversity of enrolled students. 1. Support "grow-your-own" program with first male staff. Currently enrolled in the RN-MSN program with vision of hiring him as first male nursing faculty. Continued financial support for development of simulation staff's skills and ability to work cordially in work environment. 2. Support advertising in minority locations to attract minority applicants for future position. 3. Continue support of latent phase of OPEN grant while endeavoring to support new grant opportunity when available. Improvements: 1. Tuition and conference costs reimbursements continuing. 2. Planning in progress 3. Grant meetings scheduled. Develop partnerships with community agencies to expand healthcare to the community Evidenced by: 1. Participate in partnership with the Northwest Alabama Community Health and Dental Association, Inc. (Clinic) 2. Evaluate and explore clinical affiliation agreements for adequacy in meeting healthcare needs of community in light of student learning needs 3. Facilitate input from the Dean's Advisory Committee to ensure appropriate clinical expert's impact on current healthcare practices within the curriculum Budget: $ 30,500.00 1,4,5 Dean Faculty Nurse Practitioners (NPs), NACHA Board and Executive Director, Florence Housing Authority, Tri-Dental Association and RegionCare Hospital, 1. Partnership continuing with success at the Clinic. Additional faculty nurses practitioner assigned to the Clinic to accommodate student, faculty and patient needs. 2. Additional affiliation agreements have been obtained annually to 3
accommodate student clinical needs. 3. Dean's Advisory Council (DAC) annual meeting held in June with ~30 representatives from clinical agencies providing feedback on student progress and updates on agency changes. Additional clinical supervisor added to the pool for assistance in clinical supervision of students. 1. Fundraising activities continuing. Continued evaluation of financial status of Clinic especially related to purchase of ECM Hospital by RegionCare with cost-cutting measures affecting delivery of patient services at the Clinic. 2. Continue to annually evaluate and negotiate current and additional contractual agreements. Approximately 70 active clinical contracts. 3. Working with NWSCC in sharing of clinical space in the region Improvements: 1. Continue monitoring of NPs use of donated services by agencies to remain within budget. 2. Continue negotiations of contracts that have exchanged ownership with varying policy changes. 3. Review DAC minutes to incorporate suggestions during the 2011-2012 academic year. Promote research and scholarly activities that advance nursing knowledge Evidenced by: 1. Completion of terminal degrees by seven faculty enrolled in doctoral studies and one staff enrolled in RN-MSN program of study. 2. Address workloads of faculty/staff to facilitate degree completion. Budget: $ 50,000.00 1,4 Faculty/Staff 1. One faculty was successful in completion of the terminal degree in December 2010. One faculty has determined to not continue in the doctoral program since it was not "in-field". Five other remain active with four at the "All-But-Dissertation" (ABD) status. CONAH addressing the role of "Practice" as form of "Scholarship" in its Promotion and Tenure Guidelines. 2. Workloads distributed as fairly as possible with need to address MSN growth in enrollment. 1. Progress continues 2. With the hiring of two new faculty, both with doctoral preparation, it is anticipated that they will be able to greatly assist with the future workloads. Improvements: 1. Plans to continue tracking. 2. Plans to continue workload evaluations. 4
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