Page 1 of 6 The University of Texas Medical Branch Detailed Assessment Report 2011-2012 1.2.1.4 Nursing, MSN As of: 12:26 PM EST (Includes those Action Plans with Budget Amounts marked One-Time, Recurring, No Request.) Mission / Purpose Goals The mission of the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing at Galveston is to provide scholarly teaching, conduct innovative scientific investigations, provide state-of-the-art, culturally relevant patient care, and contribute to the health of the community through professional and public service. The concepts of health promotion, human response to illness, and healing practices provide a framework for all School of Nursing activities including teaching, research, patient care and service commitments. G 1: Knowledge Integrate specialized knowledge and cultural competence into the advanced practice of nursing. G 2: Research Critique, analyze, synthesize, and apply evidence, research and theory to validate, expand, and improve the advanced practice of nursing. G 3: Collaborative Relationships Initiate and sustain collaborative relationships with colleagues from nursing and other disciplines to promote the health of individuals, families, and communities. G 4: Use evidence-based teaching Incorporate theories and research in generating teaching and counsling strategies for the promotion of helath, prevention of illness, and management of human responses to illness. G 5: Provide Leadership Provide leadership in contemporary roles as an dvanced practice nurse. G 6: Analyze Advanced Nursing Roles Analyze the historical, legal, cultural, and ethical dimensions of advanced practice nursing. G 7: Active Participation to Promote Health Participate in political, economic, and organizational change to promote the health of individuals, families, and communities within the global environment. G 8: Demonstrate competence in an advanced nursing Demonstrate competence in an advanced nursing role in the delivery of comprehensive holistic care with compassion, dignity, and respect. G 9: Assume legal and ethical accountability Maintain legal and ethical accountability tp clients, society, and the profession in fulfilling the role of an advanced practice nurse.
Page 2 of 6 Student Learning Outcomes/Objectives, with Any Associations and Related Measures, Targets, Findings, and Action Plans SLO 1: Impact on Health Care The degree to which graduates influence health care through practice, health professions education and leadership. Related Measures M 6: Texas APN Certificate MSN NP graduates obtain Texas Advanced Practice Nurse certificate. Source of Evidence: Certification or licensure exam, national or state >50% of MSN graduates are certified to practice in TX as verified through the BON one year after graduation Finding (2011-2012) - Met 79.78% of AY11-112 MSN graduates obtained a Texas Advanced Practice Nurse certificate. Information was obtained from the Texas Board of Nursing database AGNP - 80.00%, N=10 NNP - 64.29%, N=14 PNP - 100%, N=9 FNP - 76.60%, N=47 Finding (2010-2011) - Not Met 53.85% of AY10-11 MSN graduates obtained a Texas Advanced Practice Nurse certificate. Information was obtained from the Texas Board of Nursing database. Finding (2009-2010) - Not Met 2009-2010: Information was obtained from the Board of Nursing Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Verification database. 78% of graduates for AY09-10 received the Texas Advanced Practice Nurse Certificate. 2008-2009: M6: * AANP - Family FNP - N10 = 100% * ANCC - Gerentology NP - N1 = 100% * ANCC - Acute Care NP - no report was received * NCC - Neonatal NP - no report was received * PCNP - Pediatrics - N7 = 86%, some graduates were not from the state of Texas Related Action Plans (by Established cycle, then alpha): For full information, see the Details of Action Plans section of this report. Texas Advanced Practice Nurse Certification Some graduates did not apply for a Texas APRN license and some graduates were from outside the state of Texas. APRN Licensing Established in Cycle: 2011-2012 APRN Licensing rules changed and it takes longer for students to obtain their APRN certification. In the future we will report t... M 7: Nursing Education Graduates Nurse education graduates take teaching positions at Texas schools of nursing Source of Evidence: Job placement data, esp. for career/tech areas 100% of nursing education graduates are teaching in Texas schools of nursing Finding (2011-2012) - Not Reported This Cycle
Page 3 of 6 Finding (2010-2011) - Not Reported This Cycle Finding (2009-2010) - Not Reported This Cycle Graduates did not respond to the survey. Finding (2008-2009) - Not Reported This Cycle No data was available as graduates did not respond to the survey. SLO 2: Expertise in role Demonstrate expertise in their area of practice role (clinician, leader, or educator) Related Measures M 1: Student Academic Performance Evaluation of student knowledge, skills, and values based on performance in core courses and the didactic component of their clinical or practice courses Source of Evidence: Academic direct measure of learning - other In all core and didactic courses, at least 90% of students achieve a passing grade. Finding (2011-2012) - Met Fall 2011 = 98.82% Spring 2012 = 96.19% Summer 2012 = 96.94% Finding (2010-2011) - Met Fall 2010 = 99.43% Spring 2011 = 99.02% Summer 2011 = 98.47% Finding (2009-2010) - Met Core & Didactic passing grades Fall 2009-99.17% Spring 2010-98% Summer 2010-99% Finding (2008-2009) - Met Core & Didactic passing grades Fall 2008-98.88% Summer 2009-100% Spring 2009-98.14% Fall 2009-99.17% M 3: Student Evaluation of Courses End of course evaluation of course and faculty Source of Evidence: Student course evaluations on learning gains made Student evaluation of core courses and didactic component of practice courses is consistently > 4.0 on scale of 5.0 Finding (2011-2012) - Met Fall 2011 = 4.61 Spring 2012 = 4.54 Summer 2012 = 4.50 Finding (2010-2011) - Met Fall 2010 = 4.41 Spring 2011 = 4.51 Summer 2011 = 4.62 Finding (2009-2010) - Met Student evaluations consistently rated > 4.0 for the academic year 2009-2010. Finding (2008-2009) - Met End of Course Evaluations Fall 2008-4.31 Summer 2009-4.15 Spring 2009-4.38 Fall 2009-4.42 M 5: Student Program Evaluation EBI end of program evaluation Source of Evidence: Benchmarking
Page 4 of 6 Program consistently in top 20 % of benchmarked programs on EBI data Finding (2011-2012) - Met Analysis of Factors Ranked within 15 institutions our data showed a higher mean than the Carnegie class for all benchmarks Finding (2010-2011) - Not Met Analysis of factors ranked within 16 institutions showed no difference than the Carnegie class for all benchmarks. Ranked 6 among the 16 (37.5%). Finding (2009-2010) - Met Program rated in top 20% through EBI data. Finding (2008-2009) - Met Analysis of Factors Ranked within 15 institutions our data showed a higher mean than the Carnegie class for all benchmarks Related Action Plans (by Established cycle, then alpha): For full information, see the Details of Action Plans section of this report. Monitor Rate Will monitor rate for next year. SLO 3: Demonstrate Advanced Patient Care Students will demonstrate competency in the delivery of advanced practice nursing in their area of expertise Related Measures M 1: Student Academic Performance Evaluation of student knowledge, skills, and values based on performance in core courses and the didactic component of their clinical or practice courses Source of Evidence: Academic direct measure of learning - other For core courses and didactic component of the courses in the students practice area, 96% of students will pass each course. Finding (2011-2012) - Met Fall 2011 = 98.82% Spring 2012 = 96.19% Summer 2012 = 96.94% Finding (2010-2011) - Met Fall 2010 = 99.43% Spring 2011 = 99.02% Summer 2011 = 98.47% Finding (2009-2010) - Met Pass Rate for 2010 = 98.7% Finding (2008-2009) - Met Pass Rate for 2009 = 99.10% M 2: Student Clinical Performance Clinical Check-offs performed by faculty (POCE, skills labs, clinical site visits) Source of Evidence: Performance (recital, exhibit, science project) 90% of students will successfully pass the practice component of each course in their major or area of concentration. Finding (2011-2012) - Met Fall 2011-99.84% Spring 2012-98.84% Summer 2012-95.56% Average - 98.08%
Page 5 of 6 Finding (2010-2011) - Met 100% of students passed the practice component of each course in their major or area of concentration. Finding (2009-2010) - Not Met Fall 2009-97.06% Spring 2010-100% Summer 2010-100% Average - 99.02% Finding (2008-2009) - Met Fall 2009-98.625% Spring 2009-93.75% Summer 2009-100% Fall 2008-100% Average - 98% M 3: Student Evaluation of Courses End of course evaluation of course and faculty Source of Evidence: Student course evaluations on learning gains made All courses with a clinical or practice component will have an evaluation score of > 3.5 Finding (2011-2012) - Partially Met Fall 2011 = 100% Spring 2012 = 100% Summer 2012 = 93.33% (GNRS 5388 <3.5) Finding (2010-2011) - Partially Met Fall 2010-85.71% >4 Spring 2011-100% Summer 2011-100% Finding (2009-2010) - Partially Met Fall 2009 - Not Met GNRS 5400 <4 GNRS 5552 <4 Spring 2010 - Met Summer 2010 - Met Finding (2008-2009) - Partially Met Fall 2008 - Not Met GNRS 5131 <4 Summer 2009 - Met Fall 2009 - Not Met GNRS 5569 <4 GNRS 5552 <4 Spring 2009 - Not Met GNRS 5132 <4 GNRS 5324 <4 GNRS 5567 <4 M 4: Student Evaluation of Clinical Experiences Student evaluation of clinical sites and preceptors. Source of Evidence: Student course evaluations on learning gains made 90% of student evaluations of clinic sites and preceptors are satisfactory Finding (2011-2012) - Met Fall 2011 97.78% (N=45) Satisfactory Clinical Site evaluations 98.33% (N=60) Satisfactory Preceptor evaluations Spring 2012 96.47% (N=85) Satisfactory Clinical Site evaluations 96.83% (N=189) Satisfactory Preceptor evaluations Summer 2012 94.44% (N=18) Satisfactory Clinical Site evaluations 93.55% (N=31) Satisfactory Preceptor evaluations Finding (2010-2011) - Partially Met Fall 2010 = all Clinical Site and Preceptor evaluations were satisfactory Spring 2011 = all Clinical Site evaluations were satisfactory, 1 (N=56) Unsatisfactory Preceptor Evaluation Summer 2011 = 9 (N=69) Unsatisfactory Clinical Site evaluations, 2 (N=56) Unsatisfactory Preceptor Evaluations Finding (2009-2010) - Partially Met Fall 2009 - Information was not available Spring 2010-100% satisfactory Summer 2010 - clinic sites evaluations 100%, preceptor evaluations 97.5% satisfactory Finding (2008-2009) - Not Met
Page 6 of 6 No data available for evaluations of clinic sites and preceptors. M 6: Texas APN Certificate MSN NP graduates obtain Texas Advanced Practice Nurse certificate. Source of Evidence: Certification or licensure exam, national or state Nurse education graduates take teaching positions at Texas schools of nursing. Finding (2011-2012) - Not Reported This Cycle Finding (2010-2011) - Not Reported This Cycle Finding (2009-2010) - Not Reported This Cycle Students did not respond to survey. Details of Action Plans for This Cycle (by Established cycle, then alpha) Monitor Rate Will monitor rate for next year. Implementation Status: Planned Priority: High Relationships (Measure Outcome/Objective): Measure: Student Program Evaluation Outcome/Objective: Expertise in role Texas Advanced Practice Nurse Certification Some graduates did not apply for a Texas APRN license and some graduates were from outside the state of Texas. Implementation Status: Planned Priority: High Relationships (Measure Outcome/Objective): Measure: Texas APN Certificate Outcome/Objective: Impact on Health Care APRN Licensing APRN Licensing rules changed and it takes longer for students to obtain their APRN certification. In the future we will report this 1 year after graduation. Established in Cycle: 2011-2012 Implementation Status: Planned Priority: High Relationships (Measure Outcome/Objective): Measure: Texas APN Certificate Outcome/Objective: Impact on Health Care