Transcript Nursing Sciences Center

School of Nursing Reaccreditation
November 9-11, 2009
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing
Education (CCNE) ensures the quality and
integrity of baccalaureate, master’s and the
doctorate in nursing practice programs.
• Voluntary process
• Goal: improve and enhance educational
programs for professional nursing students.
Reaccreditation process
• Preparation of self study document
• Gathering of supporting documentation
• Site visit by review team that includes
observation of classes and clinicals, review
of supporting documentation, meeting
with key campus leaders, community
partners and SON faculty/staff and
students
Your role in reaccreditation
• Be present – greet visitors, attend sessions
if requested
• Be aware of the Essentials of Baccalaureate
Education for Professional Nursing
Practice and other standards
• Be prepared to share your experience in
the nursing program
CCNE Standards for Accreditation
Standard I: Mission & Governance
Standard II: Institutional Commitment &
Resources
Standard III: Program Quality: Curriculum,
Teaching-Learning Practices & Individual
Student Outcomes
Standard IV: Program Effectiveness
CCNE - Standard III
• The School of Nursing develops,
implements, revises curriculum to reflect
professional nursing standards and
guidelines.
• A primary curriculum standard is the
The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for
Professional Nursing Practice*
The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education
for Professional Nursing Practice 1998
1. Liberal education
2. Professional values
3. Core competencies
4. Core knowledge
5. Role development
Essential #1:Liberal Education
Outcome
• Acquire the foundations for living a
productive life and being a citizen of the
world by developing reasoning and
communication skills.
Essential #2: Professional Values
Outcomes
• Develop the foundation for a professional selfconcept and begin role socialization for
professional nursing practice.
• Apply legal and ethical concepts and processes
in the analysis of clinical situations.
• Discuss strategies that promote the quality of
working life for health care professionals.
Essential #3 : Core Competencies
Outcomes:
• Practice critical thinking in making clinical
judgments
• Utilize appropriate interviewing techniques to
obtain a health history
• Demonstrate the ability to develop, implement,
and evaluate a plan for addressing identified
needs of individuals, families and communities.
Essential #4: Core Knowledge
Outcomes
• Use sound clinical judgment, appropriate data
sources and available documentation systems in
assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing,
and evaluating care.
• Examine epidemiological principles as a
foundation for community health nursing
practice.
Essential #5: Role Development
Outcomes:
• Demonstrate understanding of and
socialization into the role of becoming a
beginning professional nurse in community
health nursing and a member of the community
health team.
• Critique the applicability of practice guidelines
in a given setting.
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Additional Standards/Guidelines
• ANA. Nursing: A Social Policy Statement
• ANA. Standards and Scope of Practice for
Professional Nursing
• Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Quality ,
Safety Education in Nusing (QSEN)
Standards
• ANA. Scope and Standards for Public Health
Nursing
• Together the Essentials and additional
standards guide the expected outcomes
for the baccalaureate program.
• Content and clinicals in the baccalaureate
program are organized to achieve student
learning outcomes in four areas.
CCNE Essentials/SoN curricular goals
Essentials:
UW SoN BS Outcomes:
Liberal Education
(presumed)
Professional values
Individual
responsibility/learning
Core competencies
Population/core knowledge
Core knowledge
Systematic inquiry
Role development
Role development
Expected Student Learning Outcomes
for UW Madison BS Nursing
Outcome Area
• Population/
core
knowledge
• Master entry level knowledge in
nursing and in the basic and
applied sciences
• Systematic
• Understand systematic methods
of inquiry in nursing practice
and articulate the scientific basis
of nursing interventions
inquiry
Learning outcomes (cont’d)
• Role
• Individual
responsibility
&lifelong
learning
• Demonstrate beginning level
competence in the application of
knowledge related to the
professional nursing role in entry
level clinical practice
• Accept individual responsibility
for the formulation of entry level
professional goals and for the
acquisition of the knowledge and
learning experiences required to
meet the goals
How does SoN evaluate programs?
Student progress, attrition rates, grievances,
input from students, preceptors, agencies
Pass rates on NCLEX, certification exams
Exit surveys at graduation
Post graduation surveys of alums
Employer surveys
Input from nursing leaders