Itawamba Community College Program Review Career-Technical and Health Science Programs

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Itawamba Community College

Program Review

Career-Technical and Health Science Programs

I. Program Information

1. Name of Program Practical Nursing

2. Submission Date of Program Review 6/7/2011 (ex. 01/23/2009)

3. Name of Director or Coordinator Betty Jo Maharrey

4. Purpose Statement for the Program (This can be found on CHIEF)

The Practical Nursing program prepares students for employment as an entry-level practical nurse.

5. How does the purpose of the program support the overall mission/purpose of the College as adopted by the Board of Trustees? (Mention College goals that show a linkage to your program. Mission and Institutional Goals can be found on CHIEF.)

The college is dedicated to serving the educational needs of the district's residents. Both the college and the program's main purpsoe is to provide comprehensive educational opportunities of the highest quality through vocational-technical programs in order to meet the local needs at a low cost to students. This program supports the institutional goals of instructional services, student support and growth.

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6. List the current Faculty and Staff with their titles for this program.

Name Title

Betty Jo Maharray (RN, BSN) Program Director Lisa McNeese (RN, BSN) Instructor

Patricia Robbins (RN, MSN) Instructor Lisa Pearson (RN, MSN) Instructor

Beth Martin (RN, BSN) Instructor-Part Time

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II. Syllabi, Curriculum, and Instruction

6. Are all syllabi current?

YES NO If “NO”, explain below.

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 7. Are students provided with written and clearly stated goals and requirements of

each course, the general nature of the course content, and the methods of evaluation to be used in each course?

YES NO

8. Are grading policies made available to students in this educational program? YES NO

9. Is the curriculum sequenced in a manner that is acceptable? YES NO

10. Does the curriculum fully satisfy the respective general education core? YES NO

11. Does the curriculum contain sufficient and appropriate numbers and types of elective courses?

YES NO

12. Does the curriculum fully satisfy the educational needs of the students in this major?

YES NO

13. If any of the curriculum questions were answered with a “NO” response, state your recommendations for changes in the current curriculum.

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 14. In the clinical experiences, cooperative agreements, or affiliations with other

agencies or institutions utilized in instruction, does the college faculty ultimately control and supervise the student learning?

YES NO N/A If “NO”, why not?

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15. Does the academic preparation of instructional faculty in this program meet accreditation and approving agency standards?

YES NO If “NO”, why not?

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 16. Are the program’s faculty routinely involved in professional development and

other in-service training? YES NO Explain:

All faculty routinely participtate in 15 hours of professional development offered by the college on various topics.

17. Do instructors in this program devote adequate time to preparation for the courses they teach?

YES NO

18. Do instructors provide effective academic advising? YES NO

19. Is there evidence that program advisory committees meet at least twice annually to provide advice and consultation?

YES NO

Describe the nature of interaction between program faculty and the advisory committee (Give example(s) of advisory input or changes that resulted from the advisory relationship in the last five years.):

Advisory committee members assist with interviews twice a year to select program entrants. Program director will continue to consult with advisory members for future suggestions for program improvement.

20. Is there evidence that competencies being taught in this program are the competencies needed to perform in the workforce or at a higher level of education?

YES NO

If yes, how are the competencies determined?

NCLEX pass rates. The competancies are developed under the guidance of the MS State Board of Community and Junior Colleges (SBCJC). Quarterly meetings of state directors of the LPN program

21. Are students who complete this curriculum ready for transfer and/or immediate employment in the field?

YES NO

Students and Course Content

22. Are instructors and administrators in this program careful in protecting the security, confidentiality, and integrity of student records?

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YES NO

23. Are appropriate and adequate laboratory experiences provided to supplement and reinforce the subject matter?

YES NO N/A

24. Do courses in the program use a variety of means to evaluate student performance?

YES NO

Describe examples of student learning assessment (not related to end-of-semester course grades):

Skills check-offs, medication tests, daily grades and unit tests. 25. Is the length of this program appropriate for the degree offered?

YES NO

III. SWOT Analysis

(Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threats) 26. What are the program/unit’s strengths or strong points? (Strengths are

documented with data such as information on number of customers served, program/unit’s performance, staff credentials or other factors that contribute to the success of the unit.)

All staff maintain proper credentials. State Board pass rates are above 90%. 27. What are the weaknesses of the program? (Any problems that the program/unit

may have encountered in the past are appropriate for this section.) The program is in pretty good shape. No major weaknesses at this time, althought the program will consider adding additional survey items to better assess employer and graduate experience post-graduation.

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28. What opportunities are available for the program/unit? (Any opportunities for improving the program should be included in this section.)

The program is ripe for growth and an increase in enrollment.

29. What are the threats or difficulties that the program/unit must overcome in the next five years? What is your plan for addressing these threats or difficulties? (If there are changes in the near future that are foreseen as negatively affecting this unit/program, these should be mentioned.) Space availability is a major challenge which should benefit from the opening of a new Health Science Education Center building in 2012.

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IV. Program

Data

30. Data from your program for the previous three years (provided by Office of Institutional Research)

Fall Student Enrollment Fall # of Majors Annual Completers Annual

Graduates Board Pass CPAS Pass

Positive Placement Duplicated Unduplicated _# _# _# _{# % # % # %} 2008 183 40 41 FT, 1 PT 31 29 94% 30 97% 2009 155 44 44 FT 39 38 97% 34 87% 2010 150 42 42 FT 49 45 92% 44 90% (Enter percentages as decimals and round up. i.e. 75% would be .75 or 74.5% would be .75)

31. Provide an overview of significant results, honors, awards, and milestones achieved, as well as enhancements made to this program in the past five years. The program was relocated to Fulton so that both nursing programs would be housed on the same campus to better leverage sharing of instuctional space and supplies. Mrs. Pearson and Mrs. Robbins both recently completed masters degrees. Students have received awards at the annual MS LPN convention in the areas of essay, gather your supplies, and career quest competitions Students have received an Outstanding Achievement for Community Service at the Platinum level from the MS Federation of LPN for activities supporting the local Habitat for Humanity.

V. Vision

32. State the vision for your program for the next five years or beyond? What goals do you hope to accomplish?

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VI. Utilization of Supportive Resources

33. Does the department of Campus Police adequately support your program? YES NO

If “NO”, explain why.

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34. Does the Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, & Accountability adequately support your program?

YES NO If “NO”, explain why.

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35. Does the Business Office adequately support your program? YES NO

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36. Does the department of Technology and Information Systems adequately support your program?

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37. Does the department of Physical Plant adequately support your program? YES NO

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38. Does the Learning Resource Center adequately support your program? YES NO

___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 39. Does the department of Distance Learning adequately support your program?

___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 40. Do ICC sessions for Professional Development adequately support your

program?

___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 41. Does the department of Financial Aid adequately support your program?

YES NO If no, explain why.

___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 42. Does the Student Success Center area of Advising adequately support your

program?

___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 43. Does the office of Registrar and Admissions adequately support your

program?

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44. Does the Student Services area of Career Planning adequately support your program?

___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 45. Does the Student Success Center area of Tutoring adequately support your

program?

___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 46. Does the department of Supportive & Disability Services adequately support

your program? YES NO If “NO”, explain why.

___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 47. Does the Bookstore adequately support your program?

___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 48. Does the Student Services area of Housing adequately support your program?

___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 49. Does the department of Student Affairs adequately support your program?

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50. Does the department of Public Relations and Publications adequately support your program?

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VII. SACS Principles Compliance Survey

Institutional Effectiveness

51. Is there evidence that the effectiveness of instruction is periodically evaluated? YES NO

52. Are research-based evaluation processes (e.g., surveys, interviews, analysis of data) used for assessing this program?

YES NO

If yes, list the instruments and other processes used by the program for evaluating effectiveness.

1. Student Evaluations of Instruction 2. District Summary Reports

3. Quarterly meetings of state directors of the LPN program 4.

5.

53. Does the use of evaluation processes result in continuous improvement in the program/unit?

YES NO

If yes, describe some of the recent improvements that have come about in response to needs identified through these evaluation processes:

1. Purchase of a virtual IV simulator to follow the national education trend. 2. A & P I and II were made pre-requisites to being allowed in the program. The program requirements change was a result of input from state directors meetings and should improve the success of the students who are admitted to the selective admission program.

3. 4. 5.

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54. Does the program/unit identify expected annual outcomes for its services; assess whether it achieves these outcomes; and provide evidence of improvement based analysis of those results?

YES NO

55. If an outcome is not achieved, are documented modifications or improvements made in the unit?

YES NO Financial Support

56. Is the number of full-time faculty members employed to teach in this program adequate to support the program effectively?

YES NO

57. Are there adequate faculty resources provided to the faculty of this program to ensure the quality and integrity of the program?

YES NO

58. Is adequate financial support available to meet the needs of this program? YES NO

59. Is the budget information available on-line to department/division heads? YES NO

Facilities

60. Does the institution operate and maintain physical facilities that are adequate to serve the needs of this educational program?

YES NO

61. Does the institution take reasonable steps to provide a healthy, safe, and secure environment for this educational program?

YES NO

62. Are the physical facilities (classrooms, laboratories, etc.) accessible to disabled students?

YES NO N/A

63. Is the instructional equipment used in this program similar to that used in the workplace or at a higher level of instruction?

YES NO N/A

64. Does the institution provide and support student and faculty access to adequate library collections as well as to other learning and information resources consistent with the degree offered in this program?

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SACS PRINCIPLES COMPLIANCE SURVEY

(Action Plan)

ANY ITEMS ANSWERED WITH A NEGATIVE RESPONSE IN THE SACS

COMPLIANCE SURVEY SECTION INDICATE THAT THE INSTITUTION IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND MUST BE ACCOMPANIED WITH A WRITTEN PLAN FOR COMPLIANCE ON EACH ISSUE.

Provide discussion below for any questions that was assigned a “NO” answer on the Principles Compliance Survey, and then provide a plan of improvement for each of those questions in the space below. Indicate the question number, your discussion, and the plan of action.

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