COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING 1 Yearly Assessment Report Associate of Science in Nursing Program Director: Kathleen Zajic Assessment Author: Nursing Assessment Committee (Chair: Christi Glesmann) 2010-2011 Brief Executive Summary The Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) program has been through many changes in the past few years and continues to conduct additional needs assessments. The NCLEX-RN ® pass rates are still below our goal of 86% and at this time the main focus is on the achievement of that goal and by what methods that can be accomplished. Over the 2010-2011 academic year the program has undergone additional adjustments. However, the full result of these modifications will not be seen until the students entering in Fall 2011 graduate as they will be the first class who have completed the program after the changes had occurred. This entering class will be the first set of students with the raised entry level requirements as well as the new Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) policy. This year the ASN program is preparing for the National League of Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) reaccreditation visit. This visit will be during the Fall 2011 semester. The hope is that the result will be reaccreditation for the full eight years. This will be a major undertaking for the nursing department. Mission and Purposes In accordance with the Mission and Purposes of College of Saint Mary (CSM), the Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) program developed from society’s need for nurses who provide competent, holistic, nursing care to people. The mission of the ASN program is to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge, skills and professional dispositions to demonstrate competence while providing holistic client care. The purposes of the ASN program are to facilitate the student to achieve the ASN program outcomes, which are: 1. Incorporate an understanding of the identified categories of human functioning into the planned nursing care of individuals with multi-system alterations; 2. Use the nursing process when providing care for individuals with multi-system alterations in human functioning; 3. Use effective communication skills and principles when interacting with the individual client and significant others and in collaboration with other health team members; 4. Apply knowledge of human development when caring for clients and when interacting as a member of the health care team; 5. Use teaching/learning principles as related to self in the educational process, as a member of the health care team and as a provider of client care; 6. Examine the role of the associate degree nurse as a member of the discipline of nursing;
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COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
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Yearly Assessment Report Associate of Science in Nursing
Program Director: Kathleen Zajic
Assessment Author: Nursing Assessment Committee (Chair: Christi Glesmann)
2010-2011
Brief Executive Summary
The Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) program has been through many changes in the past few years and
continues to conduct additional needs assessments. The NCLEX-RN® pass rates are still below our goal of 86%
and at this time the main focus is on the achievement of that goal and by what methods that can be
accomplished.
Over the 2010-2011 academic year the program has undergone additional adjustments. However, the full result
of these modifications will not be seen until the students entering in Fall 2011 graduate as they will be the first
class who have completed the program after the changes had occurred. This entering class will be the first set
of students with the raised entry level requirements as well as the new Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI)
policy.
This year the ASN program is preparing for the National League of Nursing Accrediting Commission
(NLNAC) reaccreditation visit. This visit will be during the Fall 2011 semester. The hope is that the result will
be reaccreditation for the full eight years. This will be a major undertaking for the nursing department.
Mission and Purposes
In accordance with the Mission and Purposes of College of Saint Mary (CSM), the Associate of Science in
Nursing (ASN) program developed from society’s need for nurses who provide competent, holistic, nursing
care to people.
The mission of the ASN program is to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge, skills and professional
dispositions to demonstrate competence while providing holistic client care. The purposes of the ASN program
are to facilitate the student to achieve the ASN program outcomes, which are:
1. Incorporate an understanding of the identified categories of human functioning into the planned
nursing care of individuals with multi-system alterations;
2. Use the nursing process when providing care for individuals with multi-system alterations in
human functioning;
3. Use effective communication skills and principles when interacting with the individual client and
significant others and in collaboration with other health team members;
4. Apply knowledge of human development when caring for clients and when interacting as a
member of the health care team;
5. Use teaching/learning principles as related to self in the educational process, as a member of the
health care team and as a provider of client care;
6. Examine the role of the associate degree nurse as a member of the discipline of nursing;
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7. Incorporate selected management principles and skills while functioning within the role of the
associate degree nurse;
8. Use concepts of family in the provision of nursing care to individual clients; and
9. Identify community resources when appropriate for clients.
Comparison of CSM Mission and Nursing Program Philosophy
COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY MISSION NURSING PROGRAMS’ PHILOSOPHY
1. Committed to the works, values, and
aspirations of the Sisters of Mercy,
College of Saint Mary is a Catholic
college …dedicated to the education of
women in an environment that calls
forth potential and fosters leadership.
1….the graduate needs a general education that
includes learning experiences that foster social and
intellectual development of the individual. The
Bachelor of Science Degree program builds upon the
student’s basic nursing program with upper division
courses and emphasizes a basis in the liberal arts and
sciences. Learning is influenced by conditions in the
environment. A conducive learning environment
includes the following attitudes and conditions: an
environment which fosters open discourse, respect for
the dignity of each individual, opportunity for
creativity, freedom of expression, recognition and
acceptance of responsibility, participation in decision
making, and promotion of constructive citizenship and
cooperative relationships.
2. Inspires.… Academic excellence,
scholarship and life-long learning.
2. Learning is the outcome of this educative process
and is manifested by changes in behavior that persist.
These changes occur in the way the learner thinks,
feels and acts. Education involves the active efforts
of learner through which identified goals are
achieved. Each learner is responsible for her own
learning. The teacher facilitates learner’s efforts and
evaluates achievement
Professional nursing functions are based
on knowledge of principles and theories
from nursing and other natural and
behavioral sciences.
Graduates….provide a quality of nursing
care within their scope of practice that
reflects an approach based on the
psychosocial, intellectual,
developmental, spiritual, environmental
and physical needs of the individual….
The graduates appreciate the dynamic
nature of nursing and accept
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responsibility for personal and
professional growth.
Graduates are prepared to pursue
advanced study in nursing.
3. Inspires .…Regard for the dignity of
each person
3. Each person is an individual with natural rights,
dignity, worth and potential. Nurses….assist recipients
of health care to achieve optimal level of wellness or a
dignified death.
4. Inspires.…Attention to the development
of mind, body, and spirit
4. Education is one process whereby the capacities
and potential of the individual are developed
….the responsibility for one’s state of wellness
lies within each individual.
…..person’s response to need fulfillment results
in varying degrees of health or illness
5. Inspires.…Compassionate service to
others
5. Nursing is an essential humanitarian service.
Recipients of nursing may be individuals, families,
groups communities or societies
Stakeholders
Possible Stakeholders
(check the ones that apply)
How Stakeholder Impacts or is Impacted by Your
Program
X Undergraduate students in the ASN program The ASN students invest time and money in the
program with the goal of gaining a career as a
licensed professional within the healthcare
community. The attainment of said career is
dependent upon the success of the student in the ASN
program.
X Community constituents including all area
healthcare settings and clients
With the current national nursing shortage, the
Omaha healthcare community cannot function
without the proper education of nurses. The
community depends on nursing programs to educate
registered nurses (RNs) to provide safe and effective
client care.
X Accrediting bodies including the Nebraska State
Board of Nursing and the National League for
Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)
The Nebraska State Board of Nursing is responsible
for ensuring every nursing program continues to meet
the standards established in The 2006 Regulations
Governing the Approval of Nursing Programs in
Nebraska: Professional and Occupational Licensure,
Chapter 97. The pass rate on the NCLEX-RN ® not
only reflects the College of Saint Mary, but the state
of Nebraska as a whole.
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The NLNAC is a specialized accrediting agency for
nursing education programs. The NLNAC ensures
that CSM has clear and appropriate educational
outcomes and achievement of said outcomes.
X Faculty The ASN program and its graduates represent CSM
and the faculty in the healthcare community.
Goals and Objectives
Goal 1: Graduates of the ASN program will demonstrate knowledge, skills and professional dispositions needed
to be professional nurses.
- Objective 1: Upon successful completion of the Advanced level courses, at least 86% of the students
will receive a minimum of 86% on the RN Comprehensive Predictor assessment by the Assessment
Technologies Institute, LLC (ATI).
- Objective 2: Upon successful completion of the Advanced level courses, at least 86% of the students
will receive a Proficiency Level 2 or above on the Nursing Leadership assessment by ATI.
- Objective 3: Upon successful completion of Advanced level nursing courses, at least 86% of the
students will achieve a Proficiency Level 2 or above on the Adult Medical-Surgical assessment by ATI.
- Objective 4: The graduates of the ASN program will successfully complete the NCLEX-RN® at a first-
time pass rate of at least 86%.
Link: This goal supports the entire mission statement of CSM but focuses upon academic excellence; regard
for the dignity of each person; and attention to the development of mind, body and spirit.
Goal 2: Fundamental and Intermediate level students of the ASN program will demonstrate knowledge, skills
and professional behaviors appropriate to their level in the nursing program.
- Objective 1: Upon successful completion of Introduction to Nursing courses, at least 86% of the students
will achieve a Proficiency Level 2 or above on the Fundamentals of Nursing Assessment by ATI.
- Objective 2: Upon successful completion of the Intermediate level nursing courses, at least 86% of the
students will achieve a Proficiency Level 2 or above on the following assessments by ATI:
i. Nursing Care of Children
ii. Maternal-Newborn
iii. Mental Health
Link: This goal supports the entire mission statement of CSM but focuses upon academic excellence; regard
for the dignity of each person; and attention to the development of mind, body and spirit.
Goal 3: Graduates of the ASN program will be satisfied with the ASN educational program according to the
ASN Graduate Satisfaction Survey.
- Objective 1: At least 90% of the ASN graduates surveyed will express having educational goals beyond
an ASN degree.
- Objective 2: At least 90% of the ASN graduates surveyed will state that the ASN curriculum prepared
them to meet the program objectives at a minimum of ‘Meets Expectations.’
- Objective 3: At least 90% of the ASN graduates will state that the ASN program prepared them for
beginning their nursing career.
- Objective 4: At least 90% of the ASN graduates surveyed will state their level of overall satisfaction of
the ASN program as ‘Satisfied’ or ‘Highly Satisfied’.
Link: This goal supports the entire mission statement of CSM but focuses on academic excellence, regard
for the dignity of each person; and attention to the development of mind, body and spirit.
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Assessment Matrix
Tool 1 Tool 2 Tool 3
Goal 1 ATI NCLEX-RN®
Goal 2 ATI
Goal 3 ASN Nursing Student
Satisfaction Survey
Assessment Tools
Tool Who
Collects
Data?
(Position
Title)
Who is
Evaluated?
Assessment
Procedure
(Brief
description)
Direct
Measure?
(check
box)
Indirect
Measure?
(check
box)
Qual
Measure?
Quant
Measure?
Tool 1
ATI
Christi
Glesmann
(Instructor,
ATI
Coordinator)
All CSM
students
enrolled in
the ASN
nursing
program
ATI is a
comprehensive
and adaptive
learning system
to assist in the
preparation of
students with
what they need
to know to pass
NCLEX-RN®
and to become
compassionate
skilled nurses.
In order to
achieve this
goal, ATI has
assessments
leveled for each
area of nursing.
CSM’s ASN
program
completed a
curriculum
alignment with
ATI to ensure
that the
program
X X
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outcomes per
course matched
with the ATI
outcomes per
assessment. A
description of
each
assessment can
be found
below. The
reported data is
based upon the
students’ first
attempt at each
test. However,
the student is
then encourage
to complete
remediation of
the content and
the student
may, depending
on course,
retest. All
assessments are
scored
according to
below Level 1,
Level 1, Level
2 and Level 3.
ATI data states
that a student
who achieves a
Level 2 or 3 on
each
assessment will
be more likely
to have success
on NCLEX-
RN® than those
who do not.
Therefore, the
standard
benchmark is
Level 2 to
determine
success on ATI
assessments.
Tool 2 The All CSM Each student X X
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NCLEX-
RN®
Nebraska
Board of
Nursing
forwards
program
information
to K. Zajic
(Director of
the ASN
program).
ASN
educated
candidates
who
requested
permission
to take the
examination.
will request
permission to
take the
NCLEX-RN®.
Once
permission is
granted,
national and
Nebraska
NCLEX-RN®
quarterly and
annual reports
will present
information
regarding who
is eligible to
take the
NCLEX-RN®
and the pass
rates of those
who have
completed the
examination.
Of those that
have completed
the
examination,
national and
Nebraska pass
rates are
presented in
monthly,
quarterly and
annual reports.
NCLEX-RN®
measures
minimal
competency of
nursing
program
graduates to be
sure that they
can give safe,
client care.
Tool 2
ASN
Satisfaction
Survey
Ellen
Jacobs,
results to
ASN
nursing
All
graduating
ASN
students
Graduating
ASN students
are given a
survey to
complete as
X X
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assessment
committee
they receive
their cap/gown
for graduation
ceremonies.
Questions on
the survey
include
demographics
and affective
questions
measured on a
Likert scale.
Please see
attachment A.
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ATI Assessment Description
(taken from ATI’s website)
ATI Assessment Name
RN Fundamentals This 60-item test offers an assessment of the student’s basic comprehension and
mastery of the fundamental principles for nursing practice. Concepts assessed
include:
1) foundations of practice (health care delivery, thinking strategies for nursing
practice, communication, professional standards, nursing through the lifespan, health
assessment);
2) basic nursing care (admission, transfer and discharge processes, medication
administration and error prevention, safety, infection control, comfort and
basic needs and care of wounds);
3) support of psychosocial needs (psychosocial, family, cultural and spiritual health,
end-of-life);
4) support of physiologic needs (oxygenation, circulatory, fluid, electrolyte and acid-
base balance, gastroenteral, elimination, neurosensory); and
5) health assessment (e.g., assessment of vital signs and general and system specific
assessments).
The student has 60 min (1 hour) to complete this assessment. (Two forms of this
assessment are Available.)
Nursing Care of
Children
This 60-item test offers an assessment of the student’s basic comprehension and
mastery of nursing care of children nursing principles. Assessed concepts include:
1) basic concepts (family-centered nursing care, cultural awareness, physical
assessment, expected growth and development, nutritional needs, implications for
safe administration of medications, hospitalization, pain management, death and
dying);
2) care of children with system disorders; and
3) pediatric emergencies and psychosocial development disorders.
The student has 60 min (1 hour) to complete this assessment. (Two forms of this
assessment are available.)
Maternal Newborn This 60-item test offers an assessment of the student’s basic comprehension and
mastery of maternal newborn nursing principles. Assessed concepts include: normal
and high risk antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and newborn care. Assessed
principles include: the effective use of appropriate pharmacologic and nutritional
interventions and awareness and sensitivity to cultural considerations.
The student has 60 min (1 hour) to complete this assessment. (Two forms of this
assessment are available.)
Mental Health This 60-item test offers an assessment of the student’s basic comprehension and
mastery of mental health nursing principles. Assessed concepts include:
1) basic concepts in mental health nursing (assessment, legal/ethical principles,
therapeutic communication, therapeutic nurse-client relationship, anxiety and defense
mechanisms, mental health nursing in diverse populations);
2) non-pharmacologic therapy of mental health disorders;
3) pharmacologic therapy of mental health disorders; and
4) nursing care of clients with various mental health disorders.
The student has 60 min (1 hour) to complete this assessment. (Two forms of this
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assessment are available.)
Adult Medical-Surgical This 90-item test offers an assessment of the student’s basic comprehension and
mastery of adult medical-surgical nursing principles related to the care of clients with
respiratory, cardiovascular, hematologic, fluid and electrolyte, renal and urinary,