School of Nursing Reaccreditation November 9-11, 2009

1. 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.

2. Reaccreditation includes: • 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

3. Your role in reaccreditation • Be present – greet visitors, attend sessions if requested • Be familiar with the Essentials of Master’s Education for Advanced Practice Nursing and other standards • Be prepared to share your experience in the nursing program

4. CCNE Standards Standard I: Mission & Governance Standard II: Institutional Commitment & Resources Standard III: Program Quality: Curriculum, Teaching-Learning Practices & Individual Student Outcomes Standard IV: Program Effectiveness

5. 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 Master’s Education for Advanced Practice Nursing

6. The Essentials of Master’s Education for Advanced Practice Nursing Graduate Core Curriculum Content • Research • Policy, Organization, and Financing of Health Care • Ethics • Professional Role Development • Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice • Human Diversity and Social Issues • Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

7. The Essentials of Master’s Education for Advanced Practice Nursing(cont’d) Advanced Practice Nursing Core Curriculum • Advanced Health/Physical Assessment • Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology • Advanced Pharmacology

8. Additional Standards/Guidelines • ANA. Nursing: A Social Policy Statement • ANA & APNA. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice • Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Quality , Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) Standards

9. Additional Standards/Guidelines (cont’d) • NACNS. Statement of Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice and Education • NONPF & AACN. Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Competencies in Specialty Areas • National Task Force on Quality NP Education. Criteria for Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Progams

10. Expected Student Learning Outcomes for Master’s Graduates • Together the Essentials and additional standards guide the expected outcomes for the master’s program. • Content and clinicals in the master’s program are organized to achieve student learning outcomes in four areas.

11. Expected Student Learning Outcomes for Master’s Graduates (cont’d) Outcome Area • Population • Systematic Inquiry • Mastery of advanced knowledge in nursing and in the basic and applied sciences relative to a selected clinical population • Ability to critically evaluate and apply research evidence to nursing practice and contribute to the advancement of knowledge in nursing

12. Expected Student Learning Outcomes for Master’s Graduates (cont’d) • Demonstrate competence in synthesizing and applying knowledge and enacting advanced professional nursing role in specialty practice • Accept individual responsibility for the formulation of advanced professional goals and for the acquisition of the knowledge and learning experiences required to meet the goals • Role • Individual Responsibility &Life Long Learning