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From Admission to Pinning: Successfully Integrating ATI’s Complete Solutions Package

From Admission to Pinning: Successfully Integrating ATI’s Complete Solutions Package . Diann Martin, PhD, RN Concorde Career Colleges . Our Agenda for Today . Describe NURSING PROGRAMs at Concorde Career Colleges Identify need for program improvement

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From Admission to Pinning: Successfully Integrating ATI’s Complete Solutions Package

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  1. From Admission to Pinning: Successfully Integrating ATI’s Complete Solutions Package Diann Martin, PhD, RN Concorde Career Colleges

  2. Our Agenda for Today • Describe NURSING PROGRAMs at Concorde Career Colleges • Identify need for program improvement • Examine the implementation and use of ATI Complete Solutions Package • Summarize feedback of nursing leaders & students regarding ATI • Report on plans for continued partnership between Concorde and ATI

  3. Realities facing Nurse Educators • Crowded curriculum • Scarcity of clinical sites • Lack of experienced educators • Students as customers • Practice/Regulatory disconnect • Cost pressures • Demand for technology • New learning/teaching methods • NCLEX bar rising

  4. Into this mix…. Enter Concorde Nursing Programs • Nationwide provider of nursing and health science education • Accredited by ACCSC/ABHES • Proprietary education model • Operate 17 campuses nationwide • Programs range from PCT to PN/VN, A.D.N. and newly launched online RN to BSN degree completion program • Work with 9 distinct BOARDs of Nursing

  5. Concorde Campuses 2014

  6. Nursing Program Situational Analysis • Top down, centralized model of command and control leadership • 10 PN/VN programs: several below expectation on NCLEX results • 6 A.D.N. programs: 2 on probation, 2 struggling • 1 Online RN to BSN program to launch in 2014 • Inconsistency in curriculum across campuses • Leadership challenges

  7. ATI was an under-used resource • The sports car was locked in the garage and no one had the keys! • LACK OF • Training • Product knowledge • Integration into curriculum • Communication

  8. Enter a new era and a new Academic Leader with a vision for success ! CHANGE AGENT • Dr. Ron Kern, PhD • Knowledge of higher education • Tech savvy • Studied adult learners • Seeking long term academic solutions • Listened, learned and adopted !

  9. Step One: Revisit the Academic Model

  10. Academic Need for ATI Solution • New National Director hired • CAO and National Director both reviewed ATI array of tutorials, assessments, faculty resources & success results • CAO examined data on TEAS and ATI NCLEX success factors • Need for proven systems, products and services to complete a turn around within a 1-2 year time frame-sense of urgency conveyed to campuses • Organized a presentation to Concorde Leadership and to Board members • Proposed a FULL SOLUTIONS agreement • ATI goes at risk with a guarantee for student success for A.D.N. students on first time pass for graduates who get a green light on the Virtual ATI product • Mutual commitment to STUDENT SUCCESS

  11. What was done next: high level • Implementation • National Summit of Nurse Leaders April 2013 • 3 day training for National Education Specialists • Regional train the trainer sessions • Faculty implementation specialists Visit each campus • Regular Nursing leadership calls

  12. Integration Continues • Identify ATI champions • Course by course alignment of materials • Replace select textbooks and materials with ATI solutions: Pharmacology made easy example • Track and trend student scores and NCLEX results • Use remediation and focus review materials • Identify and work with high risk students • Monitor ATI use by campus, by faculty and by students • Integrate CARP tests into nursing courses for up to 10% of final grade • Assign homework based on ATI

  13. Feedback from ATI Users at Concorde • Leadership team • Nursing Directors • Campus faculty • Students

  14. Additional Partnership Benefits for Concorde • Access to ATI Academy for faculty development • Regular contact with ATI implementation specialists and resources • Live reviews, Virtual ATI, books and materials • Ability to replace clinical hours with virtual simulations

  15. Next Steps for Partnership • Continue to work on curriculum redesign for PN and then A.D.N. programs • Revise lab and clinical requirements around ATI systems • Form super-user groups at campuses • Use ATI product guides to move from lecture based to “flipped” classroom • Examine use of ATI in BSN program online

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