Fairmont State University Associate Degree in Nursing

Program Outcomes and Direct Measures (for accreditation, Nursing calls these Graduate Outcomes and Assessments)

Upon completion of the Associate Degree in Nursing program, the student will be able to:

• Initiate client care using critical thinking skills to make reasoned decisions.
• Clinical evaluations
• Course exams National Kaplan assessment exams
• Care plans
• Case studies NCLEX-RN
•  Practice social and professional accountability and responsibility.
• Clinical evaluations
• Course exams
• National Kaplan assessment exams
• NCLEX-RN
• Synthesize knowledge from nursing and the physical, biological, behavioral, and social sciences to implement the nursing process.
• Clinical evaluations
• Course exams
• National Kaplan assessment exams
• Care plans
• Research paper
• Case studies
• NCLEX-RN
•  Establish effective therapeutic communication with clients.
• Clinical evaluations
• Course exams
• National Kaplan assessment exams
• Care plans
• Process recording
• Case studies
• NCLEX-RN
• Demonstrate competency in therapeutic nursing interventions.
• Clinical evaluations
• Course exams
• National Kaplan assessment exams
• Care plans
• Case studies
• NCLEX-RN
•  Coordinate client care functioning in the multiple roles of care provider, teacher, communicator, manager, and member of the profession.
• Clinical evaluations
• Course exams
• National Kaplan assessment exams
• Care plans
• Case studies
• NCLEX-RN

Program goals and assessments (for accreditation, Nursing calls these Program Outcomes and Assessments)

•  Program attrition rate will not exceed 20 percent. Calculated attrition, retention, and graduation rates
•  At least 88 percent of the graduates will be successful when taking the NCLEX-RN for the first time.
• National Council Licensing Examination (NCLEX-RN) results
•  At least 85 percent of the graduates will rate the program as satisfactory or above.
•      End of the program and graduate surveys
• At least 95 percent of the graduates will gain employment as a nurse, or enroll in higher education within 6 months of graduation.
•      Graduate surveys
• At least 85 percent of employers will rate graduate performance as satisfactory or above.
•      Employer surveys

Fairmont State University Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Program Outcomes and Direct Measures (for accreditation, Nursing calls these Graduate Outcomes and Assessments)

Upon completion of the program, the student will be able to:

• Synthesize empirical and theoretical knowledge from nursing and general education including social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, English, and humanities as a framework for professional clinical practice.
• Final Practicum Narrative Assignment
• Practicum Project
• Care plans Preceptor evaluations
•  Employ effective communication in verbal, nonverbal, and technological aspects of nursing care.
• Final Practicum Narrative Assignment
• Practicum Project
• Preceptor evaluations
• Care plans
•  Evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing process in assessing health status, planning, and implementing care in cooperation with individuals, families, groups, and community and society.
• Final Practicum Narrative Assignment
• Practicum Project
• Preceptor evaluations
• Care plans
•  Assess the effectiveness of planned change to assure an environment conducive to maximizing health potential for individuals, families, and communities.
• Final Practicum Narrative Assignment
• Practicum Project
• Preceptor evaluations
•  Assume responsibility for self-direction in life-long learning, maintain legal and ethical standards, and participate in activities that contribute to personal and professional growth.
• Final Practicum Narrative Assignment
• Graduate Surveys
• Practicum Project
• Preceptor evaluations
•  Provide care for individuals, families, and groups incorporating evidence-based practice.
• Final Practicum Narrative Assignment
• Practicum Project
• Research papers
• Preceptor evaluations
• Care plans
•  Synthesize a personal philosophy of nursing which incorporates responsibility and accountability as an advocate for the consumer of health care and one’s own practice and profession.
• Final Practicum Narrative Assignment
• Personal Philosophy Paper
•  Collaborate with other health team members to promote maximum health potential.
• Preceptor evaluations
• Final Practicum Narrative Assignment
• Practicum Project
• Preceptor evaluations Care plans
•  Use the critical thinking process to solve problems and make decisions in the professional nursing role.
• Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal
• Final Practicum Narrative Assignment
• Practicum Project
• Preceptor evaluations
• Care plans

Program goals and assessments (for accreditation, Nursing calls these Program Outcomes and Assessments)

•  Seventy-five percent of BSN students will graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• Calculated graduation rates
• Twenty-five percent of BSN graduates will indicate that they will pursue professional certification or graduate study within five years of graduation.
• Graduation surveys
•  Ninety percent of BSN graduates will state that they have met the graduate outcomes.
•  Graduate surveys
•  Nursing Practicum capstone assignment
•  Ninety percent of BSN graduates will report that their professional nursing role has been expanded.
• Graduate surveys
•  Ninety-five percent of BSN graduates will practice nursing in West Virginia.
• End of program and Graduate surveys
•  Ninety percent of BSN graduates will report program satisfaction at a level of 4 out of 5 or greater.
• End of program and Graduate surveys