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Appendix B

Program Review – Annual Report

Date: March 15, 2011

Program Area: Health Sciences & University Programs Division

Prepared by: Wanda Spratt, Dean of Health Sciences and Health Sciences Faculty

Address completely each of the following topics. Use extra pages as needed. These are expanding text boxes for your ease of use. Attach your Action Plan reflecting program/division goals, objectives, and priorities.

1. Progress on previous program review goals:

A. Continuing Progress on 2007-2008 Goals:

a. Provide a quality education for our students: Update, revise, maintain, and keep current the curriculum to maintain accreditation standards for the program and assure student success.

Division programs are meeting this goal.

The ADN program successfully completed an Interim Site Visit by the Board of Registered Nursing with demonstrated compliance in all required standards. They will be due for a full self-study accreditation visit in fall of 2012.

The VN Program successfully completed its re-approval self-study in fall 2007 with demonstrated compliance in all required standards. Next self-study due in fall 2011.

The NA/HHA program successfully completed the regularly scheduled 2-year program review and approval in fall 2010. Next approval visit due spring 2012.

The Dental Hygiene program completed a successful first time reaccreditation site visit in the fall 2009 and received final notification of continuing accreditation until 2015.

All Nursing and Dental Hygiene programs completed the process of reviewing current program prerequisites, enrollment criteria, and curriculum revision needs. All changes were approved by the curriculum committee for inclusion in the 2010 catalog.

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All Nursing programs continue to redesign learning activities and classroom delivery strategies and updated course materials to promote student success. Lesson plans are reviewed and revised each semester to reflect content changes and industry advancements.

b. Expand facilities to meet our growing student enrollment

This goal was met in 2008-09 with the completion of the Health Sciences and University Programs facility in downtown Redding. This goal was modified in 2009-10 to focus on best practices to maximize facility utilization. The modified goal has been met by effective scheduling of classes and activities to maximize facility use. Current activities center on scheduling classes and activities to maximize facility use. The division is working with University Center, college, and community partners to increase use of facilities throughout the day and evening hours and on Saturday.

c. Equip the healthcare labs in nursing and dental hygiene with state of the art

healthcare equipment to provide optimal learning for students.

This goal has been met in obtaining new state of the art equipment in since fall 2007 with the opening of the New Health Science and University Programs (HSUP) Center. The equipment is fully operational and is being utilized with optimum efficiency in the nursing and dental assistant programs. Additional equipment has been purchased over the past three years to update and expand simulation activities in the nursing CSL. Nursing faculty continues to collaborate on scheduling of activities in the Nursing Clinical Skills Labs (CSL) that is shared by three (3) nursing programs.

d. Increasingly incorporate technology into the program curriculum

This goal is being met and improved upon since 2008-09 thorough the use of both low-tech and high-tech (fidelity manikin) simulation activities that are becoming an essential part of the nursing and dental hygiene clinical curriculum. In all nursing program course curriculums, students are exposed to increasing more challenging and difficult client scenarios each semester. This goal was further modified 2009-10 (see #D for 2009-10 goals).

e. Ensure all faculty teaching online courses receives training in online education.

This goal is being met. All faculty completed web training in ANGEL and are not registered to complete web training in MOODLE as the college LMS changes for the second time in 5 years. Two online courses (Pharmacology and Introduction to Nursing) have been developed since 2007 to support the nursing programs. There are no new courses proposed for the near future.

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f. Provide more and improved marketing for our programs.

This goal has been met.

The Health Science faculty are very satisfied with the progress made towards meeting their 2007-2008 goals and will continue to work towards further improvements.

B. Progress on 2008-2009 Goals:

A. Implement strategies to improve first time test takers pass rate on the NCLEX-RN

The ADN program implemented a Kaplan review program in fall 2008 (funded by nursing retention initiative grant). Since implementation five graduating classes have participated (98% participation rate) with an improved pass rate. The current first time pass rate for the past 3 years is 89.5%. Most students are successful on retesting with an overall pass rate of 98.4%.

a. Establish a formal peer tutoring program in ADN program

An external (out of class) peer tutoring program has not been initiated at this time as student school schedules and work schedules significantly restricted availability of volunteer peer tutors.

The formal professional tutoring program, introduced in fall 2008, through a nursing enrollment and retention grant initiative, has replaced the need for a formal peer tutoring program initially proposed by the faculty. This program is achieving great success. Through a combination of faculty classroom initiatives (more classrooms based group study and class presentation activities to the benefit of all students) and an early alert referral program to the Retention grant manager, the attrition rate in the first year of the program been reduced from 23% to 7%. Student withdrawals have been primarily for non academic issues.

This goal was further modified in 2009-10. See 2009-10 goal #B.

b. Explore program expansion opportunities especially for LVN-RN students in ADN

program, use of ITV in new areas for VN program, and Weaverville for CNA program.

Faculty are still committed to distance education program expansion for the LVN-RN students in ADN program and VN and CNA programs when sufficient student interest and onsite lab component can be developed at the extended sites. Greatest limitations on accomplishing this are the unavailability of clinical faculty, lack of clinical experiences in extended site communities, and funding limitations for program expansion in current fiscal crisis. Since spring 2010, one Red Bluff section has been canceled due to budget reductions, but students from that area are enrolling in Redding sections and are

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provided theory component by ITV delivery when scheduling allows minimizing expense of driving. Clinical assignments were made in Anderson in place of Red Bluff.

c. Seek new dental hygiene and nursing grant funding to support further expansion of

technology in subject area, curriculum changes, and program expansion efforts.

The ADN program continues to receive state sponsored Nursing Retention grant. The most recent $589,774 Nursing Retention grant application was approved for 2010-2012.

The Dental Hygiene program was provided funding from Carl Perkins grant to purchase of Dental Hygiene Remote Access Terminals technology (a foot mouse to use in computerized charting) and related equipment for lab and professional development funds for faculty.

d. Expand adjunct faculty pools for nursing and dental hygiene.

ADN Nursing adjunct faculty pool continues to grow for replacement and expansion with successful recruitment of following:

2008-09 Two adjuncts for first semester

2009-10 One adjunct for second semester

20010-11 Two adjunct for second semester; one adjunct for third semester and one adjunct for fourth semester

The NA/HHA program successfully recruited two new adjuncts in 2009-2010 whch meet current program needs. VN program recruited one additional adjunct faculty member to be utilized spring 2010 semester. VN program now has three adjuncts and two more that are approved for the board for a total of five to meet stable program needs. Dental hygiene program continues to maintain a stable adjunct faculty pool to meet its current needs.

e. Continue enhancements in technology for the classroom and simulation labs.

This goal has been met for all Health Science programs. Current technology is current for the workplace and educational setting.

f. Promote professional development for faculty in the use of simulation and classroom

technology.


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The Health Science faculty is very satisfied with the progress made towards meeting these 2008-2009 goals.

C. Progress on 2009-2010 Goals:

a. Up-to-date educational programs through curriculum review and revision to ensure

currency and maintenance of accreditation and professional standards for the program.


b. Promote student success through assessment, retention, preparation and support to

meet individualized student needs in courses and preparation for post program state certification and licensure. Case management initiated on a total of 40 ADN students – 22 were initiated pre-admission and the remainder was referred by self or faculty as at-risk during a semester.

Approximately 80 ADN applicants each year are scheduled to take the TEAS as part of pre-admission preparation. Seven (7) of those testing this last year did not meet the established cut score of 67% and were placed on a remediation plan.

For the Fall 2010 semester, there were: o Three (3) students who withdrew from the 1st semester – two (2) determined

within the first 2 weeks that nursing was not for them and one failed both theory and clinical.

o Three (3) students withdrew from the 2nd semester – two due to academic insufficiency and one for personal family issues. These two students re-entered the 2nd semester in Spring 2010

o There were no withdrawals from the 3rd semester o There were three (3) students who withdrew from 4th semester. Two for

academic insufficiency and one for academic and clinical insufficiency.

To date for the Spring 2011 semester, there have been: o Three (3) withdrawals from 1st semester – two due to personal issues early in the

semester, one for academic insufficiency. o Four (4) withdrawals from 2nd semester – all for academic insufficiency o There have been no withdrawals from the 3rd and 4th semesters.

NCLEX-RN review courses through Kaplan were provided for the Fall 2010 class with all 30 students attending. A review course is being scheduled for the first week of June, 2011 for the Spring 2011 graduates.

NCLEX-RN pass rates continue to be high with a current overall rate of 98.4%.

c. Enhance communication for dissemination of program information, enrollment criteria and processes, and program practice standards and policies.

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This goal has been met. All nursing programs and Dental Hygiene use the established division/program web pages (launched in 2008). General Nursing Information sessions continue to be held monthly and program application information sessions are held each semester with good attendance.

d. Continue enhancements in technology for the classroom and simulation labs.


e. Promote professional development of faculty in the use of simulation, classroom

technology, and teaching methodologies that promote student success.

This goal has been met. Since 2009-2010, 100% of nursing and dental hygiene faculty attended professional development conferences or workshops related to clinical practice and teaching methodologies including use of simulation, classroom, and social communication technologies to promote student learning.

The Health Science faculty are very satisfied with the progress made towards meeting these 2009-2010 goals and will continue to work towards further improvements.

D. Progress Made on 2010-2011 Goals:

a. Operate our division in a cost effective manner.

This goal is being met. The program faculty has established base inventories for nursing and dental hygiene skills labs, set new minimum stock levels and established new course by course ordering systems which will allow sufficient reserves by semester, reduce overstocking, and assist in better tracking of course costs. Some items that students use that are of personal nature have been added to the student practice kits (purchased through the bookstore) which has resulted in improved success with skills performance. Equipment inventory has been reviewed and replacement options such as rental are being explored which will assist with keeping up with the rapidly changing hospital setting.

b. Initiate electronic records for division and departments.

Scanning of past student and program records has been completed. All new materials are added as received. Access to records is protected but quicker to access when needed.

2. New Goals (2011-2012)

A. 1. New Goal: Initiate use of an electronic medical record (EMR) program for students (Nurse Squared) in curriculum and clinical skills lab activities.

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2. Need: To prepare students for clinical experiences in facilities that have all adopted EMR systems.

3. Achievement: Graduates of program will be current with documentation systems and able to adapt to facility based EMR systems without difficulty.

4. Plan: Develop a Flex day activity for faculty to initiate development of EMR program policies and guidelines and develop initial classroom and skills lab learning activities including case study based scenarios for low and high tech simulation. Faculty course teams to draft course specific EMR assignments.

3. SLOs progress:

Nursing and Dental Hygiene have established SLOs for all course offerings The faculty are actively engaged measuring and evaluating additional course SLOs each semester. Faculty concluded second draft of program SLOs fall semester and plans to pilot first data collection of assessments during spring semester. Course and program SLOs will be communicated to students through course handouts and program handbooks. The analysis of the assessments will be used to improve student learning by adjusting and modifying instructional and evaluation activities to further ensure student success. This process is ongoing through the year and is addressed in course faculty team meetings, department and division meetings throughout the year.

Appendix B



Program Area: Associate Degree Nursing Program

Prepared by: ADN Program Faculty and Program Director

Address completely each of the following topics. Use extra pages as needed. These are expanding text boxes for your ease of use. Attach your Action Plan reflecting program/division goals, objectives, and priorities. 3. Progress on previous program review goals:


a. Provide a quality education for our students: Update, revise, maintain, and keep

current the curriculum to maintain accreditation standards for the program and assure student success. Ongoing goal with positive movement: The ADN program successfully completed an Interim Site Visit by the Board of Registered Nursing with demonstrated compliance in all required standards. They will be due for a full self-study accreditation visit in fall of 2012. The ADN program annually completes Title 5 course reviews as scheduled to ensure courses maintain up-to-date program prerequisites, enrollment criteria, and curriculum revision needs. All changes were approved by the curriculum committee for inclusion in the 2010 catalog. The program plans to do a major reassessment of curriculum beginning spring 2011. The ADN program continues to redesign learning activities and classroom delivery strategies, update course materials, and add simulation activities to promote student success


Goal met in 2008-09 with the completion of the Health Sciences and University Programs facility in downtown Redding. This goal was modified in 2009-10 to focus

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on best practices to maximize facility utilization. The modified goal has been met by effective scheduling of classes and activities to maximize facility use.

c. Equip the healthcare labs in nursing and dental hygiene with state of the art healthcare equipment to provide optimal learning for students. Ongoing goal with positive movement: With opening of the New Health Science and University Programs (HSUP) Center in fall 2007, the program obtained new state of the art nursing skills lab equipment and technology. This equipment is fully operational and is being utilized with optimum efficiency in the nursing simulation center (lab). Additional equipment has been purchased over the past three years to update and expand simulation activities in the nursing CSL. Nursing faculty continues to collaborate on scheduling of activities in the Nursing Clinical Skills Labs (CSL) that is shared by three (3) nursing programs. Currently, the nursing faculty is looking to update IV pumps to remain current with changes occurring in acute care hospital affiliations for clinical experiences.

d. Increasingly incorporate technology into the program curriculum Goal met. Since 2008-09, faculty has continuously added use of both low-tech and high-tech fidelity manikin simulation activities that are an essential part of the nursing clinical curriculum. In the nursing program course curriculum, students are exposed to increasing more challenging and difficult client scenarios each semester. This goal was further modified 2009-10 (see #D for 2009-10 goals).

e. Ensure all faculty teaching online courses receives training in online education. Ongoing goal with positive movement: 100% of ADN faculty completed web training for the LMS using ANGEL and are now registered to complete web training in MOODLE as the college LMS changes for the second time in 5 years. All ADN courses are web enhanced. Two elective nursing courses have been developed for online delivery. Pharmacology has been a summer offering since 2008. Introduction to Nursing was adapted to an online format beginning fall 2010. There are no new courses proposed for the near future.

f. Provide more and improved marketing for our programs.

This goal has been met. Since spring 2009, the program has had a fully operational program web page that is updated regularly as needed.

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a. Implement strategies to improve first time test takers pass rate on the NCLEX-RN Goal is ongoing. The ADN program implemented a Kaplan review program in fall 2008 (funded by nursing retention initiative grant). Since implementation five graduating classes have participated (98% participation rate) with an improved pass rate. The current first time pass rate for the past 3 years is 89.5%. Most students are successful on retesting with an overall pass rate of 98.4%.

b. Establish a formal peer tutoring program in ADN program Goal modified in 2009-10. See 2009-10 goal #b. Student school schedules and work schedules significantly restricted availability of volunteer peer tutors and made peer tutoring program unattainable. A formal professional tutoring program was introduced in fall 2008 through a nursing enrollment and retention grant initiative.

c. Explore program expansion opportunities especially for LVN-RN students in ADN program. Goal met. Twelve LVN-RN positions have been added to the third semester (six for fall and six for spring) due to funding from the state sponsored Nursing Initiative grants for enrollment expansion and retention grant.

d. Seek new nursing grant funding to support enrollment and enhancements in simulation technology to support curriculum changes and program expansion efforts. Goal met. The ADN program continues to receive state sponsored Nursing Retention grant. The most recent $589,774 Nursing Retention grant application was approved for 2010-2012.

e. Expand adjunct faculty pools to support enrollment growth in nursing program. Goal is ongoing. ADN Nursing adjunct faculty pool continues to grow for replacement and expansion with successful recruitment of following:

2008-09 - Two adjuncts for first semester 2009-10 - One adjunct for second semester 20010-11 - Two adjuncts for second semester; one adjunct for third semester and one adjunct for fourth semester

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f. Continue enhancements in technology for the classroom and simulation labs. Goal is ongoing. Program adds technology to remain current for the workplace practices and standards and improve delivery of content in educational setting as funding sources are available.

g. Promote professional development for faculty in the use of simulation and

classroom technology. Goal is ongoing. 100% of faculty attended simulation training conferences to enhance simulation delivery activities added to curriculum and clinical experiences. Faculty plan to continue attending at least one major simulation conference or workshop annually (funding from ongoing state Nursing Initiative grant).


a. Up-to-date educational programs through curriculum review and revision to

ensure currency and maintenance of accreditation and professional standards for the program.

Goal is ongoing with positive movement. The ADN program successfully completed an Interim Site Visit by the Board of Registered Nursing with demonstrated compliance in all required standards. They will be due for a full self-study accreditation visit in fall of 2012. The ADN program annually completes Title 5 course reviews as scheduled to ensure courses maintain up-to-date program prerequisites, enrollment criteria, and curriculum revision needs. All changes were approved by the curriculum committee for inclusion in the 2010 catalog. The program plans to do a major reassessment of curriculum beginning spring 2011. The ADN program continues to redesign learning activities and classroom delivery strategies, update course materials, and add simulation activities to promote student success.

b. Promote student success through assessment, retention, preparation and support to meet individualized student needs in courses and preparation for post program state certification and licensure. Case management initiated on a total of 40 ADN students – 22 were initiated pre-admission and the remainder was referred by self or faculty as at-risk during a semester.

Approximately 80 ADN applicants each year are scheduled to take the TEAS as part of pre-admission preparation. Seven (7) of those testing this last year did not meet the established cut score of 67% and were placed on a remediation plan.

For the Fall 2010 semester, there were:

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o Three (3) students who withdrew from the 1st semester – two (2) determined within the first 2 weeks that nursing was not for them and one failed both theory and clinical.

o Three (3) students withdrew from the 2nd semester – two due to academic insufficiency and one for personal family issues. These two students re-entered the 2nd semester in Spring 2010

o There were no withdrawals from the 3rd semester o There were three (3) students who withdrew from 4th semester. Two for

academic insufficiency and one for academic and clinical insufficiency.

To date for the Spring 2011 semester, there have been: o Three (3) withdrawals from 1st semester – two due to personal issues early in

the semester, one for academic insufficiency. o Four (4) withdrawals from 2nd semester – all for academic insufficiency o There have been no withdrawals from the 3rd and 4th semesters.

NCLEX-RN review courses through Kaplan were provided for the Fall 2010 class with all 30 students attending. A review course is being scheduled for the first week of June, 2011 for the Spring 2011 graduates.

NCLEX-RN pass rates continue to be high with a current overall rate of 98.4%.

c. Continue enhancements in technology for the classroom and simulation labs.

Goal is ongoing. Faculty engaged in development of clinical scenarios and establishment of a “Simulation Hospital”. Need to integrate an electronic documentation system to prepare students to changing clinical settings. Adjunct faculty needs opportunities for professional development in operation and use of simulation technology equipment.


a. Operate program in a cost effective manner.

Goal is ongoing. The program faculty has established base inventories for nursing skills lab, set new minimum stock levels and established new course by course ordering systems which will allow sufficient reserves by semester, reduce overstocking, and assist in better tracking of course costs. Some items that students use that are of personal nature have been added to the student practice kits (purchased through the bookstore) which has resulted in improved success with skills performance. Equipment inventory has been reviewed and replacement options such as rental are being explored which will assist with keeping up with the rapidly changing hospital setting.

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b. Initiate electronic records for division and departments.

Goal is ongoing. Scanning of past ADN program student and program records has been completed. All new materials are added as received. Access to records is protected but quicker to access when needed.

2. New Goals (2011-2012)

A. 1. New Goal: Initiate use of an electronic medical record (EMR) program for

students (Nurse Squared) in curriculum and clinical skills lab activities. 2. Need: To prepare students for clinical experiences in facilities that have all

adopted EMR systems. 3. Achievement: Graduates of program will be current with documentation

systems and able to adapt to facility based EMR systems without difficulty. 4. Plan: Develop a Flex day activity for faculty to initiate development of EMR

program policies and guidelines and develop initial classroom and skills lab learning activities including case study based scenarios for low and high tech simulation. Faculty course teams to draft course specific EMR assignments.

3. SLOs progress:

ADN program has established SLOs for all course offerings The faculty are actively engaged measuring and evaluating additional course SLOs each semester. Faculty exploring program level SLOs and will implement when college plan approved. Course and program SLOs will be communicated to students through course and program handbooks. The analysis of the assessments will be used to improve student learning by adjusting and modifying instructional and evaluation activities to further ensure student success. This process is ongoing through the year and is addressed in course faculty team meetings and program department meetings throughout the year.

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Appendix B



Program Area: Health Sciences & University Programs

Prepared by: Dental Hygiene Program Director and Faculty

Address completely each of the following topics. Use extra pages as needed. These are expanding text boxes for your ease of use. Attach your Action Plan reflecting program/division goals, objectives, and priorities.

3. Progress on previous program review goals:

E. Continuing Progress on 2007-2008 Goals:


current the curriculum to maintain accreditation standards for the program and assure student success. Division programs are meeting this goal. The Dental Hygiene program completed a successful first time reaccreditation site visit in the fall 2009 and received final notification of continuing accreditation until 2015. The Dental Hygiene program completed the process of reviewing current program prerequisites, enrollment criteria, and curriculum revision needs; adapted selection criteria for Fall 2010 applications; completed Title 5 course review of all first semester courses that were approved by the curriculum committee for inclusion in the 2010 catalog. The Dental Hygiene program continues to redesign learning activities and classroom delivery strategies and updated course materials to promote student success. Lesson plans are reviewed and revised each semester to reflect content changes and industry advancements.

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g. Expand facilities to meet our growing student enrollment

This goal was met in 2008-09 with the completion of the Health Sciences and University Programs facility in downtown Redding.

h. Equip the healthcare labs in nursing and dental hygiene with state of the art healthcare equipment to provide optimal learning for students. This goal has been met in obtaining new state of the art equipment in since fall 2007 with the opening of the New Health Science and University Programs (HSUP) Center. The equipment is fully operational and is being utilized with optimum efficiency in the Dental Hygiene program. Additional technology equipment to improve electronic documentation during clinic sessions was purchased through Carl Perkins grant in 2009-2010.

i. Increasingly incorporate technology into the program curriculum This goal is being met and improved upon since 2008-09 thorough the use of state of the art dental office equipment and software in hands on experience in school based real life operational clinic.

j. Provide more and improved marketing for our programs. This goal has been met. Dental Hygiene has a program designated web page that is updated regularly with new and changing information.

F. Progress on 2008-2009 Goals:

a. Seek new dental hygiene grant funding to support further expansion of technology in subject area, curriculum changes, and program expansion efforts.

Goal was met. The Dental Hygiene program was provided funding from Carl Perkins grant to purchase of Dental Hygiene Remote Access Terminals technology (a foot mouse to use in computerized charting) and related equipment for lab and professional development funds for faculty.

c. Expand adjunct faculty pools for dental hygiene. Dental hygiene program continues to maintain a stable adjunct faculty pool to meet its current needs.

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d. Promote professional development for faculty in the use of simulation and classroom technology.

This goal has been met. The faculty attended annual American Dental Hygiene Educators Associate meeting and conference each spring to learn up-to-date curriculum and teaching strategies.

G. Progress on 2009-2010 Goals:

a. Up-to-date educational programs through curriculum review and revision to ensure currency and maintenance of accreditation and professional standards for the program.

This goal has been met. Dental Hygiene program completed process of national accreditation in fall 2008 and received full accreditation. Next review scheduled 2015.

b. Enhance communication for dissemination of program information, enrollment

criteria and processes, and program practice standards and policies.

This goal has been met. The Dental Hygiene uses the established division/program web pages (launched in 2008).

c. Promote professional development of faculty in the use of simulation, classroom

technology, and teaching methodologies that promote student success.

This goal is ongoing. Since 2009-2010, 100% of dental hygiene faculty attended professional development conferences or workshops related to clinical practice and teaching methodologies including use of simulation, classroom, and social communication technologies to promote student learning.

H. Progress Made on 2010-2011 Goals:

a. Operate our division in a cost effective manner.

This goal is being met. The dental hygiene program has established base inventories for the dental hygiene clinic operations, maintains minimum stock levels, and established purchasing practices to maintain sufficient reserves by semester to prevent overstocking and waste due to material expirations.

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2. New Goals (2011-2012)

A. 1. New Goal: Integrate curriculum and implement the use of Remote Access Terminal for documentation of assessments during clinical sessions.

2. Need: To prepare students for clinical experiences in facilities that have all adopted use of RATs technology.

3. Achievement: Graduates of program will be current with documentation systems and able to adapt to practice settings using new technology.

4. Plan: Develop a Flex day activity for faculty to initiate development of program policies and guidelines for use of RATs in dental clinic and plan orientation and training aspects of clinical curriculum. Expected launch date for use is fall 2011.

3. SLOs progress:

Dental Hygiene have established SLOs for all course offerings The faculty are actively engaged measuring and evaluating course SLOs each semester. Course SLOs will be communicated to students through course handouts and program handbooks. The analyses of the assessments are used to improve student learning by adjusting and modifying instructional and evaluation activities to further ensure student success. This process is ongoing through the year and is addressed in course faculty and department meetings throughout the year.

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Appendix B



Program Area: NA/HHA Program

Prepared by: NA/HHA Faculty and Program Director




current the curriculum to maintain accreditation standards for the program and assure student success. The Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide (NA/HHA) program is meeting this goal.

The NA/HHA program successfully completed its re-approval self-study in fall 2010 with demonstrated compliance in all required standards. Next self-study is due in August 2012.


This goal was met in 2008-09 with the completion of the Health Sciences and University Programs facility in downtown Redding. This goal was modified in 2009-10 to focus on best practices to maximize facility utilization. The modified goal has been met by effective scheduling of classes and activities to maximize facility use.

c. Equip the healthcare labs in nursing and dental hygiene with state of the art healthcare equipment to provide optimal learning for students. This goal has been met. New state of the art equipment was provided with the opening of the New Health Science and University Programs (HSUP) Center in fall

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2007. The equipment is fully operational and is being utilized with optimum efficiency in the NA/HHA program.

d. Increasingly incorporate technology into the program curriculum This goal is met and improved upon yearly through the use of low-tech manikin simulation activities and clinical based scenarios that are becoming an essential part of the nursing assistant/home health aide clinical curriculum. Our students receive computer training on electronic record documentation in one of our clinical sites each semester.

e. Provide more and improved marketing for our programs. This goal has been met. Currently, program materials are available through the program web page and are reviewed and updated each semester as needed.


a. Implement strategies to maintain first time test takers pass rate on the NNAAP state certification examination. The NNAAP examination consists of both a written and skills component. In 2008 and 2009 a total of 142 students took the NNAAP exam. Of these, 141 passed (99%) the written exam on the first attempt and 134 students passed the skills portion (94%) on the first attempt. In an effort to maintain this pass rate we assess the SLOs after the completion of each semester in addition to a bi-annual review of mastery performance criteria to assure compliance with current standards of practice. Students are also provided with the NNAAP Candidate Handbook for review and practice throughout the clinical rotation.

b. Explore program expansion opportunities especially for NA/HHA program, in

Weaverville. Despite efforts with the local facility in Weaverville, the college has been unable to find faculty that meets both Shasta College hiring qualifications as well as Department of Public Health regulations specific to training standards. We have also experienced scheduling conflicts with ITV capability.

c. Expand adjunct faculty pools for nursing and dental hygiene. The NA/HHA program successfully recruited two new adjuncts in 2009-2010 which meet current program needs.

d. Continue enhancements in technology for the classroom and simulation labs.

This goal has been met. Current technology is current for the workplace and educational setting.

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e. Promote professional development for faculty in the use of simulation and classroom technology. This goal has been met. Faculty has attended various workshops to integrate changes in nursing practice to promote reality based curriculum.


a. Up-to-date educational programs through curriculum review and revision to

ensure currency and maintenance of accreditation and professional standards for the program. This goal has been met. NA/HHA program is scheduled for Title 5 course review in fall 2011. Program received 2 year re-approval from state in fall 2010. Next scheduled review August 2012.

b. Enhance communication for dissemination of program information, enrollment criteria and processes, and program practice standards and policies. This goal has been met for the NA/HHA program by use of division and program specific web page that is updated as changes occur. General Nursing Information sessions continue to be held monthly and program application information sessions are held each semester with good attendance.

c. Promote professional development of faculty in the use of simulation, classroom technology, and teaching methodologies that promote student success. This goal has been met. Since 2009-2010, 100% of program faculty attended professional development conferences or workshops related to clinical practice and teaching methodologies including use of simulation, classroom, and social communication technologies to promote student learning. Specifically, faculty attended: Creative Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators; Wound and Skin Care Management Program; and Oncology Conference.


b. Initiate electronic records for division and departments. This goal has been met. In the past year, all current and past records have been scanned and are now maintained in electronic files per regulations. All program files are being centralized in a common drive program folder accessible to the program director, faculty and support staff.

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2. New Goals (2011-2012)

a. New goal: Promote additional low-level clinical simulation into the classroom setting by introducing “Nurse Squared” documentation software and develop additional case scenarios appropriate for nursing assistant level for practice in the clinical skills laboratory.

b. Need: Critical thinking and development of professional behaviors.

c. Achievement: Improved theory application to meet the diverse patient needs and unique situations presented in the clinical setting.

c. Plan for achievement: Receive training in Nurse Squared software which will allow

us to develop low-level activities for classroom use. 3. SLOs progress:

We have initiated the following four SLOs: 1. Professional behavior/communication 2. Safe nursing care/medical asepsis 3. Math assessment 4. Care plan/data collection

We are assessing each SLO at the completion of each course. We have completed steps one through five in the process and we have determined by the data collected that all four of the SLOs will continue to be monitored for the upcoming year.

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Appendix B



Program Area: VN Program

Prepared by: Vocational Nursing Program Faculty and Program Director


A. Progress on 2009-2010 Goals:

a. Assist with the updating, and revision of the Website for the Vocational Nursing

Program.

The goal has been met. VN website is a resource for potential and current students. The student handbook is on the website as are current policies for the VN program.

b. Utilize LMS and expand the student’s use of the on-line program to include:

outlines, activities, calendar, grades, i-clickers and limited amount of testing.

Goal has been met. VOCN 161 and 162 utilize Angel for all student outlines, activities and calendars as well as for grades. I-clickers use in the classroom has received limited use. Testing has not been implemented on-line due to classroom conflicts with other programs in computer lab and need to proctor tests. Continue goal in 2011-12.

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c. Continue to expand use of CD ROM and Internet technology in classroom presentation and to add to the resources in the LRC. Goal met. Many books, CD ROM and other materials for VN’s have been added to the LRC. They are also available to students using the LMS.

d. Continue to use simulation in VOCN161-162.

Goal met. Four simulation days occurred during VOCN 161 in Fall of 2009 and four more were done in VOCN 162 in Spring of 2010.

e. Complete the SLO’s as assigned.

Goal is ongoing. Initial reported results were lost. They were completed and submitted twice as instructed. In addition, SLO’s have been established and faculty are measuring and evaluating courses as they are completed. These are communicated to the students through the course information which is reviewed at orientation for each course. The results are used to update the curriculum of each course.

f. Review the Curriculum for VOCN 162 and make changes as needed.

Goal has been met. The clinical curriculum was changed for VOCN 162, Spring 2010 with the addition of a rotation to Crestwood and Wound Care. The Wound Care rotation is both IP at NCR and home health at MMC. Faculty was also able to spend more time at SCHC with the students.

g. Explore new areas where the VN Program could be offered such as Alturas,

Burney, Red Bluff and Weaverville. Goal abandoned. No ITV was done on class finishing in Spring 2010. Faculty would love to do more ITV to all of these areas but it depends on student need.

h. Explore new clinical placements such as Head Start, and School sites for VOCN 162. New clinical placements were addressed above. Head Start and School sites would not work with our Monday -Tuesday rotations.

i. Complete the schedule for clinical for VOCN 162 Spring 2010.

Goal completed in November 2009.

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j. Prepare for the new VN Class in fall of 2010. Goal met. Preparations completed for scheduling of adjuncts, working to obtain clinical sites and completing the study guide and course information.

k. Prepare for graduation in May 2010.

Goal met. Pinning took place Tuesday May 25 at 5PM in the Theatre. Students had Lyndia McBroome to be the speaker.

B. Progress Made on 2010-2011 Goals:

a. Continue to assist with the updating, and revision of the Website for the Vocational Nursing Program. Goal is ongoing. Continue regular updates to keep students informed.

b. Utilize ANGEL LMS and expand the student’s use of the on-line program to include:

outlines, activities, calendar, grades, and testing. Goal met. All testing has been done using the LMS. All outlines, grades and activities are already completed.

c. Continue to expand use of technology in classroom presentation and to add to the

resources in the LRC. Goal continues from 2008-2009. Technology is in place. Library online resources are in place and updated regularly by vendor.

d. Continue to use simulation in VOCN160-16-162.

Goal is continuing successfully. Two simulation days completed during fall 2010; two new activities planned for spring 2011 and additional two with focus on OB clinical in fall 2011.

e. Complete the SLO’s as assigned.

Goal completed for fall 2010 and one set was lost.

f. Review the Curriculum for VOCN 160 and make changes as needed.

Goal completed. Curriculum reviewed and necessary changes completed.

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g. Provide ITV for all lectures to Red Bluff. Goal met. ITV delivery is included in ongoing college DE plan for future.

h. Explore new clinical placements for VOCN162, to replace MMC for VOCN 162.

Goal continues. Drafting regional plan to include clinical rotations at Northern California Rehab Hospital as a primary acute care experience for Fall 2011 and future program needs to replace loss of Mercy Medical Center site. Also will utilize wound care clinic and our usual outpatient clinics for rotations. Shasta Community Health Center rotations not confirmed..

i. Complete the schedule for clinical for VOCN 161.

Goal has been met.

2. New Goals (2011 Fall-2012 Spring)

1. Implement use of new electronic record keeping software, Nurse Squared in curriculum to prepare the students to use the “Electronic Health Record” in the facilities are upon entry into the workforce. Plan to work with faculty team in revising classroom activities and materials to include new software. Only cost expected is faculty time.

2. Implement use of new college LMS (Moodle) platform for web enhanced classes for

fall (VOCN 162) and spring (VOCN160) web enhanced classes. This goal is needed to ensure ongoing use of web enhancements for all courses in the program. Faculty to complete new LMS training and adapt courses for smooth transition to new platform. Only cost expected is faculty time.

3. SLOs progress:

This process is ongoing through the year and is addressed in course faculty team meetings, department and division meetings throughout the year.

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