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• School of Nursing

1. Students demonstrate competency in progressively difficult nursing skills in the Nursing Resources Laboratory (NRL).

1. Skills Checks Evaluative Tool; peer evaluation of skill proficiency (graduating senior students)

2. Students will apply professional nursing standards* in clinical practice areas. *Professional nursing standards are defined in the Ohio Nurse Practice Act and by the document Essentials of Baccalaureate Nursing Practice, developed by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).

2a. Students demonstrate ability to plan, deliver and evaluate outcomes of professional nursing care.

2b. Students will demonstrate therapeutic communication skills in clinical practice.

2. Clinical Evaluation Tool. Identifies areas of practice to be observed by clinical faculty.

2a. Nursing Care Plan. Care plans document student assessment and analysis of the nursing concerns, the student action and the observed outcome. The care plans are evaluated by the clinical faculty and assigned a score.

2b. Process Recording. Interactions with clients at each level of nursing courses. Process recordings are scored by clinical faculty based on defined criteria. Students document use of therapeutic communication techniques, identify non-therapeutic communications and suggest alternative actions.

3. Students will demonstrate mastery of nursing knowledge based on standardized tests in all subjects in the major.

3. Students take the following standardized test as assessment of course material using ATI subject matter tests in: Fundamentals of Nursing, Acute care, Pharmacology, Mental Health, Maternity Care, Pediatric Care, Community Health Readiness for licensure. (ATI = Assessment Technologies Inc, nationally-normed tests for nursing majors in identified subject areas. Tests evaluate for knowledge needed for safe practice in the discipline.)

4. Graduates will successfully pass the NCLEX exam - the national Registered Nurse licensing exam required for practice.

4. NCLEX - RN. The national licensing examination for Registered Nurses.

5. Graduating students express readiness for professional work.

5. Exit interviews conducted as a focus group.

6. Alumni express perception they were preparedness for professional work

6. Alumni survey conducted every three years as a web-based survey.