Nursing Assistant

Program Review (National Campus)

AP Full Official: Certificate in Nursing Assistant

Campus: National Campus

Completed by: Paul Dacanay

AP Review Submission Date:March 2014

AR Review Cycle: 2011- 2013

1. Program Mission

   To educate students to serve the health care needs of the people of Micronesia as certified nursing assistant, practical nurses, and associate degree nurses in community based health care sites, across the Federated States of Micronesia

2. Program Goals

   1. Demonstrate personal and workplace actions based on core nursing values, professional standards of practice, and the law.
   2. Provide basic nursing care to individuals with diverse health needs and in a variety of health care settings.
   3. Provide a safe, caring, and culturally respectful therapeutic environment to improve patient/client care outcomes
   4. Communicate effectively using interpersonal, documentation, and technology skills as a member of the health care team.

3. Program History

   The Nursing program constitutes an academic response to the health staff situation in Micronesia and has taken account the current academic realities of the region. There has been a recognized chronic shortage of health workers coupled by the marked under-training of those workers, who have, in large part, learnt through on-the-job training, frequently from predecessors also trained on-the-job.

   The college added the Nursing Program to its program offerings in Fall of 2011.

4. Program Descriptions

   The nursing assistant certificate is designed to prepare individuals to provide basic nursing care in healthcare institutions and home care settings. The role of the nursing assistant is to give personal care to individuals or groups of patients/clients of all ages, assists with activities of daily living, and gather basic measurements of health status to report verbally to the nurse and chart in patient records. The on semester Certificate of Completion meets the requirement for Nursing program admission. The one year Certificate of Achievement program is designed for students with minimal High School or college background in the sciences and who are exploring nursing as a career or who desires to work as a nursing assistant.

5. Program Admission Requirements

   Students must complete the COMET for placement in course levels for reading, writing and math.

   Students must submit a Nursing Application form, current Health Form with documentation of immunizations, and TB test result.

6. Program Certificate/Degree Requirements

   Certificate of Completion
           Total credit required:     10 Credits

                   NU 100: Medical Terminology (3)
                   NU 101: Nursing Assistant Practice (7)
   

   Certificate of Achievement:
           Total credit required:      32 credits

   General Education Requirement : (22 Credits)
   
                    ESL 089: Reading V (3)
                    SC 098: Survey of Science (3)
                    MS 099: Intermediate Algebra (4)
                    SC 094: Family Health (3)
                    SC 101: Health Science (3)
                    CA 100: Computer Literacy (3)

   Technical Requirements: (10 Credits)
   
                    NU 100: Medical Terminology (3)
                    NU 101: Nursing Assistant Practice (7)

7. Program Courses and Enrollment

   Courses	Number of section/s	Course Enrollment	Section fill-rates
   NU 100: Medical Terminology	4	79	79.0%
   NU 101: Nursing Assistant Practice	4	52	65.0%

8. Program Faculty

   Instructor	Position	Degrees Held	Status
   Paul Dacanay	Division Chair Assistant Professor	Doctor of Medicine Bachelor of Science Degree Major in Biology	Full time Faculty
   Kathleen Benjamin	Instructor	Masters in Public Health Registered Nurse Bachelor of Science in Nursing	Full time Faculty
   Rudelyn Dacanay	Instructor	Registered Nurse Bachelors of Science in Nursing	Full-time Instructor
   Mitsuko Miyai	Instructor	Masters in Public Health Registered Nurse	Part-time Instructor

   Faculty to Student Ratio 2011-2013

   Year	Spring	Spring Ratio	Fall	Fall Ratio
   2011			32	1:16
   2012	35	1:17	32	1:16
   2013			32	1:16

9. Program Indicators

   1. Assessment of course student learning outcomes of program courses

   Course Learning Outcome NU 100

   	SLO 1	SLO 2	SLO 3	SLO 4	SLO 5	SLO 6	SLO 7	Number of Students
   Fall 2011	85%	85%	85%	90%	90%	80%	85%	20
   Spring 2012	90%	85%	90%	80%	80%	80%	85%	20
   Fall 2012	95%	95%	100%	89%	89%	89%	87%	20
   Spring 2013	Not Offered							0
   Fall 2013	90%	95%	95%	80%	5%	90%	90%	19
   Average	90%	91%	92%	84%	83%	95%	87%	19.75

   
   
   Course Learning Outcome NU 101

   	SLO 1	SLO 2	SLO 3	SLO 4	SLO 5	SLO 6	SLO 7	Number of Students
   Fall 2011	86%	85%	90%	90%	90%	88%	90%	12
   Spring 2012	80%	87%	86%	84%	88%	86%	84%	15
   Fall 2012	92%	95%	89%	89%	89%	89%	89%	12
   Spring 2013	Not Offered							0
   Fall 2013	90%	95%	91%	89%	87%	90%	89%	13
   Average	87%	91%	89%	88%	89%	88%	88%	13

   2. Assessment of program student learning outcomes

   PSLO Success Rate Fall 2011

   	PLO 1	PLO 2	PLO 3	PLO 4	PLO 5	PLO 6	PLO 7
   NU 100				100%
   NU 101	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

   
   
   PSLO Success Rate Spring 2012

   	PLO 1	PLO 2	PLO 3	PLO 4	PLO 5	PLO 6	PLO 7
   NU 100				85%
   NU 101	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%

   PSLO Success Rate Fall 2012

   	PLO 1	PLO 2	PLO 3	PLO 4	PLO 5	PLO 6	PLO 7
   NU 100				90%
   NU 101	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%

   
   
   PSLO Success Rate Spring 2013

   	PLO 1	PLO 2	PLO 3	PLO 4	PLO 5	PLO 6	PLO 7
   NU 100	Not Offered
   NU 101	Not Offered

   
   
   PSLO Success Rate Fall 2013

   	PLO 1	PLO 2	PLO 3	PLO 4	PLO 5	PLO 6	PLO 7
   NU 100				100%
   NU 101	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%

   3. Program enrollment (historical enrollment patterns, student credits by major)

   Program	Term	Sections	Maximum Enrollment	Enrollment	Enrollment Ratio	Enrollment Average
   Certificate in Nursing Assistant	Fall 2011	2	45	32	71.0%	16.0
   	Spring 2012	2	45	35	77.0%	17.5
   	Fall 2012	2	45	32	71.0%	16.0
   	Spring 2013	-	-	-	-	-
   	Fall 2013	2	45	32	71.0%	16.0

   4.Average class size

   Year	Spring	Fall
   2011	0	16.00
   2012	17.5	16.00
   2013	0	16.00

   5.Course completion rate

   Program	Term	Course	Number of Students	Passing Rate	Withdrawals
   Certificate in Nursing Assistant	Fall 2011	NU 100	20	100%	0.0%
   		NU 101	12	100%	0.0%
   	Spring 2012	NU 100	20	80.0%	15.0%
   		NU 101	15	93.3%	6.7%
   	Fall 2012	NU 100	20	90.%	5.0%
   		NU 101	12	91.7%	8.3%
   	Spring 2013	NU 121	-	-	-
   		NU 122	-	-	-
   	Fall 2013	NU 100	19	100%	0.0%
   		NU 101	13	92.3%	7.7%

   6. Student persistence rate (semester to semester)

   Year	Term	Rate
   2011	Fall	100%
   2012	Spring	S100%
   	Fall	S100%
   2013	Spring	Not Offered
   	Fall	100%

   The Certificate in Nursing Assistant Program is a two-semester program. Most of the students who enrolled in this program have received an Associates Degree majoring in other sciences and have finished their general education courses. They only need to finish the core courses that will take them 1 semester.

   7.Student retention rate (Fall-to-Fall for two-year programs; Fall-to-Spring for one-year programs)

   The Certificate in Nursing Assistant Program is a two-semester program. Most of the students who enrolled in this program have received an Associates Degree majoring in other sciences and have finished their general education courses. They only need to finish the core courses that will take them 1 semester.

   8. Success rates on licensing or certification exams (CTE, TP, Nursing, etc)

   There is no current licensing or certification examination for Nursing in the FSM

   9. Graduation rate based on yearly number

   Program	Term	Number of Students
   Certificate in Nursing Assistant	Fall 2011	12
   	Spring 2012	13
   	Fall 2012	11
   	Spring 2013	-
   	Fall 2013	11

   10.Students seat costk

   No data available

   11. Cost of duplicate or redundant courses, programs or services

   There is no duplicate or redundant courses

   12. Students' satisfaction rate

   In the most recent Student Satisfaction survey (2014), there were 13 respondents rating their satisfaction with the program. Majority of the respondents says they strongly agree that the program have performed well in serving their students.

   13. Alumni data

   No Data nor system in place to do alumni data

   14. Employment data and employer feedback (employer survey)

   No employment data set. The program is developing a tracking system and employer satisfaction survey.

   15.Program added or cancelled at nearby regional institutions (PCC, GCC, Hawaii schools, UOG, CMI, NMC)

   University of Guam is slowly phasing out their Associates Degree in Nursing program and shift their concentration to its Bachelors Degree in Nursing Program.

   16. Transfer Rate

   Year	Term	Rate
   2011	Fall	17%
   2012	Spring	50%
   	Fall	55%
   2013	Spring	Not Offered
   	Fall	42%

   Transfer rate of students from CNA to Level 1 Practical Nurse Program

10. Analysis and Recommendation

    Analysis

    Low enrollment rate

    The AS in Nursing is on their 2th year and there is a slow increase in the number of students declaring Nursing as their major.

    High number of withdrawal ratee

    The high number of withdrawal was due to lack of Pell credit grants available for continuing students. Most of these students would enroll full-time in Nursing program and would later found out they do not have enough credits left in their grant and they do not have any other scholarship grants available for them.

    The program is relatively new and most students enrolled are those who usually have 2 or more major on their record.

    Recommendation:

    Low enrollment rate

    Undertake a more aggressive recruitment and information drive activities. This should be done in all FSM States once every academic year.

    Recruitment of HCOP graduates to enroll in the program since most of these students already fulfilled the needed pre-requisite courses

    High number of withdrawal rate
    

    Good academic advisement prior as to what courses should be taken since the program requires a lot of credit to be filled.

    Encourage student to enroll only in courses needed by the program. E

    Improvement of Program and course assessment

    In addition to the present program and course assessment strategy, a comprehensive assessment/exam to evaluate the overall knowledge/skills the students gained should be done. Starting SY 2014, a comprehensive exam will be given to students every after the semester and contents will be based on their level.