The University of Virginia’s College at Wise March 1, 2018 Charlottesville, Virginia Donna Price Henry, Ph.D. Chancellor
UVA a and U UVA-Wi Wise Coor oordination on • UVA Primary Care Clinic on UVA-Wise grounds with full time Nurse Practitioner (report from Dr. Rick Shannon) • BOV Committee on Commonwealth Engagement, representation from UVa Wise Office of Economic Development • UVA Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights to visit UVa-Wise, April 2018
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Regi gion onal Econ onomic Develop opmen ent • 2018 SWVA Economic Forum – May 17, 2018 • Six cybersecurity firms visited Wise, November 2017, with MACH37 partnership; WiseWorks to engage these businesses to create internships • The Nest – A Program Coordinator has been hired with Strategic Investment Funding. Innovation Center Manager search is underway. • Governor’s Workforce Policy Workgroup (December 2017) • New Minor in Public Health
UVA VA-Wise Ne e News Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman Floyd A. Beckford SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award Fulbright Scholar at the University of Turku, Finland
RN-BSN Online Degree- Completion Program Donna Henry, Ph.D. Chancellor Cathie Collins, Ph.D., R.N., CNE Associate Professor Department Chair of Nursing
RN-BSN Education RN education can be attained two ways • Diploma (This route is in the process of being phased out) • Associate’s Degree RN education can be a pathway to higher degrees in Nursing • The first step and a prerequisite for graduate degrees is the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Rationale for increased emphasis on BSN-educated nurses Rationale for increased emphasis on BSN-educated nurses • Research shows hospitals with higher staff ratios of BSN-prepared nurses have less patient mortality and higher positive patient outcomes. • The Institute of Medicine recommends 80% of the U.S. nursing workforce be BSN- prepared by 2020. • Associate and diploma nurses can further their education through RN-BSN programs. • Fifty-one percent of registered nurses in Virginia hold a Bachelor’s degree or higher. In the far region of Southwest Virginia, the percentage is 34%. (2012) • Locally, the University of Virginia’s College at Wise is the only public school in far southwest Virginia offering the BSN degree. Radford University is the next closest institution, which is two and a half hours away.
UVa-Wise Nursing Programs RN-BSN program • Started in 1993 Pre-Licensure Program initiated in 2004 The two programs coexisted until 2010, but enrollments of RN-BSN students dwindled • The RN-BSN route required to attend face-to-face classes during the day. This presented difficulties for working nurses. • The two curricula shared courses. • Students from the two tracks were enrolled in the same classes. • In 2010, the degree-completion track was put on hiatus and a process of review and redesign was begun.
UVa-Wise Nursing Programs New Online format • An updated degree-completion curriculum for RNs was approved by the faculty in 2014. • Curriculum revised to reflect current trends in nursing. • Changed to a completely online format, making it easier for full-time working RNs to complete coursework on their schedule. • Staffing issues due to faculty turnover delayed launch.
Description of New Curriculum • The curriculum has been modified to better reflect the needs of the professional baccalaureate nurse, and to better meet the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Essentials of Baccalaureate Nursing Standards. • Special attention is paid to the addition of the Quality and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) competencies: Patient-Centered Care, Informatics, Safety, Inter-professional Collaboration, Quality Improvement, and Evidence-Based Practice. • The changes to the curriculum include an emphasis on rural and Appalachian health and assessment. The changes ensure that students are well-versed in the unique problems of the populations they will likely serve.
Description of New Curriculum, cont. • Further, the modified program ensures that each graduate of the program has the requisite knowledge and skills required for integrating evidence- based research, high-level assessment skills, and public health knowledge into nursing practice. • A new course relating to genetics and genomics in nursing practice has been added to the curriculum. Caring for patients in the current health care environment requires knowledge of how a person’s genetic makeup can affect their health and ability to prevent disease.
Online Course Delivery • The curriculum will be completely online, with required clinical elements which can be completed at the student’s place of employment. • The courses will be taught through Moodle, the College’s Learning Management System. The College has utilized Moodle since 2010, and the Office of Information Technology assists faculty and students with using the system. • Nursing faculty have been trained in the use of Moodle and follow the College’s policies and procedures for the delivery of online courses to ensure quality and consistency in this format.
Comparison of Previous On-Campus and Proposed Online Curricula RN To BSN Program Revised RN To BSN Program 30 credits 29 credits (previous program - currently on hiatus) (Online) NUR3170 Leadership and Management I (3 credits) NUR3100 Pathophysiology (3 credits) NEW NUR3130 Health Assessment (2 credits) NUR3180 Appalachian Culture and Health (3 NUR3140 Health Assessment Laboratory (1 credit) credits) NEW NUR3150 The Professional Role (3 credits) NUR3230 The Professional Role (3 credits)* NUR3180 Nursing Theory (3 credits) NUR3180 Nursing Theory (3 credits) NUR4710 Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (3 NUR3700 Nursing Research (3 credits) credits) NEW NUR4210 Genomics in Nursing Practice (3 credits) NUR3300 Pharmacology (3 credits) NEW NUR4600 Community Health Nursing (3 credits) NUR4654 Rural and Public Health (3 credits) NEW NUR4650 Community Health Clinical Laboratory Practicum (2 credits) NUR4800 Health Care Leadership and NUR4870 Leadership and Management II (3 credits) Management (3 credits) NEW NUR4960 Independent Study for Special Topics NUR4190 Health Promotion in Rural Appalachia (3 (3 credits) credits) NEW NUR4920 Transition to Professional Nursing Not applicable to current degree Practice (3 credits) NEW Core Curriculum courses will be met through Electives (10 credits) student’s Associate degree curriculum and courses offered through UVa-Wise.
Next Steps Remaining steps in approval process include: • UVA Board of Visitors • Regional accreditor: SACSCOC • Once the program is running, it will require approval from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) The earliest possible program start is January 2019.
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