Academic Program Review

ACADEMIC YEAR	14/15	Basic Skills Transfer x Career Technical Education (CTE)
PROGRAM	Vocational Nursing
DESCRIPTION/PURPOSE	Provide the education necessary for Licensure and Practice as a Licensed Vocational Nurse
DIVISION	Health and Sciences
DEPARTMENT	Nursing and Allied Health
SUBMITTED BY:	Susan Carreon

INSTITUTIONAL GOAL 1	INSTITUTIONAL GOAL 2	INSTITUTIONAL GOAL 3	INSTITUTIONAL GOAL 4
INSTITUTIONAL MISSION AND EFFECTIVENESS – The College will maintain programs and services that focus on the mission of the College supported by data-driven assessments to measure student learning and student success. 1.1 Develop systems and procedures that establish the mission of the college as the central mechanism for planning and decision making. 1.2 Develop an institutional score card to assess student learning that drives integrated planning and resource allocation. 1.3 Develop systems and procedures to ensure that the college maintains a collegial and self-reflective dialogue that improves effectiveness. 1.4 Develop systems that are inclusive, cyclical, and understood by all stakeholders.	STUDENT LEARNING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES – The College will maintain instructional programs and services which support student success and the attainment of student educational goals. 2.1 Ensure that all instructional programs, regardless of location or means of delivery, address and meet the current and future needs of students. 2.2 Review program learning outcomes annually (or biennially) to assure currency, improve teaching and learning strategies, and raise student success rates. 2.3 Ensure that all Student Services programs, regardless of location or means of delivery, address and meet the current and future needs of students. 2.4 Ensure that all Student Services programs engage in a process of sustainable continuous quality improvement by annual review of Service Area Outcomes, and annual Program Review. 2.5 Ensure that the Library meets as closely as possible that “Standards of Practice for California Community College Library Faculty and Programs” of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. 2.6 Ensure that instructional labs continue to collaborate in sharing financial and human resources, thus maintaining continuous quality improvement.	RESOURCES – The College will develop and manage human, technological, physical, and financial resources to effectively support the College mission and the campus learning environment. 3.1 Develop and implement a resource allocation plan that leads to fiscal stability. 3.2 Implement a robust technological infrastructure and the enterprise software to support the college process. 3.3 Build new facilities and modernize existing ones as prioritized in the facility master plan. 3.4 Design and commit to a long-term professional development plan. 3.5 Raise the health awareness of faculty, staff, and students.	LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE – The Board of Trustees and the Superintendent/President will establish policies that assure the quality, integrity, and effectiveness of student learning programs and services, and the financial stability of the institution. 4.1 Review all Board policies annually to ensure that they are consistent with the College mission statement, that they address the quality, integrity, and effectiveness of student learning programs and services, and that they guard the financial stability of the institution. 4.2 Maintain a clearly defined Code of Ethics that includes appropriate responses to unprofessional behavior. 4.3 Ensure that the Board of Trustees is informed and involved in the accreditation process. 4.4 Ensure that processes for the evaluation of the Board of Trustees and the Superintendent/President are clearly defined, implemented, and publicized. 4.5 Establish a governance structure, processes, and practices that guarantee that the governing board, administration, faculty, staff, and students will be involved in the decision making process.

I. INSTITUTIONAL GOALS

II. PROGRAM GOALS

PAST – EVALUATION OF PREVIOUS CYCLE OBJECTIVES/PROGRAM GOALS (SET IN PREVIOUS YEAR)

List your previous objectives/goals and associated Institutional Goals. All program goals must address at least one of the institutional goals.

1	PAST PROGRAM GOAL #1	INSTITUTIONAL GOAL(S) (Select one primary goal.)
Identify Program Goal and Budget request, if any, from the Program Review completed in 2013-2014 (Section II C): Stable Full-time faculty	1 Mission & Effectiveness 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.4 X 2 Student Learning Outcomes 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.6 3 Resources 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.3 4 Leadership & Governance 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.3
xx Met	Partially Met	Not Met
Describe how this program goal increased student achievement and/or program effectiveness in 2014-2015: The program successfully recruited and hired a full-time Tenure Track Instructor during summer 2013. This individual was the same person who served as long-term sub during 2012-2013, thus assisting with program continuity and stability.

2	PAST PROGRAM GOAL #2	INSTITUTIONAL GOAL(S) (Select one primary goal.)
Identify Program Goal and Budget request, if any, from the Program Review completed in 2013-2014 (Section II C): Develop and implement a graduate follow-up process to assess employment in the field and/or return to full-time education	1 Mission & Effectiveness 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.4 2 Student Learning Outcomes 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.6 3 Resources 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.3 4 Leadership & Governance 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.3
Met	x Partially Met	Not Met
Describe how this program goal increased student achievement and/or program effectiveness in 2014-2015: Though a formal process was not implemented, the faculty in the program keep in contact with graduates and have informal data re NCLEX-VN pass rates and employment. The Department has designed a follow-up email Survey to be used for all programs but it has not been implemented

PRESENT – DATA ANALYSIS AND PROGRAM HEALTH – ACCREDITATION

Summarize and analyze all disaggregated data by day, evening, gender, ethnicity, and distance education. Narrative only. Submit electronic excel file with graphs or trend data.

Enrollment and Fill Rates

Discuss the trends in enrollment and fill rate for each program by day and evening at the program level.

The VN program admits up to 20 students every 3 semesters. This is the maximum class size per BVNPTE set requirement for the program. The program is impacted and there were 57 qualified applicants for the 20 positions in the class admitted in fall 2013. After notified of program admission 3 accepted students were unable to start due to personal reasons and these slots were filled with alternates. Unfortunately, the first semester has suffered an unusual number of withdrawals and the enrollment dropped to 14 by the end of fall 2013. All of the withdrawals were due to academic failure. Due to unique timing of the VN and RN schedules, the VN program was able to accept 3 students who had failed the second semester and one who had failed the 4th semester of the RN program in spring 2014. One of those 4 was recently withdrawn due to a disciplinary issue. There was one additional withdrawal due to academic failure in spring 2014 and 15 students are set to complete in December, 2014.

Productivity

What are the trends in productivity?

The VN program is limited in productivity due to the low faculty/student ratio requirements related to the BVNPTE limits on enrollment and the affiliating hospital limits of 1:10 in clinical classes for patient safety reasons. Many of the VN students and potential applicants have an ultimate goal of entering the RN program and thus contribute to the productivity of many of the pre-requisite classes as well as pre-requisites specific to the VN program.

Success and Retention

Discuss the success and retention rates by day, evening (extended day), and online classes in each program and identify gaps.

The VN courses are all offered during daytime and within a Monday-Friday schedule. Success and retention rates have been consistent, with the exception of the unusual number of withdrawals in fall 2013. The enrollment numbers are too small to draw conclusions about success or retention rates by gender of ethnic groups. The students in this program benefit from close and intensive faculty-student interactions and support in addition to tutoring support from the Nursing Learning Lab.

Success and Retention by Ethnicity

Discuss the success and retention rates by demographic diversity of students.

The enrollment numbers are too small to draw conclusions about success or retention rates by gender of ethnic groups. In recent years, 100$ of the VN students have been Hispanic.

Degrees and Certificates

Discuss the trends in the number of degrees and/or certificates awarded.

The VN program offers an Associate Degree of Certificate Option. During the 2010-2013 time period over twice as many students chose the Associate Degree (32) versus the Certificate (14). This may be due to the goal of many of the students to continue their education in preparation for the RN program. Also the NCLEX-VN pass rate from the class that completed in spring 2013 is 100% to date.

Program Changes

What program changes, if any, do you expect to have a positive effect on students?

A successful Approval visit in spring 2015 with full compliance with all BVNPTE regulations will ensure that students have completed a quality program and be ready to take the Licensing exam(NCLEX-PN)

Graduate follow-up information about employment will ensure that there are jobs for graduates of the VN program and give valuable feedback about needed program changes..

Summarize revisions, additions, deletions, and alternate delivery methods to courses and/or program based on the last program review.

The VN program has recently improved their testing to more approximate the NCLEX-PN and this has proven successful as evidenced by their recent scores of 100%- up from 76% for the preceding class (completed in fall 2011). Use of simulations has also been introduced and is planned to increase in the curriculum.

Evaluate the program’s viability by addressing program completion, size (FTES), projections (growing/stable/declining), and quality of outcomes.

This is a small program that is predicted to be stable in enrollment. The program has had some difficulty with a high attrition rate 9only 12 of the original 20 admitted are scheduled to complete on time), however they were able to keep some of their enrollment numbers (15 out of 20) due to transfers of qualified students from the RN program. Completers of the program have been very successful in passing NCLEX-PN (100% for the most recent class from spring 2013) and anecdotal information from informal instructor follow-up indicates that all graduates are employed in their field or in classes working on continuing their education toward their ADN. Completing the survey of graduates officially will help to provide feedback for program improvement and accurate employment data. Successfully completing the Self-Study for re-Approval and the Approval visit by the California BVNPTE (Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing Examiners) during 2014-2015 will provide additional feedback and direction for further improvement of the program.
C. FUTURE – LIST OF “SMART” (SPECIFIC MEASURABLE ATTAINABLE RELEVANT TIME-LIMITED) PROGRAM OBJECTIVES FOR NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR TO ADDRESS PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT, GROWTH, OR UNMET NEEDS/GOALS. ALL PROGRAM GOALS MUST ADDRESS AT LEAST ONE OF THE INSTITUTIONAL GOALS.

FUTURE PROGRAM GOALS (Describe future program goals. List in order of budget priority.) You are not required to list 3 goals. Only list/identify goals that are viable in one year’s time or can be carried over a number of program cycles.	INSTITUTIONAL GOAL(S) (Select one primary institutional goal)
1	2015-2016 PROGRAM GOAL #1	INSTITUTIONAL GOAL(S)
Identify Future Global Goal: Continued Program Full Approval by the BVNPTE	1 Mission & Effectiveness 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.4 2 Student Learning Outcomes 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.6 3 Resources 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.3 4 Leadership & Governance 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.3
Objective: Implement any recommendations and/or correct areas of non-compliance identified from the Feb. 2015 BVNPTE Re-Approval Repot
RESOURCE PLAN (Check all that apply.)
Facilities Marketing Technology Professional Development Staffing
Task(s)
Develop Plan of identified actions to respond to recommendations of BVNPTE
Timeline: Dec 2015
Expense Type	Funding Type	Budget Request
One-Time Recurring	General District Categorical (Specify)	$________________
Complete any identified changes indicated by BVNPTE report
Timeline: Spring 2016
Expense Type	Funding Type	Budget Request
One-Time Recurring	General District Categorical (Specify)	$________________
How will the completion of tasks identified improve student/program success? The program must have approval by the BVNPTE in order to continue. Having no areas of non-compliance assure that students are completing a quality program that prepares them to be successful in passing NCLEX-PN and becoming LVNs prepared for the job.
Who are the responsible party(ies) and assigned user(s)? Associate Dean for Nursing and Allied Health and VN faculty
FUTURE PROGRAM GOALS (Describe future program goals. List in order of budget priority.) You are not required to list 3 goals. Only list/identify goals that are viable in one year’s time or can be carried over a number of program cycles.	INSTITUTIONAL GOAL(S) (Select one primary institutional goal)
2	2015-2016 PROGRAM GOAL #2	INSTITUTIONAL GOAL(S)
Identify Future Global Goal: Program Successfully Meets Labor Market Demand for LVNs	1 Mission & Effectiveness 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.4 2 Student Learning Outcomes 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.6 3 Resources 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.3 4 Leadership & Governance 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.5 4.3
Objective: Complete Graduate Follow-up of program completers
RESOURCE PLAN (Check all that apply.)
Facilities Marketing Technology Professional Development Staffing
Task(s)
A. Develop completer survey that ascertains information about jobs of grads or continued education and feedback from completers re needed program improvements.
Timeline: summer 2015
Expense Type	Funding Type	Budget Request
One-Time Recurring	General District Categorical (Specify)	$________________
Analyze completed surveys to make needed program changes
Timeline: Fall 2015
Expense Type	Funding Type	Budget Request
One-Time Recurring	General District Categorical (Specify)	$________________
How will this objective be measured? Response rate of survey response and review and analysis of results with appropriate recommendations
How will the completion of tasks identified improve student/program success? Will provide for data driven decisions about program improvement
Who are the responsible party(ies) and assigned user(s)? Associate Dean, Nursing and Allied Health and Nursing Faculty

a. Enrollment and Fill Rates
Discuss the trends in enrollment and fill rate for each program by day and evening at the program level.
Day Sections	Extended Day	Online
Sections	Fill	Enroll	Mass Cap	Sections	Fill	Enroll	Mass Cap	Sections	Fill	Enroll	Mass Cap
Fall 2011	2	88.00%	35	40	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0.00%	0	0
Spring 2012	4	99.00%	79	80	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0.00%	0	0
Fall 2012	3	92.00%	55	60	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0.00%	0	0
Spring 2013	2	85.00%	34	40	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0.00%	0	0
Fall 2013	4	94.00%	75	80	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0.00%	0	0
Spring 2014	3	72.00%	43	60	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0.00%	0	0
Totals & Averages:	18	88.33%	321	360	0	0.00%	0	0	0	0.00%	0	0

b. Productivity
What are the trends in productivity?
WSCH/FTEF
Fall 2011	125
Spring 2012	218.84
Fall 2012	183.15
Spring 2013	121.43
Fall 2013	209.84
Spring 2014	138.09
Average:	166.06

c. Success and Retention
Discuss the success and retention rates by day, evening (extended day), and online classes in each program and identify gaps.
Day Sections	Extended Day	Online
Enrollment	Success Rate	Retention Rate	Enrollment	Success Rate	Retention Rate	Enrollment	Success Rate	Retention Rate
Fall 2011	35	100.00%	100.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%
Spring 2012	79	92.41%	96.20%	0	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%
Fall 2012	55	96.36%	98.18%	0	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%
Spring 2013	34	100.00%	100.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%
Fall 2013	75	77.33%	81.33%	0	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%
Spring 2014	43	95.35%	100.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%
Totals & Averages:	321	93.58%	95.95%	0	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%

d. Success and Retention by Ethnicity
Discuss the success and retention rates by demographic diversity of students.
African-American	Hispanic	White	Other	Unknown, Non-Responsive
#	Success	Retention	#	Success	Retention	#	Success	Retention	#	Success	Retention	#	Success	Retention
Fall 2011	30	100.00%	100.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%	5	100.00%	100.00%
Spring 2012	75	92.00%	96.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%	4	100.00%	100.00%
Fall 2012	52	96.15%	98.08%	0	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%	3	100.00%	100.00%
Spring 2013	32	100.00%	100.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%	2	100.00%	100.00%
Fall 2013	64	78.13%	82.81%	3	0.00%	0.00%	4	100.00%	100.00%	4	100.00%	100.00%
Spring 2014	40	95.00%	100.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%	3	100.00%	100.00%	0	0.00%	0.00%
Total:	0	293	91.81%	94.88%	3	0.00%	0.00%	7	100.00%	100.00%	18	100.00%	100.00%

e. Degrees and Certificates
Discuss the trends in the number of degrees and/or certificates awarded.
ACADEMIC_YEAR	MAJOR	DEGREE	PROGRAM	MAJOR_DESC	TOTAL_STUDENTS
2011-2012	LVN	AS	NURSLVN-AS	Nursing Vocational	17
2011-2012	LVN	CERT	NURSLVN-CERT	Nursing Vocational	2
2012-2013	LVN	AS	NURSLVN-AS	Nursing Vocational	15
2012-2013	LVN	CERT	NURSLVN-CERT	Nursing Vocational	12
Total:	46

(WSCH/FTEF) The goal is 525 as per state guidelines. A low number means that we are below target levels for productivity. For example, in a small class that has a mandated cap of 15 students, the fill rate may be 100% but the productivity number (WSCH/FTEF) will be very low. A class with a cap of 40 students with a 100% fill rate will have a productivity number close to or above 525.