OLC Nursing Department Faculty Meeting: Date: January 10, 2017

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1 OLC Nursing Department Meeting: Date: January 10, 2017 Members Present: Zephier- Chair, Michelle Bruns-Assistant Chair, Robin White, Wendy Jacobson Agenda: 1. Old Business Approval of October 2016 minutes 2. New Business NEDDS update June conference WEFs turn in signed copies by 1/31/2017 Nursing Central Mount Marty College online RN-BSN Woksape Tipi (Library) inservice date 1/19/17 AM? 3. Chair report Budget lab orders for spring IEP: Assessment week Jan 9-13, see Annual Report link: NU 324 to be assessed spring 2017; advising process Co-curricular activities: -Student Org Level I raffle - Level I spring orientation 1/11/ Level II ATI RN Comprehensive Predictor review? Retention: Current student issues Other: cell phone sue during clinicals (MB), Recruitment (KC), Health and Illness policy Commenced: Topic 1. Old Business tabled until next meeting Discussion Action Person responsible 1

2 2. New Business NEDDS Scheduled for June 1 or 8 th at Sanford in Sioux Falls. They have two speakers tentatively Roxy Vandendries & Scott Nyegaard Let know if you plan to attend as soon as possible WEFs WEFs are due to by January 31 st so that she can have everything turned in to Faith earlier this year Complete and turn in WEFs by Jan 31, 2017 faculty Nursing Central Question posed as to whether or not we plan to use/have students purchase this app. Need to poll students first and find out how many have smartphones and would be willing to use such an app Nichole Mount Marty College online RN-BSN Mount Marty wishes to have an arrangement with OLC to have an RN-BSN bridge program online. has contacted Diane Smith in regards to waivers for classes & tuition costs & requirements. They require many more pre- waiting to hear from Diane Smith regarding questions posed. 2

3 Woksape Tipi 3. Chair Report Budget Lab orders for spring IEP- Assessment week Advising process reqs than SDSU. Michelle May voiced concerns about searches being way down on databases and would like to an inservice for faculty The lab fees have been adjusted accordingly for the needs for this semester including any motel/hotel costs for students staying in Rapid City N324 Capstone will be assessed this semester. We will include the Critical Thinking exit exam to be administered this semester as this is the main focus for the Gen Ed assessment this semester. Also discussed the IEP in preparation for the end of the semester Only 100 students registered during advising week. presented a readmission Policy from Leslie Mesteth - will check to see if we can schedule this before the AllStaff meeting on January 13 th. Critical Thinking exam to be admininstered. All faculty need to review the section of the IEP for faculty feedback/recommendati ons the IEP is located in Google Docs for editing We need to ask students to complete a withdrawal form if they have completely withdrawn. Ted and faculty Kelli 3

4 Math 103/Math 134 Co-curricular Review for Predictor registrar Dawn Frank mentioned that only 3 degrees require Math 134 these may control these cohorts in the future & result in limited numbers of courses offered had asked Joann Thompson to attend the meeting regarding the raffle of a shotgun or a rifle. (the faculty meeting was originally scheduled for Thursday). The Level I students will need two new officers and need to have a discussion with them regarding how to keep their minutes. Need to have a discussion with the Level II students in regards to their keeping of minutes as well. Discussed the possibility of putting together a formal review for our Level II students to Hamilton will be getting a list of students who declared nursing from 8 years ago. Michelle will try to meet with Joann when she comes in next week to clarify what it is they are raffling (rifle vs shotgun), and other specificities This is something we will all work on for the end of the year exact time to be determined Michelle 4

5 Retention Other: -cell phone use during clinicals -Health/Disability Policy increase the possibility of them passing their predictors this year We have a student who wishes to return after being out for over a year; a leave of absence letter was sent to the student upon his/her leaving stating that it would be good for only 12 months. Michelle discussed whether or not we should allow students to have cell phones in the clinical settings provided a draft copy of a Health Policy regarding illness, injury and pregnancy, particularly as it related to clinical rotations, for adoption for our student yet This student will need to re-apply to the program since it has been more than 12 months Students will be allowed to have cell phones particularly because they have so many clinical apps they use, and particularly if we require the purchase of Nursing Central in the future; we may require that they put phones in airplane mode during clinicals and class Unanimous Vote to adopt this policy for the student handbook Jesscia/ 5

6 -Scholarship Incentives -EnHIP (National Library of Medicine) -NCLEX registration handbook discussed the possibility of having some sort of scholarship incentive for students to complete their virtual ATI in a more timely manner by the OLC graduation date in June Cynthia Gaines contacted in regards to the EnHIP conference this year. It will be located in Maryland April 11 th and 12 th. She needs to know who would like to attend from OLC ASAP. They will cover travel costs. noted that she will try to type up the exact process that our students must follow for NCLEX registration as some have had difficulties. They absolutely must NOT mark the box stating they wish to have a temporary license as this results in an additional $25 fee that the students are then responsible for paying will check into sources of funding for such a purpose Kelli is willing to represent OLC this year. Cynthia will be notified with Kelli s contact info. will come up with this easy to understand process /Kelli Kelli 6

7 -TEAS testing -Admission Essays back to OLC. Robin clarified dates for TEAS practice tests and proctored tests in Rapid City. has asked us all to grab admission essays after January 27 th and read them. There should be a rubric in the office. She would like at least 2 people to score each essay. Practice TEAs is scheduled for March 17 th and Proctored exam scheduled for April 21 st. We will tentatively have interviews scheduled on the 28 th. Everyone needs to score essays - need two people scoring each essay Robin/ 7