PROGRAM INFORMATION FORM Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530 Washington, DC 20036-1120 GENERAL INFORMATION Official Name of Institution: Florida International University Type of Institution (check one): X public private, secular private, religious proprietary Institution s Carnegie Classification: Research University/High Research Activity Chief Executive Officer of Institution (Full Name and Title): Mark B. Rosenberg, President Chief Executive Officer of Institution s email address: Mark.Rosenberg@fiu.edu Official Name of Nursing Unit: College of Nursing and Health Sciences Chief Nurse Administrator (Full Name and Title): Ora Strickland, Dean Address: 11200 SW 8 th St., AHC-3, RM 529 City: Miami State: FL Zip Code: 33199 Phone: 305-348-0407 Fax: 305-348-7766 Email address: ora.strickland@fiu.edu Web site address (URL) of institution: http://www.fiu.edu/ Web site address (URL) of nursing unit: http://cnhs.fiu.edu/ Web site address (URL) of institution s catalog (if available electronically): http://catalog.fiu.edu/ Web site address (URL) of nursing student handbook (if available electronically): UNDERGRADUATE: http://cnhs.fiu.edu/nursing/undergrad/_assets/documents/bsn-studenthandbook/bsn-student-handbook.pdf GRADUATE: http://cnhs.fiu.edu/nursing/graduate/_assets/documents/msn-programs/msnhandbook.pdf X Check here to verify that the Chief Nurse Administrator, identified above, has approved this completed form and confirms its contents as of 8/24/2012. 1
ACCREDITATION AND APPROVAL Institutional Accreditation: INSTITUTIOL ACCREDITOR (identify agency name) Southern Association of Colleges & Schools CURRENT STATUS (e.g., full accreditation, provisional, warning, show cause) Full If the current accreditation status of the institution is anything other than full accreditation, please provide to CCNE a copy of the institutional accrediting agency s most recent accreditation action letter. Also provide (below) an explanation of the current status and how the nursing unit is impacted and/or implicated, if at all: Specialized Accreditation: SPECIALIZED ACCREDITOR Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education LAST REVIEW (year or N/A) CURRENT STATUS (e.g., full accreditation, preaccreditation, probation, show cause, N/A) 2010 Full 2008 Full National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission Master s 2008 Nursing Practice Master s Nursing Practice* Master s Full Nursing Practice Master s Nursing Practice* If the current accreditation status of a nursing program is anything other than full accreditation or pre-accreditation, please provide to CCNE a copy of the accrediting agency s most recent accreditation action letter. Also provide (below) an explanation of the current status and what specific deficiencies were noted: 2
State Board of Nursing Approval: Name of applicable state board of nursing: Florida Board of Nursing NURSING PROGRAM LAST REVIEW (year or N/A) CCNE Program Information Form CURRENT STATUS (e.g., full approval/ recognition/accreditation, provisional, warning, N/A) 2011 Full Master s 2011 Full (ARNP/CR) Nursing Practice * * If the current approval/recognition/accreditation status of the program is anything other than full approval/recognition/accreditation, please provide a copy of the board of nursing s most recent action. Also provide (below) a brief explanation of the current status and what specific deficiencies were noted: *NOTE: The Nursing Practice (DNP) program was implemented in January 2012 and is not under accreditation review at this time. A request has been placed with CCNE for a future initial accreditation review date. 3
NURSING PROGRAM INFORMATION Degree Programs Offered, Student Data: Identify all baccalaureate and master s degree tracks offered by the nursing unit. For each track, list current enrollment data, as well graduation data for the previous academic year. For the baccalaureate program, include only nursing students (not pre-nursing students). NURSING PROGRAM (identify all tracks) NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED NUMBER OF GRADUATES SPRING 2012 Fall10-Sum11 Generic 209 156 RN 196 56 Second Career (Fast Track) Other (specify) FEP Combined BSN/MSN 129 29 (BSN only) Totals: 534 212 Master s (Identify all tracks offered) Advanced Adult Health Nursing 54 38 Advanced Family Health Nursing 70 66 Advanced Child Health Nursing 10 14 Anesthesiology Nursing 66 32 Core Students 119 Advanced Psych/MH (on moratorium) 0 0 Nurse Administration (on moratorium) 0 0 Nursing Practice (Identify all tracks/majors offered and indicate whether post-baccalaureate or post-master s) Post-Masters (Implemented Jan 2012) NOTE: The DNP is not under accreditation review at this time. Totals: 319 150 12 0 Totals: 12 0 4
Identify any post-master s certificate programs offered by the nursing unit: Advanced Adult Health Nursing, Advanced Family Health Nursing, Advanced Child Health Nursing, Nursing Education; [Advanced Psychiatric/MH Nursing is on moratorium] Identify any doctoral degree programs (other than the Nursing Practice program) offered by the nursing unit: PhD Identify any joint degree programs in nursing offered with any other unit at the institution (e.g., MSN/MPH with the School of Public Health): NCLEX-RN Pass Rates for the Last Three Calendar Years (January 1-December 31): Year # Students Taking NCLEX-RN for 1st Time NCLEX-RN Pass Rate for 1st Time Test Takers NCLEX-RN Pass Rate for All Test Takers 2011 149 93.96% 2010 192 90.10% 2009 165 93.94% Certification Pass Rates for the Last Three Calendar Years (January 1-December 31): Year Certification Organization Certification Exam (by specialty area) # Students Taking Exam Certification Pass Rate 2011 ANCC/AANP Adult NP 45 77.8% 2011 ANCC/AANP Family NP 82 87.8% 2011 ANCC/PCNB Child NP 7 100.0% 2011 ANES NCE Anesthesia CR 32 87.7% 2010 ANCC/AANP Adult NP 47 87.2% 2010 ANCC/AANP Family NP 57 84.2% 2010 ANCC/PCNB Child NP 13 53.8% 2010 ANES NCE Anesthesia CR 32 75.0% 2009 ANCC/AANP Adult NP 57 77.2% 2009 ANCC/AANP Family NP 28 85.7% 2009 ANCC/PCNB Child NP 16 87.5% 2009 ANES NCE Anesthesia CR 30 76.7% 5
Nursing Program Faculty: CCNE recognizes that faculty members may teach across program levels. Nonetheless, the institution must estimate the faculty full-time-equivalent by program level for the academic year in which this form is submitted. Identify the number (headcount) of faculty currently devoted to the nursing unit: Spring 2012 # FULL-TIME # PART-TIME TOTAL # FACULTY 41 39 80 Identify the faculty full-time-equivalent (FTE) currently devoted to the baccalaureate degree program: FULL-TIME FTE PART-TIME FTE TOTAL FACULTY FTE 19.0 Faculty may also teach in MSN program 13.8 32.8 Identify the faculty full-time-equivalent (FTE) currently devoted to the master s degree program: FULL-TIME FTE PART-TIME FTE TOTAL FACULTY FTE 21.0 Faculty may also teach in BSN/DNP/PhD program 8.2 29.2 Identify the faculty full-time-equivalent (FTE) currently devoted to the Nursing Practice* program: FULL-TIME FTE PART-TIME FTE TOTAL FACULTY FTE 1.00 Faculty may also teach in MSN/PhD program 0.0 1.50 *NOTE: DNP program is not under accreditation review at this time. Additional Campuses/Sites: Identify any additional campuses/sites where the nursing degree program is offered, the distance from the main campus, and the average number of nursing students currently enrolled at each location. CAMPUS/SITE (City, State) Biscayne Bay Campus Miami, FL DISTANCE FROM MAIN CAMPUS # STUDENTS (in miles) ENROLLED 20 129 (Spring 2012) 6
Distance Education: Does your nursing unit currently offer curricula (or any part thereof) via distance education (i.e., alternative modalities, including distance-mediated modalities, other than traditional classroom style)? (check one): X yes no not applicable If yes, please provide a brief (one paragraph) description of the distance learning offerings at the baccalaureate level: GENERIC BSN Track: Most courses are web-assisted; four (4) courses (NUR 3666 Evidenced- Based Nursing/Research for GHC; NUR 3125 Pathophysiological Basis of Nursing Practice; NUR 4667 Nursing in Global Health Systems; and NUR 4636C Community Health Nursing [didactic portion]) are also offered in an asynchronous format. RN-BSN Track: All courses are taught in an asynchronous format; one (1) course (NUR 3066C Health Assessment & Promotion) is offered in an asynchronous format with lab classes on-site; NUR 4636C Community Health Nursing [didactic portion]) is offered in an asynchronous format. FEP COMBINED BSN/MSN Track: All BSN level courses are currently web-assisted; four (4) BSN level courses (NUR Psychosocial Nursing; NUR 4286 Nursing Care of Older Adults; NUR 4667 Nursing in Global Health Systems; and NUR 4636C Community Health Nursing [didactic portion]) are also offered in an asynchronous format. If yes, is 50% or more of the required academic credit hours in nursing (excluding practica) accrued through distance education activities? yes X no (Exception is RN-BSN track) Master s (check one): X yes no not applicable If yes, please provide a brief (one paragraph) description of the distance learning offerings at the master s level: MSN Tracks: Most courses are web-assisted; however, all core MSN courses are offered in an asynchronous format. One core course (NGR 5035C Advanced Client Assessment) is offered in an asynchronous format with lab classes on-site. One (1) course (NGR 6209 Clinical Decision Making in Adult Health Nursing) is taught in an asynchronous format. FEP COMBINED BSN/MSN Track: All core MSN level courses are offered in an asynchronous format. If yes, is 50% or more of the required academic credit hours in nursing (excluding practica) accrued through distance education activities? yes X no Nursing Practice (check one): yes no X not applicable If yes, please provide a brief (one paragraph) description of the distance learning offerings in the Nursing Practice program: NOTE: The DNP program is not under accreditation review at this time. If yes, is 50% or more of the required academic credit hours in nursing (excluding practica) accrued through distance education activities? yes no Amended March 22, 2012 7