Contributing Factor Data and Analysis Action Example Year: 20xx Year: Example Year: 20XX Year: F. Changes to admission criteria including the rationale for the changes There was a significant difference between grades in prerequisite courses between the failing and passing groups, and this has been a consistent discrepancy among the graduating classes (see Table I. F.). The cumulative GPA requirement was raised from 2.5 to 3.0 effective SP20xx in response to this discrepancy. Admission standards increased effective Fall 20xx. See Admission Requirements (Appendix A located at the end of Section I). Will evaluate current admission standards through SP20xx to determine increase for Fall 20xx G. Grades in prerequisite courses for students who failed the NCLEX examination compared to cohort as a whole All students in the of 20xx met the admission requirement of minimum of C in prerequisite courses with the exception of Student I for whom A&P I and English Comp I were waived. Students in the failing group generally had lower grades than the passing group in A&P I Admission standards revised to require minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale on all college work – this admission policy will be fully implemented SP20xx. Grades for science courses that have been repeated will be
non-English speaking cultures Anatomy & Physiology courses must have been taken within last 5 years non-English speaking cultures Anatomy & Physiology courses must have been taken within last 5 years students from non-English speaking cultures Anatomy & Physiology courses must have been taken within last 5 years Complete 30 college credit hours 207 computer or 540 paper/pencil required for students from non-English speaking cultures Anatomy & Physiology courses must have been taken within last 5 years Psychology, and Developmental Psychology Complete 30 college credit hours Minimum TOEFL proficiency score of 84 and speaking score of 26 required for applicants for whom English is not their native language Anatomy & Physiology courses must have been taken within last 5 years Ineligible to apply if more than 2 failures of required courses within 3 years of application Contributing Factor Data and Analysis Action Example Year: 20xx Year: Example Year: 20XX Year: I. Number of students unsuccessful in passing the NCLEX examination who were readmitted to the program of Nursing ( e.g. Total number of students admitted to cohort. Number of students successful. The graduating class of 20xx included three reentry students who were admitted in Fall 20xx. Of these students, two were unsuccessful on the first attempt – one of these passed on the second attempt and the other on the third attempt. One of these students failed two nursing courses and 20xx to require dismissal from the PON upon failure of two nursing or science courses, including transfer courses. Enforce progression policy consistently. A 3-5 year goal has been set to offer all nursing courses fall and spring semesters with two admission cycles per year. An
unsuccessful on NCLEX (N = 3) = 60 Analysis For the three unsuccessful students the range of days from program completion/graduation to NCLEX date was 40 - 81 days For number of days per unsuccessful student, see Table I J 1. K. Number of failed nursing courses per unsuccessful student (please discuss in relation to the cohort as whole) Transcript review of the unsuccessful candidates (N = 3) revealed the following : Student A - Withdrew from Statistics Course F 12 and repeated F13 earning a grade of C. Student received an F in COMM 3403 Family Communication F10. Student B - Withdrew from Microeconomics F10 D at Midterm, did not repeat course. Withdrew from Survey of Economic Issues withdrew F10 D at Midterm, did not repeat course. Withdrew from Intro to Statistics Course S13; enrolled in Intro to Statistics F13 received a B in the course. Student C - Student C did not fail or repeat any courses. Admissions Progression Graduation Committee to monitor trends of grades of students in pre-requisite, science courses, program required course, and nursing courses and the correlation to NCLEX success. Review of data from May 20xx -, 20xx. The trends of the unsuccessful students will be compared to those of the successful students. The trends will be presented to faculty for review and consideration of admission, progression policy changes Fall 20xx. Table I. J. Length of time between graduation and NCLEX testing date
Table I. L. 3. Course Grade Components – Class of 20xx Courses Indicated in Bold Years Course NURxxx: Fundamentals Health Assessment NURxxx: Pharmacology NURxxx: Intro to Adult 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 4 3 # / % Faculty Written Exams 0 0 0 0 2 / 50% 2 / 50% 2 / 50% 1 / 50% 2 / 100% 2 / 100% 4 / 80% 3 / 75%* 0 0 1 / 25% 0 % Exams in Overall Grade 50% 50% 50% 50% 55% 55% 55% 20% 40% 40% 45% 75% 60% 55% 55% 45% Quizzes Used in Exam Average ? No No No No No No Yes^ Yes Yes No No ? No No No Distribution A 10 3 7 1 - 8 9 9 5 - 16 0 1 - 4 5 B 17 18 7 9 - 16 12 13 11 - 1 7 23 - 11 3 C 0 7 4 0 - 4 0 0 6 - 0 2 2 - 0 0 D 0 0 1 1 - 0 0 0 3 - 0 1 0 1 0 3 F 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 0 HESI Group Mean / Program % Rank N/A 782 / 40 N/A 817 / 43 860 / 60 704 / 20 758 / 32 832 / 54 N/A N/A N/A 71.7 / 88 # 941 / 76 892 / 67 N/A N/A Course NURxxx: Maternity NURxxx: Maternity NURxxx: Maternity Maternity 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx 20xx Number of Exams 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 5 5 4 4 # / % Faculty Written 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 / 50% 2 / 50% 2 / 50% 1 / 50%* 0 0 0 0 % of Exams in Overall Grade 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 65% 50% 50% 50% 40% 65% 65% 55% 65%