Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Nursing	Reported By: B. Rees
Date Submitted: 05-17-06	Assessment Period: 2005-2006
Related Institutional Goal & Objective: provide career programs that complement community needs
Unit/Team Goal: Students will be adequately prepared to be successful on the NCLEX-RN exam and function in the role of a beginning RN
Expected Outcome: Graduates will demonstrate therapeutic interventions when providing direct care to clients to maintain wellness as well as to care for clients with commonly recurring, predictable problems and common complicated medical-surgical and mental health (psychiatric) conditions utilizing a variety of health care delivery systems.
Outcome Assessment: In NURS 1102 the students take the ERI Maternity and Children exam, an exam which gives individual and group student data, the national average, at risk score, and high risk score.
Performance Targets: Primary Performance Target: The group average for the nursing students on the ERI Maternity and Children national exam will be at or above the national average score on the exam. Secondary Performance Target: None specified.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Primary Performance Target: The group average on the ERI Maternity and Children exam taken in 2006 was 64. At Risk Score of 58 The national average was 63. Secondary Performance Target: NA
Recommended Actions: Primary Performance Target: Target not met. The Scores on the exam will continue to be monitored since in 2005 the group average 62 which was below the national average of 71 and the At Risk Score of 67 on this Exam. Secondary Performance Target: NA
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Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Nursing	Reported By: B. Rees
Date Submitted: 05-17-06	Assessment Period: 2005-2006
Related Institutional Goal & Objective: provide career programs that complement community needs
Unit/Team Goal: Students will be adequately prepared to be successful on the NCLEX-RN exam and function in the role of a beginning RN
Expected Outcome: Graduates will assess the physical, developmental, emotional, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and functional needs of clients and provide caring interventions to meet the identified needs.
Outcome Assessment: In NURS 1101 students will be tested on nutrition content as it relates to nursing science and will receive a score of 75% or greater on the nutritional content.
Performance Targets: Primary Performance Target: The group average of the NURS 1101 students on the questions covering the nutrition content will be 75% or higher. Secondary Performance Target: Comments from student evaluations will indicate that the content was covered in a manner that provided an understanding of the material.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Primary Performance Target: Students were given a nutrition lecture instead of independent study for nutrition as it has been in the past. The test questions on this content on test #6 were isolated from the total test score and evaluated separately. The average for the 15 questions on the test was 72.27%. Secondary Performance Target: Comments on student evaluations indicated a need to continue with a class presentation on nutrition in NURS 1101. However, continued assessment, planning and evaluation of the content were indicated.
Recommended Actions: Primary and Secondary Performance Targets: Continue to include a nutrition lecture in NURS 1101. Explore ways to increase student comprehension. The point bi-serial results of the nutrition test questions will be examined. A different faculty member will present the nutrition content. This faculty member will insure that the questions are related to the content as it applies to nursing science.
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Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Nursing	Reported By: B. Rees
Date Submitted: 05-17-06	Assessment Period: 2005-2006
Related Institutional Goal & Objective: provide career programs that complement community needs
Unit/Team Goal: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the theory and clinical evidence of arterial blood gas (ABG) values.
Expected Outcome: Graduates will demonstrate critical thinking when making clinical decisions while providing direct care to clients, implementing a comprehensive plan of care and managing care for a group of clients.
Outcome Assessment: Students will be tested on arterial blood gas content in test 1 of NURS 2204.
Performance Targets: Primary Performance Target: The average score of the test questions on arterial blood gas will be 75% or higher on Test #1 of NURS 2204. Secondary Performance Target: Comments from student evaluations will indicate that the content was covered in a manner that well prepared them to interpret ABGs.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Primary Performance Target: Students were given a lecture on ABGs. The questions from this content were on test #1. These questions were isolated from the test score and evaluated separately. The average for the 12 questions on was 77.67%. Secondary Performance Target Comments on student evaluations indicated that the content was covered in a manner that prepared them well to interpret ABGs. Attached are qualitative comments from the ABG lecture.
Recommended Actions: Primary Performance Target: Target met. No further action required. Secondary Performance Target: Target met. No further action required.
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