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Current Status of Minutes: Final
Date	September 20, 2017
Time	7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Location	EVC - Conference Room 8358

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Item # 1:	Introductions
Presenter
Discussion	• Honored that you are serving on this Advisory Committee. • We want to be sure that students have the competencies and meet workforce needs. • There is a shortage of nursing faculty, and this program is being designed to address this need • Elect Chair: Tiffany Ricks accepted • Advisory committees meet once or twice a year • Tiffany conducted the meeting from this point

Item # 2:	Welcome
Presenter	Dr. Gretchen Riehl
Discussion

Item # 3:	Overview of SB 2118
Presenter	Pat Recek
Discussion	Senate Bill S. B. No. 2118 (copy enclosed) Attachment 1 - S. B. No. 2118

Item # 4:	Timeline
Presenter	Pat Recek
Discussion	• President Rhodes has set an aggressive timeline for the start of the RN-BSN program. The plan is to start Fall 2018 • Austin Community College is very open to supplying the resources that we need • Marlene and Yolanda have full release time to work on developing the curriculum for the program. • We were going to Florida - Florida was the first site to develop this type of program but hurricane Irma delayed this trip • We do plan to go to Oregon and… • Marlene and Yolanda have been reviewing a variety of programs and guidelines that have to go into a BSN program • Your input from Advisory Committee members is vital to us continuing in the develop of this program • We will be doing ACEN first • And then to coordinating board and SACS • SACS is our regional accreditor • ACEN is one of the national Nursing accreditors approve by National board of education • ACEN and CCNE - we are working to meet the standards and be accredited by both programs

Item # 5:	Needs Assessment
Presenter	Pat Recek
Discussion	The Texas Board of Nursing, Texas Coordinating Board and SACS - were able to get names of graduates of ADN program, sent out a survey. Grad went back to 1973 - Also Current ADN and VNSG students, 900 emails received 3000 back -298 response from current students - ask if they are interested in BSN, • 60 % not currently enrolled • 22% currently applying • 9% currently enrolled • 6% had graduated If not enrolled are you interested in advancing your - 85% If ACC 77% likely 70% interested in starting Fall 2018 FT or PT - 80% PT 65% wanted all online Cost most important factor - prevention to enroll, cost and time restraints

Item # 6:	Overview of Prerequisites
Presenter	Nan Walters
Discussion	• Proposed Degree Plan – Please see Attachment 3 • Transfer ability - Course from academic course guide and most course are transferable • We will have flexibility in reviewing transferable courses • our goal is not to have students retakes courses if possible • We want course that inform their learning - Nan • In Texas you have to meet a core curriculum • There are very specific categories that must be met

Item # 7:	Curriculum Activity - Think Tank
Presenter	Nina Almasy
Discussion	This is the think-tank and the reason you are here. The Advisory Committee was given a List of Concept Topics for input and ideas as to what should be included in the development of courses taught in the Rn to BSN program here at Austin Community College. Please see: Attachment 4 – List of Topics for Advisory Committee

Item # 8:	Practice Experiences
Presenter	Nan Walters
Discussion	We are looking a practice experience and direct experience Direct - clinical placement. Community Health should be one and we are looking at another practice to include in Direct Indirect - doing your budget Gail Acuna - it is a benefit to have students work on these projects. The objective is to see results

Item # 9:	Admission Requirements
Presenter	Marlene Meador, Yolanda Hall
Discussion	Marlene - ask for a lot of feedback from Advisory Committee • GPA - Surveyed programs in Texas, most common is 2.5 - Pat states: some of our graduates who were FT single parents and went through program, are we going to not accept them in the program based on their previous GPA. Marlene: if they worked as a RN and had a break in service,, they will have to have worked as an RN for one year prior to enrolling in the program • Time Limit on Pre-requisites - Talking with Financial aid - Financial Aid Must have a minimum of 6 hours per semester - full, they would need 12 hours, Pat - consensus, we are not going to have a time limit on our prerequisites, • Pat - it is important to have student have completed pre-requisites prior to program so that there are no problems when applying to graduate • Marlene: why is this important, courses that are more than 10 years old-knowledge has changed. Recommendation that courses are more than ten years old should do a student assessment. If you question industry standards, we should conduct a survey. Offer a provisional standard. Nina asked Marlene to research this topic more and bring back to the committee. We will get this information. Pat - what about work experience do they have to work a certain time - Answer: NO Once we take all of this information, we will send out to you in a proposal. Ques to 4 year partner - are there things we need to think about in GPA K Lautner - They would have to have GPA of 3,0 upon graduation They can apply - for Master you have to have a 3.0 Student must maintain and grad with 3.0 GPA

Item # 10:	Summary/Wrap Up
Presenter
Discussion	• We are going to work with our team based on your feedback. We will send this out and ask for your comments and approvals. • Pat - We will be incorporating our library resources. • Physical resources, we are good to go • A lot of our faculty are working on their PhD’s • Get feedback on library resources • Ques - people interested in teaching in the program need to contact Nina Almasy • RN-BSN - we will be looking for faculty good in research

Item # 11:	Next Steps
Presenter
Discussion	The Rn-BSN Advisory Committee with be contacted with updates and future scheduled meetings

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