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Current Status of Minutes: Final
Date	November 18, 2013
Time	11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Location	Fredericksburg Campus

Members Present
No member attendance has been recorded.
Guests Present
Eric Jepson, Gina Enderlin, Nanette Tisdale

Item # 1:	Approval of Agenda
Presenter	Ruthann Hooever
Discussion	A motion was made to accept the agenda as written by Ruthann Hoover, seconded by N. Walters. Motion carried.

Item # 2:	Approval of Minutes from October 31, 2011 meeting
Presenter	Sandra McCrary-Marshall
Discussion	A motion to accept the minutes for the October 31, 2011 meeting was made by Sandra McCrary-Marshall, seconded by N. Walters. Motion carried.

Item # 3:	Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Mobility Track Update
Presenter	Ruthann Hoover
Discussion	Ms. Hoover reported there were 9 students who recently completed the ADN program in August 2013 at the FBG location. All passed their NCLEX. Four students were from the Frederickburg area, there fromt he Llano area, and one from Blanco with the last one coming from Kyle. Two students are working at HCM, two in local nurisng homes, one in a Physician's Office and Nursing Home; one from Kerrville MHMR, and one at the Coumadin Clinic in Llano, and two no report. Current Students: Current enrollment-5 students, class began with 7 students, 1 withdrew for health reasons, and 1 students withdrew for academic reasons. Demograhics-two from FBG area, one each from Menard, Kyle, Bastrop. ADN Prospects: Three students from the VNSG class finished in December 2013 are ready to apply to be in the program beginning in August 2014. One student will ap

Item # 4:	Vocational Nursing Program Update
Presenter	Crystil Wade
Discussion	Current Students: Ms. Wade reported there will be 10 students completing the VNSG program in December 2013. Once students is from Blanco, two students are from Austin, and seven students are from the Fredericksburg area. The class started with 14 students in Fall 2012. In Level 1, one student withdrew stating nursing is not the vocation for her, one students failed academically; Level II, one students who returned from 2010 class withdrew, two students withdrew from academic reasons; Level III, one student did not register for summer classes due to personal problems. Previous Class: Class of Spring 2012 - 16 students successfully completed the program and all have passed their boards; three of these students successfully completed the ADN Mobility Track program in August 2013 and have passed their boards. Four students are working in Physician's Offices or Clinics, two students are working in Nursing Homes, and three students are working in area hospitals in Med-Surg. Class Prospects: Ten students have submitted applications for the Spring 2014 program. Several other students are completing Introduction to A & P and Medical Terminology in the Fall 2013 semester with hopes to be in the Spring 2014 program. However, several students are struggling with Introduction to A & P. Two students are eligible to re-apply to be in Level II. Judy Mayo, the school nurse with FISK, was very complimentary of the VNSG students. She said they were always polite, courteous and will to do what was needed.

Item # 5:	Unfinished Business
Presenter
Discussion	No unfinished business.

Item # 6:	New Business
Presenter
Discussion	See attached report and information from Sandra McCrary-Marshall Sandra reminded the group that Hill Country Memorial Hospital pursued ACC regarding starting a nursing program in Fredericksburg and that it was important that the community continues to support the nursing programs offered. Gina Enderlin, Nurse Educator with Hill Country Memorial expressed that the hospital still supports the program, but that Schreiner Universities BSN program is also doing clinical at the hospital. While the hospital is not hiring LVN's, clinics associated with the hospital are and LVN's can also be hired as nursing techs until they obtain their ADN degree. She stated it would be very beneficial if we could also include EKG training in the LVN program. She stated she would get with Sandra and/or the Fredericksburg faculty to work with them regarding ideas that would make the LVN's more viable in the workforce at the hospital until they could earn their ADN and BSN degree. Eric Jepson, Director of Laboratory Services with Hill Country Memorial shared the need of more lab techs at the hospital. There was a lengthy discussion about possibly including training for lab techs in the VNSG program or possibly offering a Lab Tech program in Fredericksburg.

Item # 7:	Announcements
Presenter
Discussion	None

Item # 8:	Adjournment
Presenter
Discussion	No further business or discussion, a motion to adjourn was made by Ruthann Hoover, seconded by Crystil Wade at 12:45 p.m.

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