Proposal Name / A Second Skills Lab for Nursing and Other Health Programs
Brief Description
(one or two sentences) / The nursing department lab is currently being utilized by multiple health programs i.e., RN, VN, CNA, and EMT. Additionally, in past semesters the current single skills lab has been used by other disciplines as a classroom impacting availability for health science students.
Years on Priority List
(5 points) / 3
What will be achieved?
(10 Points) / Increased space allows for multiple classes to be able to utilize the lab at one time.
Justification: Why should this be done?
(20 points) / Over the last four years the demand for nurses in the community has resulted in a doubling of students in the nursing program, 120 to 240 students. The program requires didactic instruction and a demanding psychomotor component. Students in all four semesters must practice nursing skills in the Skills Lab, demonstrate competence on essential skills and must meet clinical hours before performing on a live patient in the clinical setting. In order to meet the learning needs of these students increased availability of hours and consistent quality of instruction in the Nursing Skills Lab is essential for student success. .
College Goals and/or Objective(s) & Student Learning.
(30 points) / Enhance Student Learning and Student Achievement: A second skills lab would facilitate skills development and time available to meet these learning needs.
Ensure Resources Are Conducive To Improving Student Learning While Promoting Program and Institutional Growth: Having a second skills lab will provide availability of instruction, accessibility to skill development and skill mastery in a safe setting.
Enhance Institutional Effectiveness: A second skills lab provides students opportunity to practice essential/core nursing skills for safe application in clinical settings.
Does this proposal fulfill a mandate? / No
Does this proposal address a safety issue? / Yes. A second skills lab provides students opportunity to practice essential/core nursing skills for safe application in clinical settings.
Will this proposal benefit other areas of the college? / Yes: This will improve student performance and success. Successful student outcomes reflect well on the quality of education at College of the Desert. Community employers hire our students and will be increasingly satisfied with the product and their support of College of the Desert.
Will this proposal impact or require accommodations from other areas? / No
How will your proposal be achieved? Action plan summary: include primary steps, timeline for implementation, and who is responsible. / What
- Determine how much skills lab time is needed, i.e., specific skills, days/hours per weekfor each health science program and determine the best means of providing space and time for safe skill development for each.
- As soon as funding is made available
- N/A
Assessment process: How will you determine that your proposal has been successful? / Reports of student satisfaction with availability of Skills Lab.
Demonstrated improvement of psychomotor skills performance in the clinical setting.
Annual program evaluation reveals improvements in student satisfaction of skills lab development and availability.
Resources Required: facilities, equipment, software, staff, etc. (include cost estimate) / Faculty: / Cost:
Classified:
Equipment: (extra beds, over-bed tables, bedside tables, linens as necessary, and other equipment for skill facilitation) / $ 50,000
Facilities/other:
Costs after 1st year:
Comments of Dean or supervisor
Suggested Prioritization
(from division) / 7 of 7
Contact Person: __Cindy Hay______Discipline/Area ____HS/ECE______
Dean: ___Leslie Young______