NURSING EDUCATION

ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES

Monday, September 28, 2015

8:00-10:00 a.m.

Clark College at WSU, Room 124

Members Present:, Cheryl Snodgrass, Committee Chair, PeaceHealth SW Medical Center; Lori Hutchison, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center; Erin Schmidt, PeaceHealth SW Medical Center; Kate Williams, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center; Erin Robbins, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center; Wendy Jones, Ft. Vancouver Convalescent Center; Sandy Heresa, Kaiser Permanente; Dave Brantley, Manor Care; Lida Dekker, WSU-Vancouver; Jared Williamson, PeaceHealth; Randy Dalton, Community Home Health & Hospice; Rebecca Kendrick, Ft. Vancouver Convalescent Center

Members Absent: Pat McClure, WSNA; Natalie Burke, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center; Gail Helland-Weeks, PeaceHealth SW Medical Center; Deborah Bernal, Gentiva Health Services; Renee Hoeksel, PhD, RN, WSU-Vancouver; Linda Eddy, WSU-Vancouver

Clark College: Cindy Myers, Director of Nursing; Patti Berglund, NAC Program Director; Professors Laurie Brown, Angie Marks, Katie Donovan, Ethel Reeves, Lisa Aepfelbacher; Susan Nieman, Linda Valenzuela and Deb Hendrickson; Nicole Maruca, Nursing Program Coordinator; Diane Lucia, Lab Coordinator; Suzanne Brody, NAC Program Coordinator; Dianne Lucia, Lab Tech; Brenda Walstead, Interim Dean, Business & Health Sciences; Cathy Sherick, Associate Dir. Of Instructional Planning & Innovation; Shelley Ostermiller, Associate Dir of Advising/Health Ed. Programs & Credentialing; Brianna Lisenbee, Career Services; Andreana DiGiorgio, Secretary Sr., Advisory Committees

Director Cindy Myers called the meeting to order at 8:12 a.m. Committee Chair Cheryl Snodgrass took over and introductions were made.

The May 18, 2015 meeting minutes were approved by the committee.

Office of Instruction Updates

The Fall Training for Chairs & Co Chairs took place Tuesday September 15. Tim Cook and President Knight shared a few words of encouragement and gratitude for the work of all advisory members. The PowerPoint used in the training will be posted on the Advisory Web page, go to http://www.clark.edu/advisory.

Ethics Training. This is required by The SBCTC and the State of WA for all public employees, elected and appointed officials. Office of Instruction will get to members who are not in attendance to take the training and provide documentation.

Perkins & Worker Retraining Grants

·  Perkins will be reviewed to ensure Clark is utilizing the funds in the most effective ways.

2015-16 Worker Retraining $1,018,073 and 2015-16 Perkins $607,288

·  Grant funds are allocated on Full Time Equivalents (FTE’s)

·  Leadership and Block grants BEAM $16,000 Grant: Lucia Worthington, Business, Entrepreneur, Accounting and Management (BEAM) club for the business department

Innovation Grant $3000: Marcia Roi of the Addiction Counselor Education, utilized funding to combine recruitment of veterans with the annual Hands across the Bridge event

The Academic Plan is under development and will be presented to the Board of Trustees in winter term, once adopted it will be available on the web site.

Bachelor in Applied Management (BAS). The second four year degree program at Clark, (the first was in Dental Hygiene), is in second phase of approvals. Slated to open for students fall of 2016.

Advisory Committee Composition is a great place for us to engage folks from the community. While our current student body is 58% from non-dominate populations, our advisory committees are generally not as diverse. Diversity will help Clark ensure training needs of all students are met.

Budget Reduction Proposal- Brenda Walstead, Interim Dean of Business and Health Sciences. Brenda explained the reduction proposal which includes reducing the nursing cohorts from 48 students to 32. Said faculty to please give feedback via surveys on campus. Included in the proposal is to cut the NAC program completely. Clinical sites have been hard to find and hold onto. Brenda also asked committee members to forward their thoughts to Cindy so she could upload to the survey. Discussion about the proposed cuts including a comment from Cheryl Snodgrass in which she reiterated that Clark nursing graduates are loved; they are by far the best educated and trained in the region. Cindy said she will send a follow-up email requesting input from members to forward to the college.

Director/Division Chair Report

SNACC (Student Nurse) Program Update. Jonica Beird, a 5th quarter student in the program and one of the co-presidents of the Student Nurses Association. It’s a student-run program with weekly meetings during lunch at WSU. They volunteer & network within the community. After reading the mission statement she broke down each phrase and backed it up with what the program is doing to fulfill their mission. She said their aim is not only making a difference in a student’s life, but also in making a positive difference in the community. They are working hard to promote the nursing program and identify needs of the community to foster partnerships in the community. A lot of volunteer work is done by these students including:

·  Volunteering at Share House which included a dental education day for kids and the Giving Tree program.

·  They offer incoming students tours of the nursing facility. Students can ask question about the program and facility and they work to ease the stress and fear of being new to the program.

·  New this year was the Walk for Cancer. In lieu of money, they asked for gift cards for gas and groceries to be donated to oncology patients who are in need.

Cindy thanked Jonica and told the members that this group is a strong, positive and supportive program for the nursing students.

Staffing Updates: Cindy reported that she’s been looking at hiring a clinical placement manager to look for resources for students in the program. The money for this person’s salary comes from the Speight’s grant. This position will begin with Nursing and then expand to other health occupation programs at Clark. There is an offer out to an applicant so hopefully the position will be filled very soon. Cindy announced that Terri Nosack has resigned and they’re looking to replace her position.

Speight’s Draft. The Speight’s Committee met recently to look at the incoming amount of money to be distributed this year. In 2007, Hilma Speights donated $4M to the nursing program. Every year the program receives an allocation of money from those funds to spend on a variety of things that support the program. Like the Foundation, the program receives the interest made on that money. This year it was over $100K. Faculty discuss expenses and future needs to decide where the funds are needed. Some faculty were able to attend conferences, such as Nurse Educator boot camp. Cindy described where funding has gone to support the program, faculty, supplies, etc. An additional $12K for faculty tools is allocated. The committee voted to support using the Speights funds for the clinical placement manager. The vote was unanimously approved.

Work Plan

For a copy of the updated work plan for 2015-16, please go to the Nursing Education advisory web page at http://www.clark.edu/advisory/ne/index.php.

Old Business

Direct Transfer Agreement/Major Ready Program - Angie Marks. Still working to on approval for the DTA/MRP degree pathway. This degree will help with uniformity across the state for nursing degrees. The nursing department is slated to begin spring 2017. With this new agreement, students will be able to earn a bachelor of science in nursing in 4 years, which means one year of prerequisites, 2 years of nursing curriculum and then transfer to any university, public or private, who have signed on to participate. WSU in Vancouver has committed to accept all qualified graduates to their program. After some discussion, the committee voted unanimously in support of the Direct Transfer Agreement.

Student Max updates. Angie said they are working on software updates. Orientation modules includes fire and safety, HIPAA, etc. The requirement began in fall. Students have finished the modules quickly. Next academic year will be tracking all clinical requirements in the new software. There’s been a large learning curve and transition process.

New Business

A time for celebration: Two new masters prepared faculty members with majors in nursing. Linda Valenzuela and Terri Nosack both graduated with their Master’s degree.

Election of Vice-Chair. Cheryl outlined the role of vice chair. She said she reached out to Rebecca Kendrick and with the committee’s vote she has agreed to serve as vice chair. Rebecca is an OT by trade. Received her administrator’s license in 2010. She is currently Assistant Administrator of Ft. Vancouver Post-Acute, an Empres Healthcare Center. A motion to elect Rebecca was made and seconded. Vote was unanimous.

Fall Pinning Ceremony. Wednesday, December 9th, Skyview High School; seating begins at 6:30 p.m.

After some discussion, they decided to meet again Monday, February 8, 2015 at 8:00 a.m.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 a.m.

Prepared and submitted by Andreana DiGiorgio

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