COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO



NURSING ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING

October 19, 2015

MINUTES

Agency Members Present:

1. Akram Cader, San Mateo Medical Center

2. Terry Graham, Kaiser Redwood City

3. Cynthia Harrison, Health Workforce Initiative

College Representatives:

1. Charlene Frontiera, Dean, Math/Science Division

2. Jane McAteer, Director of Nursing

3. Elizabeth Smith, CSM Nursing Instructor

4. Janis Wisherop, CSM Nursing Instructor

5. Yin Mei Lawrence, Science Instructor

6. Nursing students: Tasha Keirns, Yesenia Madrigal, Marie Oliveros, Victoria Stauffer, Angela Tam, Michelle Umezu, Nolan Villamil

|TOPIC |Discussion/Decision |

|1. Welcome/Introductions | |

|2. Previous meeting minutes |2.1. Approved. Minutes will be posted on the CTE website. |

|3. Student Profiles |3.1 There are 48 second year students, many Filipinos, many students with other degrees. The average age|

| |has been at 30-31 for a long time but there are many in the 20-25 age group. |

| |3.2 The ethnic composition of the first years is more varied; there are more Caucasians, Hispanics, and |

| |Asians. Many students have previous degrees. The average age is a bit younger. We started implementing |

| |merit-based acceptance this year and this might have an effect on the 1st year profiles. |

|4. FT Faculty position |4.1 Tracy DeVille resigned in spring and we are currently hiring for a full time simulation instructor |

| |position. We hope to have 1-2 strong candidates to forward to Cabinet in December. |

| |4.2 There is a second open FT position (not simulation) that focuses on Maternity/Pediatrics. There is an |

| |option to pick candidates who have applied for the simulation position. We need a lot of simulation in |

| |pediatrics because of the issue with clinical placements. |

|5. Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) Visit|5.1 The BRN accreditation visit starts on September 26, 2016. The BRN staff will go to classes and talk to |

| |students re fulfilling objectives, Nurse Practice Act, etc. They will also meet with administrators. On |

| |their second day, they visit clinical agencies and talk to students in conference. They may check to see if |

| |objectives are posted. They offer to have confidential sessions with students. They are checking to see if |

| |we meet requirements. On their final day, they meet with the President and other interested parties to give |

| |their feedback report. |

|6. Merit-Based Acceptance |6.1 Merit-based acceptance was applied for the Fall 2015 first year student admissions. Criteria will be |

| |slightly modified for Fall 2016, e.g., adding a point for completion of Humanities and American Government |

| |courses as an incentive to have GE courses completed at the time of application. The criteria emphasis is on|

| |overall GPA and the subset Biology GPA. The application review has been time consuming. There were some |

| |discrepancies in the points because students self-rated and assigned points to their application but the |

| |required documentation was incomplete. The department asked the top 90 students (highest points) to submit |

| |their TEAS results. Once the TEAS results came in, the applicants were ranked per points and the top 50 were|

| |accepted into the program. All students in the top 90 were invited to attend a meeting in May; historically,|

| |some accepted students decline their spot or drop out. More schools are doing merit-based acceptance to try |

| |to raise their NCLEX passing rate. We will be checking to see if merit-based acceptance changes our NCLEX |

| |rates. |

| |6.2 Nursing Counselor Melissa Risso is doing in-person information sessions this year. She will check |

| |student records as they meet so there will be less processing to do during the application period itself. |

| |6.3 Application trends: Applications peaked in 2010; there has been a downward trend since then, especially|

| |in 2015. This might be due to factors like students thinking their chances are lower due to merit-based |

| |points, and students preferring to get a bachelor’s in nursing. They might not be aware that they can get |

| |their associate’s in nursing, then transfer into a BSN. CSUs accept a limited number of nursing students due|

| |to funding issues. |

|7. Updates from partner agencies |SMMC: There is no information on new grad programs. They are undergoing patient experience changes and are |

| |migrating some of their systems, e.g. Sharepoint, Outlook. Staff are training on customer service in |

| |nursing. This would be good training for students before joining the job market. Students affect scores in |

| |patient experience, e.g., excessive noise. |

| |Kaiser is hiring RNS but not new grads. Kaiser Redwood City is getting RNS transferring from other Kaiser |

| |facilities and some from the nursery unit at Seton which closed. They might have a new grad program in the |

| |future. Some job postings say BSN preferred but some don’t specify. There is no requirement to get a BSN |

| |within a certain time frame. Kaiser RWC is still in transition even if it has been a year since the move. |

| |The MedSurg unit is still closed but could open in the future. |

| |3.3 Dignity/Sutter could be hiring because of many retirements coming up. Transition programs are being |

| |planned. Some facilities like Kaiser offer a residency or new grad transition program with an option to |

| |hire. Some facilities hire first through their transition program, then train the RNs. At Sutter, there is |

| |no guarantee of getting the position you want; RNs are placed where’s a need. Residency programs are very |

| |expensive; hospitals spend a lot of money on the program, then students might leave. Some agencies require |

| |payback if the student leaves after less than a year. |

| |3.4 CINHC changed its name to Health Impact. |

| |3.5 Chancellor Brice Harris is retiring. CCCCO staffing changes could affect how programs are approved, |

| |funding, etc. |

| |3.6 Health Workforce Initiative is doing marketing for community colleges. They have several course |

| |offerings coming up including a workshop on how students/graduates can market themselves, an ATI NCLEX |

| |Testing Strategy, a hands on training on software, Men in Nursing, and others. Cynthia will send |

| |information to Jane for dissemination. CSM will host one of the trainings. Janis can vouch for the |

| |excellence of the workshops. She attended the hands on software workshop; the speaker uses free software. |

|8. Challenges |4.1 The College President met with nursing faculty, staff, and students to discuss full time faculty |

| |staffing issues. There is more optimism now that we are hiring FT faculty. Having a lot of adjuncts and few |

| |full time faculty is challenging when it comes to consistency and attending meetings. |

| |4.2 Pediatric placements are difficult to find. We haven’t heard back from clinical agencies. We are hoping|

| |to stay at Lucile Packard and Kaiser Santa Clara. |

|9. Next Meeting |9.1 April 18, 2016 |

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|Submitted by: A.M. Gomez | |

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