DESKTOP AUDIT

2002-03

DEPARTMENT: Associate Degree Nursing

PROGRAM CODE:  45120

PROGRAM AWARDS:  Associate

MISSION:  To educate beginning practitioners who can deliver direct nursing care to persons of both sexes, all ages and all maturational stages with common to complex alterations of health in a variety of structured health care settings.

FTE BY INSTRUCTOR: 

Fall 2002
Dept Hrs
Students
FTE
NUR
52
98
30.688

Spring 2003
Dept Hrs
Students
FTE
NUR
55
112
36.531

HOURS BY INSTRUCTOR:


2002-2003
Full-Time
FT%
Part-Time
PT%
Total Hrs
Fall
41
72
16
28
57
Spring
55
100
0
0
55
Total
96
86
16
14
112

Fall 2002
Instructor Hrs
Students
FTE
Duncan
A
11
17
5.844
McIntosh
S
16
49
12.250
Tugwell
C
11
15
5.156
Wise
V
14
17
7.438

Fall 2002
Instructor Hrs
Students
FTE
Duncan
A
21
52
17.063
McIntosh
S
22
17
11.688
Wise
V
12
43
7.782

STUDENT PROFILE:



Sex
Class
Status
Residence

2002-2003
M
F
D
E
FT
PT
M
A
Y
O
New
Age
Tot
Fall
Degree
6
42
46
2
27
21
13
6
21
8
13
30.2
48
 














 Spring
Degree
4
39
41
2
43
0
13
5
19
6
0
30.2
43

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (as apply):  From the 2003 Critical Success Factors.


# tested
% passed
Practical Nursing
0
--
Registered Nursing
20
85

 

MOST RECENT STUDENT SURVEY RESULTS: 

Existing Students:  (For a complete listing of all survey results, please consult the Spring 2003 Student IE Survey.) 

The principal focus of MCC is the education of its students
94%
The programs are current and up-to-date
79%
MCC provides a good learning environment
95%
MCC has competent, qualified faculty
79%
I am pleased with the education I am receiving at MCC
90%


            Graduates:  (For a complete listing of all survey results, please consult the 2003 Graduate Exit Survey.)
   

On a scale of one to four:
Quality of Instruction in Program Area
3.39
Quality of the Academic Program
3.26
Quality of Academic Advising
3.13


AWARDS:


2002-03
Associate
17

TRENDS:  

1.  NC Center for Nursing's Future Think Proposal is calling for elimination of the LPN and a diminished role for the Associate Degree Nurse.

2.  Acute nursing shortage locally, statewide and nationally.

3.  Decreased funding due to state budget crisis.

NEEDS OF STUDENTS: 

1.  Health care agency employers:  hospitals, physician's offices, clinics, long-term care facilities, health departments, industry and community agencies.

2.  Faculty, staff, and students of MCC who participate in planned clinic.

3.  Citizens of Mitchell, Avery, and Yancey counties.