SCHOOL OF NURSING
Hitting the ground running when the crisis hit. Who are more prepared than nurses? Nobody really. And that came in handy when having to convert curricula over to the virtual environment in the course of a weekend in March 2020. FGCU uses a learning management system called Canvas to manage course content and delivery, access tools like Zoom, collaborate with students and more. It is like the virtual engine on which the university curriculum runs. Some schools use more of its capabilities than others. The School of Nursing uses it a lot. When COVID hit, Canvas became a critical part of making the shift to virtual classes. Every course in the School of Nursing already had a Canvas course setup where students could obtain information for classes and professors could plan courses, so the transition to virtual classes was fairly easy. In fact, some had already been teaching classes virtually for quite some time. This gave them the time and opportunity to focus on creating high fidelity substitutes for the clinical experiences students had to forego for nine months in 2020.
NURSING DEGREE PROGRAMS
} M.S. Nurse Educator (M.S.N.) } Nurse Practitioner (B.S.N. to D.N.P.) } Nursing (B.S.N.) } M.S.N. to D.N.P. } Nurse Anesthesiology (B.S.N. to D.N.P.) } Nurse Anesthesiology (M.S.N. to D.N.P.)
CERTIFICATE
} Nurse Educator
The MSN Nurse Anesthesia Program successfully transitioned to the doctoral level with the new BSN-DNP Nurse Anesthesiology Program admitting the first cohort of 24 students in Summer 2020. The DNP Nurse Practitioner Program offered the opportunity for students and faculty to learn about telehealth and interact with telehealth national leaders. While COVID definitely impacted nursing programs, especially those with a clinical component like in the BSN program, it did not impact the ultimate goals of students — graduating, getting certified and getting a job. Our BSN students achieved 100% employment rates, and 98% first-time certification pass rates. Here are some 2020 highlights: } BSN students enrolled in the Community & Public Health Nursing course participated in community COVID vaccination and testing. } 100% first-time FNP certification pass rates in the BSN-DNP Nurse Practitioner Program. } 100% employment rates within six months of graduation from FGCU Nursing programs. } 97.5% of BSN students passed the NCLEX-RN test on first try. National average was 91%. } Nurse Anesthesiology students worked on the front lines from June 2020 on.
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} Donated the bulk of the school’s PPE stockpile to area hospitals when supply was low.
MARIEB COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
