Partnerships to Transfer BSN in 10

1. Partnerships to Transfer
BSN in 10
ePortfolio
English
Biology
Sociology
Anatomy & Physiology
Making Connections for Transfer
QSEN
Knowledge
Skills
Attitudes
Humanities
Service
Learning
Cultural
Competencies
Media
Literacy
Skills
ADN Writing
Intensive
Evidence
Based
Practice
ACES
Life Experience
Communication

2. VisionVision
• Pathway to transfer:
Faculty development
Advisement
Evaluation
•Assessment and accreditation

3. Project GoalsProject Goals
Facilitate transfer of QCC nursing
students to BSN pathway
Reforming curriculum to support transfer
Provide tool for students to showcase
their knowledge, skills & attitudes
Work with nursing Advisory
Council to Map competencies

4. Pathway to SuccessPathway to Success
•Provides a visual representation of
where the student is on the academic
pathway
• Presents student artifacts that
demonstrate achievement
• Student reflection and reviewer
feedback demonstrate ongoing
educational growth

5. Transfer Plan ProjectTransfer Plan Project
 Meet with Transfer Co-coordinator to
identify schools of nursing that presently
have articulation programs with QCC
Provide a template for use with ePortfolio
that maps out the articulation agreement
Identify cornerstone, milestone &
capstone courses

6. Cornerstone CourseCornerstone Course
 Identify cornerstone courses
Meet with interdisciplinary faculty
Connect pre-nursing students with
nursing students (mentoring)
Scaffold ePortfolio assignments

7. ePortfolio Action Plan
Expected
Outcome
Goal One Goal Two Goal Three Goal Four
Review Date 10/1/2010 1/6/2011 6/6/2011 10/3/2011
Baseline Identify key
stakeholders/
Ambassadors
Writing Intensive
(WI) requirements
adapted to
ePortfolio
WI and program
competencies
adapted to
ePortfolio
All nursing courses
will have integrated
ePortfolio
Initial Faculty
development:
Full-time
Faculty
development:
Part-time
Cornerstone faculty
development
Develop Template to
map articulation
agreements
Intermediate Identify scaffolding
assignments
Display WI
assignments
Display WI
assignments &
program
competencies
Mirror BSN admission
requirements
Final ePortfolio
Ambassadors
coordinate individual
semester assignments
ePortfolio integrated
into NU 201 (WI)
ePortfolio integrated
into NU 202 and NU
204 (WI)
All students graduate
with an ePortfolio that
provides a Pathway to
Transfer

8. Integrating ePortfolio into the
Nursing Curriculum
Integrating ePortfolio into the
Nursing Curriculum
Faculty orientation to ePortfolio
Ongoing faculty development &
presentation to Stakeholders at QCC
(September, 2010)
Development of scaffolding assignments
throughout the curriculum
Semester Ambassadors: NU 101 (key
milestone for success) and NU 202
ePortfolio tutorials & workshops

9. ePortfolio Timeline
Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Fall 2011
NU-203 (17) NU-202/203
NU-201 NU-201 NU-201
Nu-102
Clinical
cohort
(8)
NU-102
(80)
NU-102 NU-102
NU-101 NU-101
(71)
NU-101 NU- 101 NU-101
Voluntary
Workshops NRC
Open Lab Hours
NRC

10. Scaffolding Assignments
• NU 101 – Initiate ePortfolio
– Teaching project
– Student profile & philosophy
• NU 102 – Intermediate
– Service learning project
– Evidence based writing project
• NU 201 – Intermediate
– Reaction paper & presentation
– Cardiac catheterization experience
• NU 202 – Completion
– Community presentation
• NU 203 – Synthesizing it all!
- Resume and cover letter

11. Student DrivenStudent Driven
Student Buy-in
Competition in collaboration with the SNA
Showcasing work
Rubric for evaluation of ePortfolio
Recognition of ePortfolio mentors

12. BARRIERS