Supporting Program Accreditation with Davis Advantage

Nursing program accreditation can be achieved through three organizations. Here is an overview of each one.

Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) § Accredits all programs, Practical Nursing to DNP and transition-to-practice § Standards updated in 2023 Standard 1—Administrative Capacity and Resources Standard 2—Faculty Standard 3—Students Standard 4—Curriculum Standard 5—Outcomes Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) § Owned by American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) § Accredits University-level BSN to DNP programs § Inclusive of the AACN Essentials § Standards updated in 2018 Standard I—Program Quality: Mission and Governance Standard II—Program Quality: Institutional Commitment and Resources Standard III—Program Quality: Curriculum and Teaching-Learning Practices Standard IV—Program Effectiveness: Assessment and Achievement of Program Outcomes National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA) § Owned by NLN § Accredits all programs from Practical Nursing to DNP § Standards updated in 2021 Standard I: Culture of Excellence—Program Outcomes Standard II: Culture of Integrity and Accountability—Mission, Governance, and Resources Standard III: Culture of Excellence and Caring—Faculty Standard IV: Culture of Excellence and Caring—Students Standard V: Culture of Learning and Diversity—Curriculum and Evaluation Processes

How Davis Advantage Helps! Domains and Concepts Maps

To assist faculty with the integration of the AACN Essentials and the ACEN Criterion 4.7 Curriculum Concepts , Davis Advantage products are mapped to these Domains and Concepts to lighten the workload for lesson planning and for meeting curriculum and program accreditation needs. Textbook features, online assignments, and teaching plans within Davis Advantage are categorized for you, including:

Textbook/eBook figures, tables, boxes, reflection activities, case studies, etc.

Personalized Learning Assignments pre & post-assessments, videos, activities

Clinical Judgment Assignments each NGN case study

Personalized Teaching Plans each activity

AACN DOMAINS

AACN CONCEPTS

= ACEN Curriculum Concepts

Mastery Teaching, Assessment, and Remediation Tools Determining each student’s mastery of material is difficult to measure and track. Not with Davis Advantage. Tools and actionable analytics support individualized assessment and data tracking with real-time results. For students not meeting the mastery level, they are able to remediate the topic of concern until mastery is achieved. Faculty maintain control of the students’ content, adjusting material as needed, based on curricular challenges and cohort needs. Additionally, Personalized Teaching Plans (PTPs) offer activities that are designed to actively engage students in classroom discussion, and double as remediation tools to strengthen students’ mastery of content. Mastery Teaching, Assessment, and Remediation Tools Determining each student’s mastery of material is difficult to measure and track. Not with Davis Advantage . Tools and actionable analytics support individualized assessment and data tracking with real-time results. For students not meeting the mastery level, they are able to remediate the topic of concern until mastery is achieved. Faculty maintain control of the students’ content, adjusting material as needed, based on curricular challenges and cohort needs. Additionally, Personalized Teaching Plans (PTPs) offer activities that are designed to actively engage students in classroom discussion, and double as remediation tools to strengthen students’ mastery of content.

Curriculum Analytics Davis Advantage Curriculum Analytics is an institutional level tool offering Deans, Directors, and Educators insights into aggregate programmatic data. This easy-to-interpret information allows programs who are using multiple Davis Advantage products to easily track student performance across the curriculum and identify trends over time. § Provides a high-level overview into each course-area product currently in use § Gives access to a deeper dive into a course’s class-level data to see average performance, progress, and usage

Allows for monitoring incoming and concurrent cohort progress

Delivers a holistic view of individual student performance across all products and classes they are enrolled in

§ Indicates performance warnings for students who may be at risk and performing below the class average

Ideas on how to use Davis Advantage for Accreditation § Perform longitudinal programmatic data collection using Davis Advantage analytics. This may include monitoring students’ achievements as they complete their Personalized Learning, Clinical Judgment, and Quizzing Assignments, cohorts’ performance improvement as they progress through their course work, or programmatic outcomes with Curriculum Analytics. Compare this data to your end-of-program student learning outcomes, or standardized test scores as the foundation for improving program outcomes.

§ Use Davis Advantage maps to demonstrate how your program addresses the criteria of the AACN Essentials , and the ACEN Criterion for Curriculum Concepts . Embed these into course syllabi. § Standardize grading criteria used in Davis Advantage throughout the nursing program. Place the policy in the student handbook and each course syllabus. § Perform both a student and faculty survey of the Davis Advantage products and incorporate the results in your self- study report. Repeat the survey annually to show ongoing monitoring of student resource satisfaction. § Build a faculty policy on the frequency and type of formative feedback to be delivered to students on their Davis Advantage outcomes. Place examples of this feedback in your self-study report. § Develop criteria for the use of Personalized Teaching Plans and detail how the Plans are to be used to support identified areas of cohort weaknesses. Writing a Self-Study Writing an accreditation self-study report is a daunting task for any program. Davis Advantage is designed to make that process easier. Consider these specific standards from each of the agencies. Davis Advantage’s tools support these standards and will provide clarity when providing the details needed for accreditation success.

ACEN Standard 4

CCNE Standard III

CNEA Standard V

ü 9 Formative assessments need to be used throughout the curriculum in all learning environments. ü 9 Formative assessments should align with progression of course outcomes and show progression from simple to complex.

ü 9 III-I: Grading criteria are clearly defined for each course, communicated to students, and applied consistently. ü 9 III-J: The curriculum and teaching- learning practices are evaluated at regularly scheduled intervals, and evaluation data are used to foster ongoing improvement.

ü 9 V-G: An environment exists within the program that facilitates student-centered teaching/ learning practices. ü 9 V-H: Faculty retain the responsibility for evaluation of each student’s performance. ü 9 V-J: Data are regularly obtained from faculty, students, alumni, and practice partners to determine outcomes achieved and satisfaction

with curriculum and teaching/ learning/evaluation strategies.

Sample Self-Study Standard 4 — Curriculum (ACEN): Best Care Nursing Program uses Davis Advantage products to individualize course content based on formative assessment review. Student pre-class assignments with real-time faculty review allow for content adjustments based on cohort weakness. This routine teaching practice provides a continuous quality improvement process that is individualized to facilitate student-centered learning. Our students participate in an online program that provides Personalized Learning assignments with pre-and post-assessment quizzing, videos, and interactive activities. The activities also provide the students with immediate feedback. Clinical Judgment assignments expose the students to NCLEX Next Gen® preparation with rationales and test-taking tips as feedback. Additional topic-focused remediation is provided to students through Quizzing assignments and practice quizzes. The instructors are privy to real-time feedback of the cohorts’ strengths and weaknesses, interjecting Personalized Teaching Plan activities that support the students’ learning. Accreditation Best Practice in Measuring End-of-Program Student Learning Outcomes § Use direct measures (assignments, test items, clinical evaluation tool items, simulation reflections, etc.) § Include formative measures as well as summative § Ensure measure is specific (e.g., individual test items vs. entire exam, specific parts of an assignment rubric vs. assignments final grade) § Faculty involvement is key in identifying, modifying, and analyzing measures Learn More | Resources • ACEN Accreditation Manual. Retrieved from: https://resources.acenursing.org/space/AM/1842642947/2023+Accreditation+Manual • American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Standards, Procedures, and Guidelines. Retrieved from: https://www.aacnnursing.org/ ccne-accreditation/accreditation-resources/standards-procedures-guidelines • NLN Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation. Retrieved from: https://cnea.nln.org/standards-of-accreditation About the Author Visit FADavis.com/DavisAdvantage or contact us at Hello@FADavis.com

Karin Sherrill, MSN, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAADN has been a nurse educator for over 30 years. She works as a nursing education consultant, supporting faculty in creating better nurses.

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