To continue to align state university degree programs with the economic development and workforce needs of the state, the Florida Board of Governors has identified several Areas of Programmatic Strategic Emphasis. These targeted degree areas include:

Click here to see a list of UWF degree programs which have been identified as serving these areas of emphasis.

Student credit hours are calculated by multiplying course enrollment by course credit hours. The numbers included in this table represent the student credit hours generated from courses offered by the department in the Fall and Spring semesters. In CICS, this is determined using the DPT1 and/or DPT2 field listed on the course section (see RCSO).

The weighted student credit hour totals displayed in the table are calculated using the following weighting factors:

Lower Divisionx1.0
Upper Divisionx1.2
Graduatex1.6

For more detail on the numbers displayed in this table, see the Academic Affairs Budget Office website. Student credit hour reports are in the Financial Information section under Student Credit Hours Per Semester.

Please note that the table does not include student credit hours generated from student exchange courses (those with a location code of "IE" or "NE") while the student credit hour reports on the website include these hours. For some departments this will cause a small discrepancy between the two sources. You may click on any row in the student credit hour reports on the website to see a complete breakdown of each course included in the total. The location code for each course is displayed in that breakdown.

Faculty FTE History • Nursing
Faculty Name 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Julia Babb 0.0 N/A* 1.0 1.0 1.0
Crystal Bennett 0.0 N/A* 1.0 1.0 1.0
Angela Blackburn 0.0 N/A* 0.0 1.0 1.0
Laurel Boyd 0.0 N/A* 1.0 1.0 0.0
Diane Gardner 0.0 N/A* 1.0 1.0 0.0
Dianne Harris 0.0 N/A* 1.0 1.0 0.0
Summer Kennedy 0.0 N/A* 0.0 0.0 1.0
Ermalynn Kiehl 0.0 N/A* 0.0 0.0 1.0
Eleanor Lewis 0.0 N/A* 0.0 0.0 1.0
Patricia Posey-Goodwin 0.0 N/A* 1.0 1.0 1.0
Brandy Strahan 0.0 N/A* 0.0 1.0 1.0
Linda Tibbits 0.0 N/A* 1.0 1.0 1.0
Geri Tuttell 0.0 N/A* 1.0 0.0 0.0
Department Total 0.0 N/A* 8.0 9.0 9.0

Tenured Faculty Tenure Earning Faculty Non-Tenure Earning Faculty
 
* Line detail is not available for Fall 2009

Departmental growth capacity represents a department's ability to support more students by offering more courses or raising course enrollment. The growth capacity rank identifies the departments with the greatest need of more faculty lines to support its current student credit hour load. This ranking is determined by dividing the department's weighted fall/spring student credit hours by the number of regular line-item instructional faculty in the department at the start of that academic year. These numbers are displayed in the Student Credit Hours table and the # of FTE Faculty by Tenure Status table, respectively. Departments with lower rank values have less capacity for growth based on this calculation than those with higher rank values.

The complete growth capacity ranking of all academic departments is available for each year displayed in the table. To see the complete ranking, click on the academic year in the heading of the table.

The instructor types used for the Average Class Size table and the Percent of student credit hours taught by instructor type table do not correspond directly to the instructor type listed on the instructor's record on the course offering in CICS (see RIND and/or RCSO). The instructor type listed in CICS is referred to as the reported instructor type and the instructor type used for the tables is referred to as the effective instructor type. The effective instructor type is calculated as follows:

If the reported instructor type is:

The low enrollment courses table displays the number of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level which have enrollment beneath the standard benchmark value for that level. The standard benchmark value is 20 students for undergraduate courses and 15 students for graduate courses. The following rules apply to both the count and the percentage of low enrollment courses:

  Faculty Line Search Request Template -- 2013 - 2014 Faculty Searches Help

Department Name: Nursing

  1. Describe how this faculty line will advance UWF's legislative and strategic priorities in the applicable categories:
    • Economic Development/Workforce Demand

      Workforce Survey for Nursing Programs conducted by the Florida Center for Nursing (Center) and the Florida Board of Nursing indicate that than 50% of qualified applicants are turned away each year from nursing programs due to limited funding for faculty positions, faculty shortages, and limited clinical education space (Florida Center for Nursing , 2011). Survey results from Floridas nurse employers in 2011 revealed that 89 percent of responding hospitals and 65 percent of responding skilled nursing facilities hire new graduate nurses. Additionally, this analysis showed an estimated 6,746 new RN positions will be created in Florida in 2012 (Florida Center for Nursing, 2012).

    • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

      The broadest nomenclature for STEM includes health sciences. Nursing is a discipline that meets basic health care needs at its very core. The aging nursing workforce coupled with the recent recommendations from the IOM for increasing BSN prepared nurses in the workplace puts additional strain on our already overscheduled nursing faculty to keep up with student enrollment.

    • Accreditation Requirements

      Requirements from both Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and the Florida Board of Nursing seek to ensure that the faculty student ratio, particularly regarding clinical placements are safe and effective. A majority of nursing programs run their clinical placements with one faculty per eight students (1:8). UWF has run with one faculty per ten students (1:10)

    • Niche programs with growth potential

      The growth potential for the Department of Nursing is great. The undergraduate traditional baccalaureate of science in nursing (TBSN) track has recently grown 12.5%, resulting in an annual cohort of 50. The undergraduate baccalaureate completion program for registered nurse track (RN-BSN), which is fully online, is positioned to experience a large percentage of growth based on a collaboration with Academic Partnerships©. The relatively new graduate program, also fully online, has grown to 20 students and is expected to double within the next 2 years. A proposal for addition of a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) partnership is currently being considered.

  2. Any additional information to further explain the request such as comments on evidence of quality, general education requirements, significant pressure points, Emerald Coast offerings, online courses, etc:

    The most significant argument for adding this position is that it is actually a replacement for one of the faculty retirements from last year and without it I am unable to meet are core nursing workforce needs. This semester we had one entire student clinical group without an instructor. We were unable to secure a 16 hour per week (2 clinical days) adjunct and all of our regular faculty were already assigned. Those 10 students were divided among other clinical groups, breaching the requirement set by the Florida Board of Nursing.

  3. If this request is for a tenure-earning position, explain why a tenure-earning position is needed:

    This request is for a master of science in nursing prepared nurse for a 12-month Lecturer position. This will not be a tenure track position.

  4. a. General Description of Workload Assignment:

    A workload of 4+4+4 courses is required for a lecturer in this program. This Lecturer will be expected to be oriented in both the TBSN and RN-BSN tracks for greater flexibility of assignment.



    b. Explain how the workload/courses are currently being covered by the department:

    Courses remain consistent across the nursing curriculum with courses scheduled in a sequential
    order. Faculty with advanced knowledge and education in a particular specialty are assigned to the course of the same content. Not all nurses have expertise to teach all courses although in many cases there is crossover, and in those cases, nurse faculty are flexible in their assignment. As you can see by the left column of the following table, all regular faculty are teaching full load and in many cases, are assigned to coordinate courses with 5 companion clinical groups in addition to the didactic portion of the course. The column on the right is adjunct faculty. You can see that many of the courses and clinical sections are being taught by adjunct faculty. When this is a strategically planned decision, it is appropriate. That is, when a nurse is assigned to his/her particular specialty, and also has an understanding of the pedagogy of nursing education. Recently there has been a struggle to find nurses with the required credentials who willing and able to work the schedule mandated by our hospital partners. As you can see, this particular semester, we were unable to fill a faculty vacancy in medical surgical nursing II course.

    5. Please review the enrollment data for the department shown below. Refer to this data to answer the questions that follow.

    Student Credit Hours - Fall/Spring
    08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 +/-
    Lower
    0 0 0 0 0
    =
    Upper
    2459 3200 4227 3942 5193 ↑ 111.20%
    Graduate
    0 0 42 108 207 ↑ ∞


    Fall Headcount (# of majors by specialization)
    Specialization 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 +/-
    Undergraduate
    12033A: NURSING/RN-BSN  4   56   99   69   104  ↑ 2500%
    12033D: NURSING/BSN  70   74   36   37   36  ↓ 49%
    12033N: PRE-BSN  214   225   294   329   393  ↑ 84%
    12033O: NURSING/RSN-BSN-OWC  17   2   0   0   0  ↓ ∞
    †1203: NSG/NON-DEGREE  1   1   0   0   0  ↓ ∞
    †1203 U: NURSING/UG/NON-DEG  4   5   9   9   13  ↑ 225%
    TOTAL 310 363 438 444 546 ↑ 76%
    Graduate
    12035B: NURSING/ADMIN  0   0   0   4   11  ↑ ∞
    12035C: NURSING/EDUC  0   0   0   5   5  ↑ ∞
    30995G: MSA/NURSING ADM  0   3   8   0   0 
    =
    †1203 G: NSG/GRAD/NON-DEGREE  0   2   0   2   2  ↑ ∞
    TOTAL 0 5 8 11 18 ↑ ∞
    † indicates non-degree major


    Degrees Awarded (by specialization)
    Specialization 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 +/-
    Undergraduate
    12033A: NURSING/RN-BSN  4   12   55   65   66  ↑ 1550%
    12033D: NURSING/BSN  32   33   29   38   34  ↑  6%
    12033O: NURSING/RSN-BSN-OWC  16   3   0   0   0  ↓ ∞
    TOTAL 52 48 84 103 100 ↑ 92%
    Graduate
    12035C: NURSING/EDUC  0   0   0   0   1  ↑ ∞
    TOTAL 0 0 0 0 1 ↑ ∞


  5. Please explain why any undergraduate degree specializations* with fewer then 15 majors have not been deleted:

    No undergraduate degree specializations have fewer than 15 majors. I have contacted the Eddie Rodger's of the registrar's ofice to determine why the 120330 code is still displayed when that program has been discontinued and I will continue to pursue.

  6. Please explain why any graduate degree specializations* with fewer then 10 majors have not been deleted:

    The graduate program began two years ago and has been slowly growing since that time. As of Spring, 2013, there are 20 students enrolled in MSN graduate courses. Revisions of the MSN are in process and when complete, an agressive recruitment plan will be implemented.

    * Does not include non-degree specializations (indicated with a † above)

  7. Additional information that will be used to evaluate capacity:

    # of FTE Faculty by Tenure Status
      Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012
    Tenure & Tenure Earning 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 3.0
    Non-Tenure Earning 3.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 6.0

    Avg. student credit hours taught by
    full-time tenure earning and tenured faculty
    2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013
    212.40 146.76 N/A‡

    ‡ Data not yet available for this term


    # (%) of low enrollment courses
    (undergrad: <20, grad: <15)
      10/11 11/12 12/13
    Undergraduate 0 ( 0.0%) 0 ( 0.0%) 0 ( 0.0%)
    Graduate 3 (100.0%) 8 (100.0%) 12 (100.0%)


    Average Class Size
      Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012
    Reg Adj TA ESC All Reg Adj TA ESC All Reg Adj TA ESC All
    Lower 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    Upper 38.7 33.0 0.0 0.0 38.3 34.8 37.3 0.0 0.0 35.4 39.5 28.8 0.0 0.0 36.5
    Graduate 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 4.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 5.3


    Percent of student credit hours taught by instructor type
      10/11 11/12 12/13
    Reg Adj TA ESC Reg Adj TA ESC Reg Adj TA ESC
    Lower 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
    Upper 73.5% 26.5% 0.0% 0.0% 69.5% 30.5% 0.0% 0.0% 63.9% 36.1% 0.0% 0.0%
    Graduate 28.6% 71.4% 0.0% 0.0% 52.9% 47.1% 0.0% 0.0% 82.6% 17.4% 0.0% 0.0%
    Total 72.9% 27.1% 0.0% 0.0% 68.9% 31.1% 0.0% 0.0% 64.8% 35.2% 0.0% 0.0%