Course Level - Academic Improvement Plan
Purpose:
Lakeview College of Nursing actively supports students to improve their academic performance through remediation. Students are required to show ongoing remediation efforts to enhance their academic success. The Academic Improvement Plan (AIP) recommends remedial content for students who fail to meet academic standards. The student must complete the AIP and adhere to the course expectations outlined in the course syllabus.
Definition:
An Academic Improvement Plan (AIP) is developed by the student's course instructor, clinical instructor, academic advisor, or Dean of Nursing when a student is not meeting academic standards or clinical performance or exhibiting unsafe, unprofessional behavior.
Insufficient Academic Progress:
Insufficient academic progress is when a student fails to meet a course's academic standard, which may include not meeting exams or assignment requirements.
Insufficient/Unsatisfactory Clinical Performance:
Insufficient or unsatisfactory clinical performance is when a student fails to meet the clinical performance standards, which may include not meeting the required Medication Calculation score, unsatisfactory mid-term or final clinical evaluation, or clinical expectations.
Unsafe Practice/Unprofessional Behavior Remediation Plan:
Unsafe practice and unprofessional clinical behavior may include abandonment, neglect, or actions outside the student nurses' scope of practice. Unprofessional behavior may include violating clinical policies, College policies, or professional codes of conduct.
Procedure:
- The academic advisor, course instructor, clinical instructor, or Dean of Nursing will develop an Academic Improvement Plan and notify the student of their online AIP via e-mail.
- A copy of the AIP will be sent to the academic advisor and the record office.
- A copy of the AIP will be sent to the Skills Lab Coordinator and tutor if necessary.
The AIP may include the following:
- Review relevant content in the course resources and develop a study plan.
- Take or repeat ATI-focused review tests, online learning assignments, and other learning activities aligned with the course student learning outcomes.
- Practice or demonstrate mastery of psychomotor skills.
- Review clinical policies, Student Handbook policies, or Student Code of Conduct.
- Make an appointment with the course instructor/coordinator, advisor, or tutor.
Semester Level - Academic Improvement Plan
Students are required to maintain a 2.5 cumulative GPA. When a student's semester GPA falls below 2.5, the student will be required to participate in the remediation program. At the end of the next semester, if the student's semester GPA is above 2.5 and is not on probation, they are no longer required to participate in the remediation program.
Assessment Information
Assessment and program improvement efforts are expectations for accreditation. LCN uses a systematic process to obtain relevant data for program effectiveness. The process is inclusive and is used to drive decision-making. The process is written, ongoing, comprehensive, and exists to evaluate the achievement of program outcomes.
Student participation in the assessment program is critical for program improvement. Students participate in assessment upon admission to the college, during the program, and post-college experiences. The following activities are designed to obtain student input into the academic experience at LCN.
- Prospective Students - Admissions Testing
- All students every semester - Midterm Evaluations, Course and Clinical evaluations, Tea with the Dean of Nursing, Student Forums, and Student Suggestion Boxes
- All Students Biennially - Noel Levitz
- Students in Final Semester – Skyfactor
- Graduates - Graduate Survey [prior to graduation]
- Alumni - Postgraduate Employment Survey
[6 months following graduation]