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1 SITE VISIT REPORT Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN Program Type: Clinical Doctorate Purpose of Visit: Continuing Accreditation Date of Visit: October 10 12, 2017 I. GENERAL INFORMATION Nursing Education Unit Department of Advanced Practice Nursing 749 Chestnut Street Terre Haute, IN 47809 Governing Organization Indiana State Universtiy 749 Chestnut Street Terre Haute, IN 47809 Nurse Administrator Lea Hall, PhD, MSN, RN, FNP Executive Director of Nursing Telephone: (812) 237-8963 Fax: (859) 237-8895 Email: Chief Executive Officer (entire governing organization) Daniel Bradley, PhD President Telephone: (812) 237-4000 Fax: (812) 237-7948 Email: State Regulatory Agency Approval Status Agency: Indiana State Board of Nursing Last Review: N/A Outcome: N/A Next Review: N/A Accreditation Status (Program) Agency: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing Last Review: Fall 2012 Outcome.

2 Initial Accreditation Next Review: Fall 2017 Accreditation Status (Governing Organization) Agency: Higher Learning Commission Last Review: 2010 2011 Outcome: Reaffirmation of Accreditation Next Review: 2020 2021 Indiana State University Clinical Doctorate 2 II. SITE VISIT INFORMATION Site Visit Team: Chairperson Trish McQuillin Voss, ND/DNP, RN, CNM, CNE Associate Professor & Regional Clinical Faculty Frontier Nursing University 16519 SE Windswept Waters Dr. Damascus, OR 97089 Telephone: (406) 390-0084 Email: Member Sherry Seibenhener, DNP, FNP-BC, WHNP-BC Assistant Professor, ASN Program Troy University 340 Montgomery Street Montgomery, AL 36104 Telephone: (334) 241-8644 Fax: (334) 241-8637 Email: Member Shiphrah Williams-Evans, PhD, FNP, BC, PMHNP, BC President & CEO AIME, Inc.

3 6907 East 48th Place Tulsa, OK 74145 Telephone: (918) 991-5748 (918) 764-8807 Email: ACEN Standards and Criteria Used: 2017 Program Demographics: Year Nursing Program Established: 1963 Year of Initial ACEN Accreditation: 2012 Yes The ACEN serves as the Title IV gatekeeper for the governing organization. No Faculty: Nursing Faculty Academic Credentials (Highest Degree Only) Clinical Doctorate Full-time Number of Faculty Doctoral Master s Baccalaureate Associate Nursing Non-nursing Nursing Non-nursing Nursing Non-nursing Nursing Non-nursing FT Exclusive 1 FT Shared 3 Nursing Faculty Academic Credentials (Highest Degree Only) Part-Time Number of Faculty Doctoral Master s Baccalaureate Associate Nursing Non-nursing Nursing Non-nursing Nursing Non-nursing Nursing Non-nursing PT Exclusive PT Shared 2 Indiana State University Clinical Doctorate 3 Students: Total nursing student enrollment: 30 Program Options/Length: Name of Program Option: Doctor of Nursing Practice Method of Program Delivery.

4 Distance Education Percentage of Nursing Credits Delivered by Distance Education: 0% 1 24% 25 49% 50 100% Official Published Program of Study: Full-time Academic Term Type: Semesters Length of Academic Term (weeks): Spring/Fall: 16 Summer: 11 Length of Time/Required Number of Academic Terms (including any prerequisite terms prior to entry into the program): 5 Total Number of Credits for Entire Program Option: 39 Total Number of Nursing Credits: 39 Total number of Non-Nursing/General Education/Elective/Prerequisite Credits (do not count credits twice) 0 Transfer Credits (included in the credits above) based on the governing organization or State policies: No non-nursing/general education/elective/prerequisite credits can be transferred into the program option.

5 No nursing credits can be transferred into the program option. Additional Locations: The nursing program is not offered at any additional locations. Interviews: Individual Conferences Lea R. Hall, PhD, MSN, RN, FNP, Executive Director of Nursing Group Conferences Nursing Faculty Erik Southard, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, Associate Professor, Chair of Advanced Practice Nursing Susan Eley, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, Associate Professor Jill Moore, PhD, RN, CNE, Assistant Professor and DNP Program Director Jean Potts, DNP, RN, WHNP-BC, FNP-C, Assistant Professor Blayne Miley, JD, Part-time Temporary Faculty Support Services Personnel Robin Crumrin, MLS, Dean of Library Services Shelley Arvin, MIS, Associate Librarian Ellie Pounds, BS, Coordinator of the Writing Center Donna Simmonds, MS, Interim Director of Student Financial Aid Samantha Penney, MAEd, Director of Distance Education Mary Herrington-Perry, PhD, Assessment and Accreditation Coordinator Leah Reynolds, PhD.

6 AVP of Title IX Office Sarah Froderman, MS, Interim Assistant Director of Client Services Sara Monday, MS, Associate Director of Processing Indiana State University Clinical Doctorate 4 Char Shivers, BS, Associate Director of Systems University Administrators Daniel Bradley, PhD, University President Michael Licari, PhD, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost Mark Green, PhD, Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs Caroline Mallory, PhD, RN, Dean of the College of Health and Human Services Kenneth Brauchle, PhD, Dean of Extended Learning Lynn Maurer, PhD, Dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies Dian McKee, MPA, Senior Vice President of Business Affairs Peggy Weber, PhD, Associate Dean of the College of Health and Human Services Student Mentors Rhonda Anders, MS, RN, CNOR, Director of Perioperative Services, Franciscan St.

7 Francis Health Kristi Esker, MS, FNP, Mattoon Carle Clinic Brandy Bittner, MS, FNP, New Horizons Rehabilitation, Inc. Advisory Board, Graduates, and Employers Tina Elliot, BS, Community Relations Director, Indiana Rural Health Association (Advisory Board) Ajit Singh, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Regional Health (Advisory Board) Jack Jaeger, BSN, Simulation Center Director, Rural Health Innovative Collaboration (Partner) Jim Schrader, MS, FACHE, Director of Physician Services, Union Health System (Advisory Board) Tish Boles, LPN, Clinic Manager, Wabash Valley Health Center (Advisory Board) Sally Zuell, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Vice President of Human Resources, Union Hospital (Advisory Board) Megan Finch, DNP, RN-BC, Director of Clinical and Medical Education, Union Hospital, Graduate Diane Horner, DNP, FNP, Eskenazi Health, Graduate Angela Thompson, NP, Hendricks Regional Health, Graduate Karen Collins, CNM, WHFNP, Teverbaugh, Croland and Mueller Obstetrics/Gynecology and Associates, Graduate Felicia Stewart, DNP, FNP, Indiana State University Wellness for Life, Graduate Nursing Students Fourth-semester DNP students, n=3 First-semester DNP students, n=2 Documents Reviewed.

8 Catalog/Handbooks/Manuals College Constitution, 2017 Student Handbook, 2017 Graduate Catalog, 2017 Indiana State University School of Nursing Faculty Orientation Manual, 2017 Nursing Faculty Handbook, current University Faculty Handbook, current External Constituencies Indiana State Board of Nursing Administrative Code, 2017 Higher Learning Commission Report, 2011 Nursing/Governing Organization Documents Department Bylaws, 2015 2017 Nurse Administration Curricula Vitae, 2015 2017 Student Mentor Packet, 2015 2017 Faculty-to-Student Ratio, Fall 2014 Summer 2017 Indiana State University Clinical Doctorate 5 Faculty and Staff Job Descriptions, 2017 School of Nursing Workload Policy, 2017 Faculty Evaluation Process, 2017 Complaint Reports, 2014 2017 Recruitment and Retention Plan/Student Success Plan, 2015 2017 Clinical Agency Listing/Contracts, 2015 2017 Clinical Documents Hourly Clinical Logs, 2016; 2017 Clinical Guidelines, current Evaluation and Feedback Forms, 2015 2017 Plan of Study, 2017 Proposed Budget University , 2017 2018 DNP Budget, FY 2016 2017 Online Student Resources, current New Student Orientation Technology Requirements Student and Academic Support Services Employer Survey and Raw Data, 2014 2017 Alumni Survey Raw Data, 2014 2017 Sample Faculty Scholarly Work, 2014 2017 Faculty Workload Documentation, 2014 2017 DNP Scholarly Project Guidebook, 2016; 2017 Systematic Plan of Evaluation, 2014 2015; 2015 2016; 2016 2017 Program Reviews from Grad School, 2015.

9 2016 Student Presentations and Publications, 2016 2017; 2017 2018 Meeting Minutes Community Advisory Councils meeting minutes, 2015 2017 Nursing Executive Council meeting minutes, 2014 current Nursing Department, Assessment, Curriculum meetings minutes, 2014 2105; 2015 2016; 2016 2017; 2017 current Course Materials Course Syllabi, Summer/Fall 2017 Instruction Design, 2015 2017 Clinical Evaluation, 2017 Test Samples, 2017 Sample Student Products, 2017 Third-Party Comments: The nursing education unit had a reasonable process for soliciting third-party comments. Methods used to announce the accreditation visit to the program s communities of interest included an announcement on the governing organization s webpage, by email blast to the Advisory Board, and a published announcement in the local newspaper, The Tribune Star.

10 There were two (2) attendees at the public meeting: the Director of Grants and Research at the Lugar Center for Rural Health, and the Director of the West Central Indiana Area Health Education Center (AHEC). The attendees expressed interest in the DNP program as both have worked with graduates of the DNP program in developing rural health initiatives. The attendees voiced their support for the DNP program and both stated how valuable they believe the program to be for the rural communities of southern Indiana . Written third-party comments were not received by the ACEN. Indiana State University Clinical Doctorate 6 III. CLASSROOM AND CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS Classroom/Laboratory Observation #1 Course Prefix, Number, and Title: APN 894 Scholarly Project IV Method of Course Delivery: Distance Education Faculty Name and Credentials: Erik Southard, DNP, RN, FNP-BC Number of Students in Attendance: 11 This is a three-credit hour course that provides opportunities to evaluate a healthcare program for underserved and rural populations.