Program: Ike Ao Pono
Date: Tue Nov 17, 2015 - 10:11:53 am
1) Below are your program's student outcomes (SOs). Please add or update as needed.
As a result of participating in `IKE AO PONO, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Native American and Alaska Native nursing students:
- 312 native nurses have graduated from the School of Nursing since the program began in 2004.
- There are currently more graduate students than undergraduate students as a result of an increase in students continuing to achieve advanced degrees as well increased participants in accelerated programs.
- Develop an understanding of cultural sensitivity, the nursing profession and the skills needed to improve health and healthcare while addressing and reducing health disparities.
- Are committed to improving the health, well-being and healthcare of underserved peoples and communities and all peoples throughout Hawaii, the Pacific and beyond.
2) Your program's SOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.
Program's Website. URL: www.nursing.hawaii.edu/IKEAOPONO
Student Handbook. URL, if available online: Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure. URL, if available online: UHM Catalog. Page Number: Other: UH Manoa Chancellor EER Report Other: UH Manoa Educational Outcomes and Measures Report3) Provide the program's activity map or other graphic that illustrates how program activities/services align with program student outcomes. Please upload it as a PDF.
4) Did your program engage in any program assessment activities between June 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015? (e.g., establishing/revising outcomes, aligning activities to outcomes, collecting evidence, interpreting evidence, using results, revising the assessment plan, creating surveys, etc.)
Yes
No (skip to question 14)5) For the period between June 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the student outcomes that were targeted, if applicable.
Student needs evaluation questions range from: scholarship needs, skills building and academic needs, computer and study room use, professional development needs, community service and service learning site needs, research support, cultural experiences,and address a range of priorities based on the actual students enrolled each semester.
6) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question #5.
A convenience sampling technique was used for student needs evaluations. Sampling size varied with number of students enrolled each semester.
7) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
Variable by semester. On average 130 surveys distributed with a return rate of 20%.
8) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? Check all that apply.
Program faculty/staff member(s) Faculty/staff committee Ad hoc faculty/staff group Director or department chairperson Persons or organization outside the university Students (graduate or undergraduate) Dean or Associate Dean Advisory Board Other: 9) How did he/she/they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? Check all that apply.
Compiled survey results Used quantitative methods on student data (e.g., grades, participation rates) or other numeric data Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, or other open-ended response data Scored exams/tests/quizzes Used a rubric or scoring guide Used professional judgment (no rubric or scoring guide used) External organization/person analyzed data (e.g., Social Science Research Institute) Other: 10) For the assessment questions/goals stated in Question #5, summarize the actual results.
Between 2014 and 2015, the number of `IKE AO PONO students reached a high of 152 students enrolled in combined undergraduate and graduate programs with a historic record of 312 (by December 2015) native nurses graduated.
11) What was learned from the results?
That an innovative support program can be highly successful in graduating native nurses with above average results in overall recruitment retention, graduation and licensing rates as well as achieving meaningful employment and continuing to higher education to advanced degrees. `IKE AO PONO has recieved national recognition for these achievements and is honored as the only native nursing program in the United States to achieve this level of success. `IKE AO PONO is also one of the fastest growing and most successful UH health programs.
12) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
The student evaluation process is essential in organizing the program to be more effective in support of each student every semester, to help ensure their successful completion of the nursing program and their graduation into the nursing profession. .
13) Reflect on the assessment process. Is there anything related to assessment procedures your program would do differently next time? What went well?
The student response to `IKE AO PONO is affirms that the program provides the support needed to promote achievement of educational and professional goals and endeavors. Since native nurses only make up 5% of the nursing profession in Hawaii yet represent 26% of the State population, it is hoped that the continued increase in native nurses will improve health and healthcare in Hawaii, especially in underserved and underrepresented communities.
14) If the program did not engage in assessment activities, please explain.
Or, if the program did engage in assessment activities, please add any other important information here.
As a model program, `IKE AO PONO is attracting more students into nursing through the UH Nursing Consortium on four islands. `IKE AO PONO and the UHSONDH have also begun to partner with the UH Schools of Law, Social Work/Public Health, Medicine, and Hawaiinuiakea in developing interdisciplinary and indigenous health programs in alignment with the WASC and UH Strategic Plan mandates to create an Indigenous Serving University, a destination for Indigenous students and a Hawaiian place of learning throughout the eleven UH campuses.