| The purpose of the Fostering Student Success project is to ensure that currently enrolled Santa Monica College Nursing Students have the supports necessary to successfully complete the nursing program.
In order to achieve this the Fostering Student Success project offers Assisted Tutorials with an experienced RN educator, intensive academic and support counseling, access to simulation equipment and a clinical skills laboratory, mentoring opportunities in partner hospitals, and a Free NCLEX Review course. Other support initiatives being developed include an Student Emergency Fund for nursing students and peer support groups.
We hope by providing these supports that we will increase the number of qualified nurses in the state of California.
Support Initiatives
Grant Overview
The Governor's Nursing Initiative: Fostering Student Success (FSS), works to increase the number of qualified Nurses in California. Santa Monica College’s Fostering Student Success project supplements the existing Nursing Program by providing additional support services. These services include but are not limited to Assisted Tutoring, additional guidance and access to simulation equipment and a clinical skills laboratory, intensive academic and support counseling, and access to an emergency fund for eligible students.
Objectives
- Increase the success rate of first-time nursing students who enroll in Santa Monica College's Nursing Program.
- Increase the success rate of non-native English language students and other students with less than 12th grade reading skills who enroll in SMC's Nursing Program.
- Reduce the number of nursing students who fail to complete the program due to financial hardship.
- Enhance the instructional quality of SMC's Nursing Program through the greater use of technology, simulation, and concept mapping.
- Increase the pass rate of SMC graduates and others in the community who are eligible to take the NCLEX, including students who have previously failed to pass the exam.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the program by tracking students that benefit from this project.
- Encourage the replication of this project through the dissemination of tools, software, tracking methods, and overall success to the other community colleges and health care partnerships.
- Strengthen the relationship between SMC's Nursing Program, local business and industry, the local Workforce Investment Board, and other potential corporate and foundation partners.
Partners
- Saint John's Health Center
- UCLA Medical Centers
- Cedars Sinai Medical Center
- Brotman Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente
- VA Medical Center
Resources
Last Update: 12/19/07
Funding for this project provided by the State of California's Governor's Nurse Education Initiative WIA 15% Discretionary Grant.
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