PROFESSIONAL AND PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAMS Nursing and Mental Health Technician Education Programs
The number of nursing programs has been stable for several years. The mental health technician programs have had two closures in the last ten years and the remaining three have limited or no admissions for 4 years. In the advanced nursing programs, a midwifery program has been approved but is not admitting students yet.
PROGRAMS
Professional Nursing Advanced Registered Nursing Programs Programs Year BSN ADN PN MHT NP NMW NA CNS 1992 12 19 17 5 0 0 0 3 1993 11 18 17 4 3 0 0 3 1994 11 18 17 4 3 0 0 3 1995 11 18 17 4 4 0 1 3 1996 11 18 17 4 3 0 1 3 1997 11 18 17 4 4 0 1 4 1998 11 17 18 4 4 0 1 4 1999 11 19 18 3 4 0 1 4 2000 11 19 18 3 4 1 2 4 2001 11 19 18 3 4 1 2 4
Approved Nursing and Mental Health Technology Programs
The approved nursing and mental health technology programs list for FY 2001 is listed on pages 90-95.
75 ADMISSIONS
Admissions to the professional and practical nursing programs have been minimal. See the following Table and Chart.
ADMISSIONS PROFESSIONAL BACCALAUREATE ASSOCIATE PRACTICAL YEAR NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT TOTAL NURSING 1992 657 43.8 842 56.2 1499 945 1993 792 47.8 864 52.2 1656 887 1994 688 44.6 854 55.4 1542 898 1995 634 42.9 844 57.1 1478 817 1996 601 45.0 732 55.0 1333 900 1997 575 47.4 638 52.3 1213 840 1998 523 45.0 640 55.0 1163 815 1999 457 46.8 606 53.2 1063 811 2000 481 45.3 580 54.8 1061 795 2001 488 45.6 582 54.4 1070 798
Admissions
1000
900
800
700
600
BSN 500 ADN
400
300
200
100
0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year
76 ENROLLMENTS
Program enrollments in the professional and practical nursing programs continue to decrease. See the following Table and Chart.
ENROLLMENT IN KANSAS NURSING PROGRAMS BY TYPE OF PROGRAM PROFESSIONAL BACCALAUREATE ASSOCIATE PRACTICAL YEAR NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT TOTAL NURSING 1992 897 60.9 555 37.7 1474 708 1993 1014 64.4 560 35.6 1575 688 1994 1089 65.3 578 34.7 1667 656 1995 1036 64.5 569 35.5 1605 608 1996 955 64.4 528 35.6 1483 630 1997 908 65.5 478 34.5 1386 630 1998 811 62.6 485 37.4 1296 632 1999 744 60.7 481 39.3 1225 519 2000 719 60.7 505 41.3 1224 517 2001 712 59.4 486 40.6 1198 504
Enrollment
1200
1000
800
BSN 600 ADN
400
200
0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year
77 GRADUATES
Graduates of professional and practical nursing programs continue to drop reflecting the decreasing admissions in 1998 and 1999. See the following Tables and Charts
PROFESSIONAL BACCALAUREATE ASSOCIATE PRACTICAL YEAR NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT TOTAL NURSING 1992 425 36.6 716 61.6 1162 742 1993 531 41.3 732 56.9 1286 782 1994 578 45.4 713 54.6 1291 749 1995 658 47.4 730 52.6 1388 704 1996 610 47.7 669 52.3 1279 674 1997 555 48.9 579 51.1 1134 648 1998 528 48.9 554 51.1 1082 584 1999 499 49.7 506 50.3 1005 658 2000 465 48.2 499 51.8 964 601 2001 444 47.7 487 52.3 931 614
Graduates
800
700
600
500
BSN 400 ADN
300
200
100
0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Years
78 READMISSIONS AND WITHDRAWALS
Readmissions and withdrawals for the professional and practical nursing programs remains the nearly the same.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING READMISSIONS-WITHDRAWALS S S L N A O I W S A S I R R M D A D E H T A Y I E R W BSN ADN BSN ADN 1993 44 101 117 217 1994 59 89 93 212 1995 64 91 123 216 1996 32 58 114 269 1997 35 81 117 208 1998 22 122 69 188 1999 34 64 108 166 2000 26 51 95 156 2001 14 47 77 179
2001
2000
1999
1998 ADN Withdrawals r
a 1997 BSN Withdrawals e Y 1996 ADN Readmissions BSN Readmissions 1995
1994
1993
0 100 200 300
79 PRACTICAL NURSING READMISSIONS-WITHDRAWALS S S L N A O I W S A S I R M D R D H A T A I E E Y R W 1993 86 227 1994 73 254 1995 95 317 1996 55 269 1997 56 265 1998 64 247 1999 63 250 2000 75 274 2001 72 225
Practical Nursing
350
300
250
200
150 Readmissions
Withdrawals
100
50
0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year
80 APPLICANT INFORMATION
Applicants to nursing programs are not admitted for the several reasons. See the following Tables and Charts.
UNQUALIFIED APPLICANTS Number of Applicants BSN ADN BI-LEVEL PN MHT Applied but did not qualify 154 245 301 515 0 Reasons for not qualifying Grade point average/grades 54 101 104 0 0 Failed entrance examination 0 0 185 229 0 No further contact 55 48 42 269 0 Other 37 14 101 17 0
300 250 200
150 100 50 0 BSN ADN BI-LEVEL PN MHT
Grade Point Failed Exam No Further Contact Other
QUALIFIED APPLICANTS NOT ADMITTED Number of Applicants BSN ADN BI-LEVEL PN MHT No Space Available 69 49 31 0 0 Selected another program 36 9 10 6 0 Health 4 1 4 2 0 No further contact 12 13 9 42 0 Other 50 24 72 25 0
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 BSN ADN BI-LEVEL PN MHT
No Space Available Another Program Health No Further Contact Other
81 MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIANS
Two of the Mental Health Technicians programs have not admitted students. The third program admits students for the first term and does not continue with the remaining terms. One program has announced intention to close during 2002
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS S S T E N N T E O I A M S U S L I D YEAR L M A O R D R G A N E
1991 122 43 63 1992 134 80 41 1993 36 25 26 1994 77 42 44 1995 55 36 35 1996 60 28 37 1997 42 27 21 1998 49 27 25 1999 46 48 4 2000 23 13 13 2001 26 2 5
MHT Program
300
250
200
Admissions 150 Enrollment Graduates
100
50
0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
82 ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING
ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER (ARNP)
The number of admissions and graduates from the advanced practice nursing education programs is varied. Many students are part-time students and it is difficult to ascertain exact numbers. The following table and chart indicates the number of Kansas graduates who have been issued an ARNP certification in either the nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist categories
ARNP Graduates Year NP CNS 1992 0 31 1993 0 42 1994 18 32 1995 40 44 1996 41 7 1997 60 69 1998 80 38 1999 92 35 2000 76 33 2001 78 26
ARNP Graduates
100
90
80
70
60 NP 50 CNS
40
30
20
10
0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year
83 REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS (RNA)
NURSE ANESTHETIST T S N S E E N T M O A L S U L S I D O M A R D R YEAR N A E G 1991 9 6 15 1992 12 27 8 1993 10 25 11 1994 11 22 11 1995 18 28 13 1996 18 13 8 1997 11 21 10 1998 17 27 11 1999 17 27 9 2000 17 27 16 2001 28 51 15
Nurse Anesthetist
60
50
40
Admissions 30 Enrollment Graduates
20
10
0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year
84 FACULTY
Majority of faculty in professional nursing programs have masters or higher degrees. Those not meeting requirements are to have a degree plan with projected completion in 6 years.
SUMMARY OF FACULTY DEGREES BSN ADN BI-LEVEL PN MHT Doctorate 74 6 2 2 7 Masters in Nursing 148 48 75 5 1 Masters in Other Field 9 4 17 17 0 Baccalaureate in Nursing 10 25 39 20 0 Baccalaureate in Other Field 0 0 1 3 0 Diploma/ADN 0 0 2 1 4 Certificate 0 0 0 0 0 NonNursing Faculty 2 1 0 4 6
85 ARTICULATION
The baccalaureate (BSN) and associate degree nursing (ADN) programs are required by regulation to have an articulation plan. The following tables provide information concerning the licensee student population as articulation students.
The baccalaureate degree articulation programs admit very few practical nurse licensees. The majority of students are graduates of associate degree programs.
BACCALAUREATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM ARTICULATION STUDENTS ADMISSION GRADUATES ENROLLMENT YEAR PN ADN DIP PN ADN DIP PN ADN PN 1996 13 195 54 6 68 39 24 353 169 1997 5 100 40 4 65 33 7 319 89 1998 10 104 20 3 80 26 13 169 59 1999 2 103 16 3 96 33 11 158 59 2000 7 100 18 8 76 30 8 168 43 2001 7 92 10 1 69 19 13 159 42
The associate degree nursing programs only admit practical nurse licensee for the articulation program. This number does not include the bi-level program students who complete the two years program of study.
ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM PN ARTICULATION STUDENTS S E N E T O M I A L S U T L S I D N O M A R D R YEAR N A G E 1996 34 36 16 1997 71 54 27 1998 93 65 45 1999 42 34 4 2000 35 29 5 2001 44 24 16
86 EXAMINATION RESULTS
NCLEX examination results include all first time candidates who graduated from programs in Kansas and other states.
REGISTERED NURSE EXAMINATION REPORT YEAR 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 First Time Candidates 1075 1180 1758 1388 1317 1058 1112 1034 959 1019 Repeat Candidates 164 174 NP 258 226 220 225 309 307 327 Total 1239 1354 1758+ 1646 1543 1278 1337 1343 1272 1350 Passing First Time Candidates 963 1083 1578 1209 1148 923 950 829 773 831 Repeat Candidates 89 93 NP 119 112 120 117 143 165 149 Foreign Candidates 4 5 24 13 3 14 12 4 4 2 Total 1056 1181 1602 1341 1263 1057 1079 976 942 982 Failures First Time Candidates 112 97 180 179 169 135 162 205 186 188 Repeat Candidates 75 81 NP 139 114 100 108 166 142 178 Pass Rate Percent First Time Candidates 89.6 91.8 89.8 87.1 87.2 87.2 85.4 80.2 80.6 81.6 Repeat Candidates 54.3 53.5 NP 46.1 50.4 54.6 52.0 46.3 53.7 45.6 Total 84.9 86.9 89.8+ 80.7 81.7 81.6 79.8 72.2 74.1 72.7
PRACTICAL NURSE EXAMINATION REPORT YEAR 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 First Time Candidates 693 707 764 647 666 605 627 568 568 609 Repeat Candidates 107 91 NP 98 51 53 47 61 73 103 Total 800 798 764+ 745 717 658 670 629 644 713 Passing First Time Candidates 635 663 718 615 625 581 584 508 509 528 Repeat Candidates 53 45 NP 41 30 28 23 38 34 57 Foreign Candidates 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 Total 689 709 718+ 657 656 611 608 848 546 586 Failures First Time Candidates 58 44 46 32 41 23 43 60 59 81 Repeat Candidates 54 46 NP 57 25 25 20 23 39 46 Pass Rate Percent First Time Candidates 91.6 93.8 94.0 95.1 93.8 96.0 93.1 89.4 89.6 86.7 Repeat Candidates 49.5 49.5 NP 41.8 58.8 52.8 53.4 62.3 46.6 55.3 Total 86 88.7 93.9+ 88.1 91.4 92.6 90.6 86.8 84.4 82.2
The Mental Health Technician Examination number continue to decrease, reflecting the closure of programs and lack of admissions to the existing programs.
87 MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN EXAMINATION REPORT YEAR 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 First Time Candidates 38 37 33 21 25 9 24 3 12 1 Repeat Candidates 17 9 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 Total 55 46 39 21 26 9 24 5 12 1 Passing First Time Candidates 31 23 31 20 20 9 22 1 12 1 Repeat Candidates 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 Foreign Candidates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 37 29 32 21 21 9 22 3 12 1 Failures First Time Candidates 7 14 2 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 Repeat Candidates 11 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pass Rate Percent First Time Candidates 81.6 62.2 93.9 100.0 80.0 100.0 91.7 33.3 100.0 100.0 Repeat Candidates 35.3 66.7 16.7 100.0 100.0 NA NA 100.0 0.0 0.0 Total 67.3 63 82.1 100 80.4 100 91.7 80 100 100
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