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BRN panel places Merritt College nursing program on warning with intent to revoke after program director resignation looming
Summary
The Board of Registered Nursing's Education & Licensing Committee recommended warning status with intent to revoke for Merritt College's associate-degree nursing program after staff said the program will lack a program director as of July 1 and has shown minimal progress on compliance over two years.
The Board of Registered Nursing Education and Licensing Committee recommended placing Merritt College's associate-degree nursing program on warning status with intent to revoke after board staff said the program will not have a program director on July 1 and has been in noncompliance for more than two years.
Committee chair Jovita Dominguez said the committee had to act because a nursing program cannot operate without a program director. Mary Anne McCarthy, the board's supervising nursing education consultant, told the committee the program's assistant director recently retired (May 30) and the current program director plans to retire June 30, leaving the program without either leader on July 1. McCarthy said the board historically must consider immediate action, including an emergency board meeting, if a program lacks a director.
The committee's recommendation asks Merritt College to submit a hiring plan…
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