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DPH finds Quinnipaug Valley practical nursing program meets standards; Porter & Chester reports on student surveys and faculty training
Summary
DPH reported a successful site visit of Connecticut State Community College, Quinnipaug Valley practical nursing program; the board received a quarterly report from Porter and Chester Institute (Bridgeport) with requests for more detailed faculty attendance and trend summaries.
The Department of Public Health told the Board of Examiners for Nursing on Jan. 15 that a Jan. 2 site visit to Connecticut State Community College, Quinnipaug Valley (Willimantic and Danielson campuses) found the physical facilities compliant with nursing regulations for the approved practical nursing program. Helen Smith of DPH presented the visit findings and confirmed no further board action was required.
Kimberly Griffiths, nursing director for the LPN program at Quinnipaug Valley, joined the meeting and said the college expects its first cohort to start on 06/02/2025. The chair congratulated the program and encouraged board support for nursing education across the state.
The board also reviewed a first-quarter report from Porter and Chester Institute’s Bridgeport campus. Julie Troesky summarized four attachments—student and faculty surveys, enrollment and failure data, past board pass scores and faculty development agendas—and described steps taken in response to survey feedback. Troesky told the board the program created an orientation video to help new students use online learning platforms, clarified objectives in coursework where students had indicated confusion, and integrated some curriculum changes into clinical training. She said faculty trainings were provided by the program’s staff rather than by Elsevier.
Board members, led by Sal Diaz and Mary Dieteman, asked Porter and Chester to provide more detail at the next quarterly report, including sign-in sheets or attendance counts for faculty development sessions and a short summary identifying trends across survey periods and corrective steps taken. Troesky said she would supply that information in the next report.
What happens next Quinnipaug Valley’s approved practical nursing program moves forward toward its first cohort in June. Porter and Chester will return with additional faculty-development documentation and trend summaries at a future quarterly report.
