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CCNW updates board on data tools, student success series and stalled regulation revisions
Summary
CCNW briefed the board on a new 2023 nursing education data story with CT Data Collaborative, a student-success series launching in January, faculty support programming, and efforts to revive proposed regulatory revisions that have been pending since 2022.
Representatives from the Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce (CCNW) and deans and directors updated the Board of Examiners for Nursing on Dec. 18 about several statewide education and workforce initiatives and about the status of proposed regulation revisions.
Jeanette Lupiani and Tina (CCNW) reported that CCNW launched a 2023 nursing education data story in partnership with CT Data Collaborative that now includes NCLEX pass rates for RN and LPN programs and interactive graphics. CCNW said it will begin collecting 2024 program data in March and report results in April/November 2025 as in past cycles.
CCNW also plans a student-success series starting in January (the fourth Wednesday evening each month through May) aimed at supporting transition to practice and retention; the group will launch a faculty support forum and is planning a nursing summit in April 2025 and an AI in nursing education day to bring nursing voices into statewide AI conversations.
Deans and directors asked for clarity about a set of proposed regulation revisions last drafted Sept. 12, 2022. Board members acknowledged the revision work during 2022 but said the draft remains in state review and that the previously drafted materials cannot be released as approved rules; the chair and staff said they would follow up with DPH and board counsel about next steps and whether a work group that includes deans and directors can be reconvened.
Board members emphasized the need to modernize regulations that they said in places date back roughly 20 years and asked DPH and counsel to prioritize status updates and to make a drafting process transparent and public when the work resumes.
