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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE OF NURSING
Professional Graduate Nursing Affairs Committee Rules of the Faculty Organization	Subsection: 4.1.8
Section 4.0 - Faculty	Originating Date: March 1983
Responsible Reviewing Agency: Professional Graduate Nursing Affairs Committee Faculty Coordinating Council General Faculty Organization	Revised: January 1999 Revised: May 2000 Revised: February 2004 Revised: February 2005 Revised: April 2006 Revised: September 2007 Revised: September 2008 Revised: December 2008 Revised: May 2010 Revised: August 2011 Revised: November 2011 Revised: April 2012 Revised: October 2014 Revised: May 2016

1.    Purpose:

The overall purpose of the Professional Graduate Nursing Affairs Committee is to assure that the Master of Science in Nursing and the Doctor in Nursing Practice programs are of high quality.

2.    Function:

The Professional Graduate Nursing Affairs Committee provides leadership and governance to insure the quality of the program. The committee functions include:

1. Establish a set of criteria and policies to be utilized by graduate faculty regarding the admission, progression, and graduation of professional graduate nursing program students. Approval of policies will be determined by vote of faculty with graduate status.

3.    Committee Membership:

Members will have Graduate Faculty status with a doctoral degree. There will be a minimum of eight members with at least one member from the West Nebraska, Kearney, or Northern Division. The remaining members will be elected at large to represent the various specialties in the professional graduate nursing program. Four members of the committee must be advanced practice registered nurses.

4.    General Committee Membership Guidelines:

1. There will be a minimum of eight members on the committee with voting eligibility.
2. The committee will elect a chair by majority vote each year in the summer or fall.
3. The committee will elect a co-chair by majority vote each year in the summer or fall.
4. The co-chair will succeed the chair the following year.
5. Members shall serve for a term of three years.
6. Members cannot serve for more than two consecutive terms.

5.    Committee Memberships (Ex-officio and Non-Voting) are as follows:

1. The Associate Dean for Academic Programs
2. Director of the DNP Program
3. Director of the PhD Program
4. Student representative
5. Director of Evaluation
6. Director of Student Services
7. Student Services Graduate Coordinator

6.    Meeting Guidelines:

1. The committee will meet monthly during the academic year.
2. Special meetings may be called at the discretion of the Chairperson.
3. The committee will vote on all major and minor issues related to quality of the curricula including:
   1. Recommendations for changes in mission statement, philosophy, organizing framework, and goals of the program.
   2. Recommendations for changes to the general design of the curriculum.
   3. Recommendations for changes to program competency domains, course descriptions, and objectives.
   4. Recommendations to changes in credit allocation, prerequisites, and sequencing of courses.
   5. Recommendations regarding transfer of courses.