Report 2019-120 Recommendation 7 Responses

Report 2019-120: Board of Registered Nursing: It Has Failed to Use Sufficient Information When Considering Enrollment Decisions for New and Existing Nursing Programs (Release Date: July 2020)

Recommendation #7 To: Registered Nursing, Board of

To ensure that BRN is using up-to-date, accurate, and objective information to inform the governing board's enrollment decisions and to assess clinical capacity for student placements, by April 1, 2021, BRN should do the following: annually publish clinical capacity information on its website for public use.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2023

Utilizing the technological tool discussed in Recommendation 6 that allows BRN to compile and aggregate clinical facility and nursing program specific information and comparing it with data from the Department of Health Care Access and Information's (HCAI) list of health care facilities discussed in Recommendation 9 will provide more accurate clinical capacity information that can be used to aid the Board in making enrollment decisions. This information will be shared to the public and available on the BRN's website once the project is complete.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From July 2023

Utilizing the data discussed in Recommendation 6 and comparison data in Recommendation 9, the BRN will ensure that Board Members have accurate and current information to inform the governing Board's enrollment decisions and to assess clinical capacity for student placements. This information will be shared to the public and available on the BRN's website once the project is completed.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2022

Utilizing the technological tool discussed in Recommendation 6 that allows the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) to compile and aggregate clinical facility and nursing program specific information and comparing it with data from the Department of Health Care Access and Information's (HCAI) list of health care facilities discussed in Recommendation 9, will provide more accurate clinical capacity information that can be used to aid the Board in making enrollment decisions. This information will be shared to the public and available on the BRN's website once the project is completed.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From July 2022

Utilizing the technological tool discussed in Recommendation 6 that allows BRN to compile and aggregate clinical facility and nursing program specific information and the comparison data with HCAI's, formerly OSHPD, list of health care facilities discussed in Recommendation 9, this will provide more accurate clinical capacity information that can be used to aid the Board in making enrollment decisions. This information will be shared to the public and available on the BRN's website.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2021

The BRN has made progress towards full implementation and will continue its efforts to annually publish clinical capacity information on our website. Full implementation is dependent on Recommendation 6 which is in process.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending

1-Year Agency Response

Utilizing the data discussed in Recommendation 6 and comparison data in Recommendation 9 the BRN will ensure that Board members are using accurate and current information to inform the governing board's enrollment decisions and to assess clinical capacity for student placements. Upon completion of the data entry and validation discussed in Recommendation 6, the clinical capacity information will be available on the BRN's public facing website and will be updated annually.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending

6-Month Agency Response

The BRN will continue to ensure access to up-to-date, accurate, and objective information is accessible and is used to inform the governing board for their consideration with enrollment decisions and when assessing clinical capacity for student placements. The BRN is in the process of developing a data landing page on its website that will contain all data reports, links, and portals. When collection of the updated EDP-P-18 data is complete, and the platform mentioned in the 60 day response for recommendation 6 is implemented, BRN will input this data to share a clinical capacity report on our website.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending

60-Day Agency Response

The BRN currently publishes various reports on its website reflecting clinical needs and displacement concerns and it recently launched the BRN School Survey Interactive Data Portal which displays data about nursing schools programs and their students and faculty. These data points along with the clinical census data captured from updated EDP-P-18s will allow BRN to post clinical capacity information on its website for public use. The BRN is in the process of developing a data landing page on its website that will contain all data reports, links, and portals. When collection of the updated EDP-P-18 data is complete, and the platform mentioned in response #6 is found and implemented, BRN will input this data to share a clinical capacity report on our website.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

All Recommendations in 2019-120

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.