What Distinguishes the UCLA MECN Program is the CNL Dimension
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Care coordination
Participation in identification and collection of care outcomes
Lateral integration of care for individuals and patient cohorts
Accountability for evaluation and improvement of point-of-care outcomes
Interprofessional communication and team leadership
Risk anticipation for individual and patient cohorts
Design and implementation of EBP
Use of information systems and technologies to improve healthcare outcomes
Stewardship and leveraging of human, environmental, and materials resources
Advocacy for patients, communities, and the healthcare team
AACN (2013) Competencies and Curricular Expectations for CNL Education and Practice
The Beginning
MECN-CNL curriculum
UCLA School of Nursing crafted the MECN curriculum to prepare students as CNLs and welcomed the first MECN class in 2006. Graduates are eligible to sit for the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL®) certification examination.
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N266: Health Systems and Organization
N267: Health Policy
N268: Health Systems Leadership
N269: Population-Based Quality of Practice
The Middle
MECN curriculum changes
In 2017-18, based on student feedback and faculty analysis of the leadership courses, faculty voted to incorporate content from N266 Health Systems and Organization into N269 Population-Based Quality of Practice. It just made sense. The new course was retitled N269 Quality Improvement and Population-Based Quality of Practice. Course sequences were also revised. Students focused on developing leadership skills in N268 Health Systems Leadership (summer between 1st and 2nd year), learned care quality and patient safety measures and the QI process in N269 Quality Improvement and Population-Based Quality of Practice (fall 2nd year), then proceeded to plan and implement a QI project during their Immersion course (winter 2nd year), and finally enrolled in N267 Health Policy during their final quarter.
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The exam consists of 140 questions of which 130 are scored for the exam. The other 10 are practice questions but the student will not be able to identify which questions are scored and which questions are practice. All questions should be answered. The exam is reported on a scale between 150-500; a candidate must achieve a minimum passing scaled score of 350 or equivalent to 70%.
The End
We’re Not Meeting Program Benchmarks
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