Southern Connecticut State University Strengthens Nursing Evaluation and Accreditation with CORE ELMS
Learn how Southern Connecticut State University uses CORE ELMS to strengthen nursing evaluation tracking, curriculum mapping, and AACN accreditation reporting—while reducing administrative workload.
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Hi. My name is Kim Lacey. I'm from Southern Connecticut State University School of Nursing. I am the director of quality improvement, curriculum development, and assessment for our nursing programs, as well as the administrator for ELMS. So we have undergraduate programs. We have a, what we call our traditional, which is our four year program. We have an accelerated program. Then we also have a three year part time program. So I would say that the probably the major, reason for us to look for something was tracking of evaluations. The bigger kind of push when we were sort of looking at things back then was the new AAC and Essentials and the ability that this product had to allow us to be able to map that in our curriculum. In comparing products, we thought this was a better fit for us for the ability to meet our accreditation requirements. The ability to communicate what we needed, what we were trying to get, what the the problems that we were having were, and the ability to have those conversations and for CORE to work with us and to say, okay. We have a solution for that, or we can work with you and figure something out. I would say the big moment for us was the ability to do our curriculum mapping in the system, but then to also have the integration with our learning management system so that we could pull data. It was a game changer. One of the biggest kudos that I give to Core is the changes that have been made specifically for nursing since we came into it. So some of the the things that I'm really excited about are things that I've actually recently learned and looking to explore more. One area specifically is the scheduling. It's amazing. It has just cut the workload down. I'm used to doing the work, obviously, but it's really made things more smoother for us. There really haven't been any problems. The students are, you know, they're doing what they need to do. The clinical faculty are doing what they need to do. It's a pleasure to work with everyone at CORE. I appreciate the availability of people to be able to support us and being, I think, responsive to our specific needs as a school. You know, everybody's just everybody's there to help.
Southern Connecticut State University Strengthens Nursing Evaluation and Accreditation with CORE ELMS
Kim Lacey, Director of Quality Improvement, Curriculum Development, and Assessment at Southern Connecticut State University’s School of Nursing, shares how the program uses CORE ELMS to support evaluation tracking, curriculum mapping, and accreditation across multiple nursing pathways, including traditional, accelerated, and part-time programs.
Driven by the need to track evaluations more effectively and align with the new AACN Essentials, Southern Connecticut State selected CORE ELMS for its flexibility and strong fit with accreditation requirements. A key “aha” moment came with the ability to map curriculum outcomes within CORE and integrate data from the learning management system, creating a more complete and actionable view of student performance.
Kim highlights CORE’s collaborative approach and nursing-specific enhancements, noting significant reductions in administrative workload and smoother scheduling processes. With strong support from the PeopleGrove team, the program has improved operational efficiency while ensuring students and clinical faculty stay aligned and on track.
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