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- 1. Overview · Prepare a 5 page evaluation and theoretical framework analysis of a nursing curriculum of personal or professional interest. Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented. The nurse educator role is a dynamic, challenging, yet rewarding career choice for which many nurses have developed a passion. This course provides you with an opportunity to assess, design, implement, evaluate, and revise nursing curricula. Because health care knowledge and technology are expanding, these elements must be considered when a curriculum is built for today's learner. In this assessment, you will select a nursing curriculum either from an academic setting, such as a school of nursing, or a clinical setting, such as a hospital staff development program. You will evaluate the selected nursing curriculum in detail and describe the organizing design or theoretical framework on which your selected curriculum is based. You will also need to examine how this design or framework is demonstrated in the curriculum. Possible organizing designs or frameworks include simple-to-complex, stages of illness, nursing conceptual framework, concept-based, outcomes based, competency-based, interdisciplinary, and others. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: · Competency 1: Examine the development of a curriculum for a nursing program. · Identify an appropriate nursing curriculum, the intended learner population, and why it is needed. · Describe the student learning outcomes of a selected nursing
- 2. program · Competency 2: Analyze factors that impact the design of a nursing curriculum. · Provide the mission statement and course descriptions for all courses in a selected curriculum. · Describe the established professional standards, guidelines, and competencies incorporated in a selected nursing program. · Competency 3: Select an appropriate organizing/curriculum framework for the design of nursing curriculum. · Explain how an organizing design and theoretical framework or model is demonstrated within a selected nursing curriculum. · Provide an overview of the history of a selected organizing design and theoretical framework or model. · Describe the major concepts of a selected organizing design and theoretical framework or model. · Competency 4: Select a curriculum evaluation process that facilitates continuous quality improvement. · Recommend a process to update health care knowledge in a selected nursing curriculum · Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations of a nursing education. · Write effectively using appropriate spelling, grammar, punctuation and mechanics, and APA style and formatting. Assessment Instructions · In Assessment 2, you will design a course to be included in the curriculum selected in this assessment. · In Assessment 3, you will examine the evaluation process used to evaluate the curriculum selected for this assessment. Preparation As a practicing nurse, you have been asked to present an evaluation of a nursing curriculum to a nursing leadership team at your place of employment. They are seeking input on coursework recommendations for CEU fulfillment. The curriculum you select should be of interest to you either
- 3. personally or professionally. In this assessment, you will select a nursing curriculum either from an academic setting, such as a school of nursing, or a clinical setting, such as a hospital staff development program. If you are currently teaching, you may wish to use the curriculum from your school or workplace. If you are not currently teaching, you may want to consider using the curriculum from your undergraduate program. If neither is an option, you are encouraged to look for a nursing curriculum you can use as a model for your assessments. One choice might be an orientation curriculum for a clinical facility. You will evaluate the selected nursing curriculum in detail and describe the organizing design or theoretical framework on which your selected curriculum is based. You will also examine how this design or framework is demonstrated in the curriculum. Possible organizing designs or frameworks include simple-to-complex, stages of illness, nursing conceptual framework, concept-based, outcomes based, competency-based, interdisciplinary, and others. Requirements Your overview and analysis of the curriculum should fulfill the following: · Identify an appropriate nursing curriculum, the intended learner population, and why it is needed. · Provide the mission statement and course descriptions for all courses in a selected curriculum. · Describe the established professional standards, guidelines, and competencies incorporated in the program. · Describe the student learning outcomes of a selected nursing program. · Recommend a process to update health care knowledge in a selected nursing curriculum. · Explain how an organizing design and theoretical framework or model is demonstrated within a selected nursing curriculum. · Provide an overview of the history of a selected organizing design and theoretical framework or model.
- 4. · Describe the major concepts of a selected organizing design and theoretical framework or model. You will use this assessment to complete Assessment 3. Be sure to incorporate the feedback you receive before adding this assessment to Assessment 3. Additional Requirements · References: Include references from at least three peer- reviewed journal articles, cited in proper APA format. · Length of analysis: The analysis should be 5 pages in length, not including the title page and the reference page, and it must follow proper APA style and formatting. · Appendix: You may use an appendix for appropriate material, such as individual course descriptions. The appendix will not be included in the page count for the analysis. · Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point. Overview · Develop a 6 page course design to be included in the selected nursing curriculum chosen in Assessment 1. Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented. According to Iwasiw and Goldenberg (2015), curriculum development in nursing education is a creative process intended to produce a unified, meaningful curriculum. It is an ongoing activity in nursing education, even in schools of nursing with established curricula (Iwasiw & Goldenberg, 2015, p. 3). This definition of curriculum development can be extended into the education of nurses in facilities other than a school of nursing. Nurses are also educated in clinical facilities and in many arenas providing continuing education units. Billings and Halstead (2011) explain that many institutions that provide nursing education are reviewing how they can provide education that is consistent with their missions, provide for
- 5. diversity in education, and be forward-thinking as they prepare for the future, while still maintaining a cost-effective, quality program. Influencing factors fall into two categories: internal and external factors. External factors examine the larger environments that are outside of the organization. The internal factors influence the curriculum within organization (Keathing, 2014). The educator needs to have an understanding of the internal and external factors influencing curriculuar development. This assessment provides you with an opportunity to outline the design of a course that will become part of the curriculum you selected and evaluated in the first assessment. References Billings, D. M., & Halstead, J. A. (2011). Teaching in nursing: A guide for faculty (4th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier. Iwasiw, C. L., & Goldenberg, D. (2015). Curriculum development in nursing education (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: · Competency 1: Examine the development of a curriculum for a nursing program. · Describe an appropriate course to include in a selected curriculum. · Provide a rationale for adding a course to a selected curriculum. · Suggest a topical outline for a course to be added to a selected curriculum. · Competency 2: Analyze factors that impact the design of a nursing curriculum. · Explain with whom and how faculty members would collaborate when considering a new course within a selected curriculum. · Describe the type of collaboration between external and
- 6. internal stakeholders that will be needed throughout a process of curriculum development. · Competency 3: Select an appropriate organizing/curriculum framework for the design of nursing curriculum. · Explain and describe how internal factors such as organizational processes, curriculum committees, and internal review bodies impact curriculum design. · Explain and describe how external factors such as funding, stakeholders, and regulatory and accrediting agencies affect curriculum design. · Explain how the mission, philosophy, and framework of a program and parent institution impact curriculum design. · Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations of a nursing education. · Write effectively using appropriate spelling, grammar, punctuation and mechanics, and APA style and formatting. Assessment Instructions · Using the same nursing curriculum you selected in Assessment 1, design a course that could be added to the curriculum. Requirements Design a course to be included in your selected nursing curriculum. In your course design: · Describe an appropriate course to include in a selected curriculum. · Provide a rationale for adding a course to a selected curriculum. · Suggest a topical outline for a course to be added to a selected curriculum. · Explain with whom and how faculty members would collaborate when considering the new course within a selected curriculum design. · Explain and describe how internal factors such as organizational processes, curriculum committees, and internal
- 7. review bodies affect curriculum design. · Explain and describe how external factors such as funding, stakeholders, and regulatory and accrediting agencies affect curriculum design. · Explain how the mission, philosophy, and framework of the program and parent institution impact curriculum design. · Describe the type of collaboration between external and internal stakeholders that will be needed throughout a process of curriculum development. You will use this assessment to complete Assessment 3. Be sure to incorporate the feedback you receive before adding this assessment to Assessment 3. Additional Requirements · References: Include references from at least two peer- reviewed journals that are not listed in the Suggested Resources, cited in proper APA format. · Length of design: The course design should be 6 pages in length, not including the title page and the reference page, and must follow proper APA style and formatting. · Course outline: Include the course outline as an appendix. The appendix will not be included in the page count for the assessment. · Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.