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...journal of Advanced Nursing, 1994, 19, 1024-1031 Curriculum evaluation in nursing education: a review of the literature Judith Chavasse BA RGN Dip Nurse Tutors Postgraduate Student, Departments of Education and Nursing Sfdies, The Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland Accepted for publication 29 September 1993 CHAVASSE J. (1994) lournal of Advanced Nursing 19, 1024-1031 Curriculum evaluation i nursing education: a review of the literature n Most curriculum evaluations in the literature have been reported by nurse evaluators; aims, criteria and methods are drawn chiefly from sociology, general education or management. There is an absence of studies exploring relevance to national health care need, nurses’ accountability to their clients and outcomes of cumcula. There appears to be much interest in innovatory programmes, students’ experiences and sociological understandings, with some concern for specific aspects of cumcula generally recognized as being problematic. The number of qualitative or mixed methodology studies is compatible with process cumcula and with academic and professional validation. EVALUATION OF NURSING CURRICULA The following year the erstwhile Joint Board o Clinical f Nursing Studies, finding that course planners lacked Evaluation of nursing curricula as a major consideration in knowledge and skills to evaluate their courses, produced nursing education in Britain and Ireland began to be a package which helped to introduce the practice...
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...Nursing Leadership and Education Saturday, December 23, 2006 ADN vs. BSN Education Nursing education is bound by its contract with society to prepare nurses with the knowledge; skills and values that enable them to provide quality care within the contemporary health care system. Implicit in this process is that a layperson will be transformed into a competent professional (Lindeman, 2000). When addressed to nurses, the question of educational preparation into professional nursing practice has long been a source of frustration. This is not limited to educators; it is pervasive among all settings and at all levels of nursing practice. Societal changes, increased technology, the shortage of registered nurses (RN’s), and most notably, the increasing shift of health care from acute to community-based settings, has led nursing leaders to raise questions about past and future trends in nursing education (Speziale & Jacobson, 2003). Although associate degree nursing (ADN) education remains a viable choice for those wanting to enter the nursing profession, the ability of these programs to appropriately prepare students for the level of practice diversity that is inherent in the current system must be assessed, and their role defined with regard to the future. In thinking about this question about entry into practice, I had to do some reflection. As I come from an AD program, I have to say that for the time (graduated 1986), and for the expectations of entry-level...
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...head: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING 1 Historical Development of Nursing Valerie Spalding Theoretical Foundations of Practice NUR 513 May 31, 2014 Dr. Noura Kassis HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING 2 Historical Development of Nursing The development of nursing has made giant leaps throughout the last century. Starting with Florence Nightingale, the history of nursing will be discussed. A few significant events, theories and theorists will be depicted. In addition, the relationship between nursing science and the profession will be described. Moreover, the influences on nursing science of other disciplines will be mentioned. Because nursing has a plethora of history and events, a few momentous historical events will be referenced. Theorists, Theories and History Theory as defined in Taber’s (2013), is a statement that best explains all the available evidence on a given topic. In 1859, Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing that concentrates on the manipulation of the environment for the interest of the patient is recognized as the first nursing theory (George, 2011). Although more defined, so many of her notes are used in nursing practice today. “Every nurse ought to be careful to wash her hands very frequently during the day” p.20 (Nightingale, 1860 & Lim, 2010). Today, the World Health Organization and Center for Disease Control have strict guidelines for hand washing in nursing practice. In addition, Nightingale’s...
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...Nursing Research Utilization Project Proposal Sally Martin Torres NUR 598 September 11, 2011 Dr. Veta Massey Nursing Research Utilization Project Proposal Section D: Methods of Implementation Health care throughout the history has shown many changes. Every change brings in challenges in a workplace because change is more often met with resistance. It also brings in innovative ideas that steers the organization’s advancement and performance. The major motivation of change in this organization is to sustain a successful future in its continuum. For change to succeed, brilliant strategy, and clever implementation are necessary (Gandossy and Sonnenfield, 2004). Organizing the Plan The problem that was stated in Part A of this proposal was medication error and the organization is aiming at reducing the incidents of administration errors that involve medications. Although there are three proposed solutions, the one that gained the highest priority is the use red disposable apron during the medication rounds. This type of innovation is cost-effective, requiring short staff in-service by the nurse clinical educator, it is maintenance free, and does not require space for storage. This intervention will also allow a less difficult data collection for measuring outcomes. Every institution requires the approval of the Chief Nurse Officer (CNO) to pilot an intervention. The intervention will be introduced in a small 30-bed medical-surgical unit which will last for four months...
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...head: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING 1 Historical Development of Nursing Valerie Spalding Theoretical Foundations of Practice NUR 513 May 31, 2014 Dr. Noura Kassis HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING 2 Historical Development of Nursing The development of nursing has made giant leaps throughout the last century. Starting with Florence Nightingale, the history of nursing will be discussed. A few significant events, theories and theorists will be depicted. In addition, the relationship between nursing science and the profession will be described. Moreover, the influences on nursing science of other disciplines will be mentioned. Because nursing has a plethora of history and events, a few momentous historical events will be referenced. Theorists, Theories and History Theory as defined in Taber’s (2013), is a statement that best explains all the available evidence on a given topic. In 1859, Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing that concentrates on the manipulation of the environment for the interest of the patient is recognized as the first nursing theory (George, 2011). Although more defined, so many of her notes are used in nursing practice today. “Every nurse ought to be careful to wash her hands very frequently during the day” p.20 (Nightingale, 1860 & Lim, 2010). Today, the World Health Organization and Center for Disease Control have strict guidelines for hand washing in nursing practice. In addition, Nightingale’s...
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...Education Today’s health care environment is undergoing significant changes due to complex patient’s needs, chronic health conditions, and technological innovations. Educating nurses within the 21st century requires a creative integration of knowledge, skill set, and caring within an increasingly complex healthcare system (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010). Nursing education is heavily laden with continuous content increases to be covered within the curriculum (Devereaux-Melillo, Dowling, Abdallah, Findeisen, & Knight, 2013). The need to examine curricular transformation is imperative in order to manage content saturation, and abate the separation of the classroom and clinical teaching. This paper will outline the following processes: (a) the development of a concept-based curricular plan for a baccalaureate program, (b) the impact of a concept-cased curriculum (CBC) on the faculty, students, finances, community of interests, accreditation, and (c) examples of the integration of competencies. Development of Concept-Based Curricular Plan Nursing faculty are challenged with curriculum, for they are presenting an astronomical amount of material to “cover the content”. According to Duncan and Schulz (2015) nurses practice conceptually on a daily basis by focusing on the patient needs, regardless of the medical diagnoses assigned. In order to practice conceptually, nurses must think conceptually by grouping important facts into concepts that can then be transferred from one...
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...The assignment will detail a student induction pack as an innovation to be introduced into the practice area and is within the guidelines of The Nursing Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct: standards for conduct, performance and ethics (2004) and will be used for students and new staff within the practice setting. The NMC publication Nursing: Towards 2015 (2007) debates on the future of pre-registered nurse education therefore the innovation can be adapted for all staff.It will demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes (6.1) The development of effective relationships with learners within the context of practice, (6.2) The opportunities and limitations of practice as a dynamic learning environment in relation to the facilitation and evaluation of learning in practice and (6.5) Examine a range of methods of assessment and select those which are appropriate to assessing knowledge, skills and values. It has been created as the Primary Care Trust has an existing pack but it is merely a welcome pack which lists information about the organisation, link tutors and spoke placements and fails to address the individual learning need and style. Previous ideas and suggestions of students and team members have been considered, in addition to a recent team audit on student experiences and the pack will be an overall strategic plan for the department. The pack (appendix 1) will include a welcome letter, list of staff and contact numbers, mission statement...
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...Addressing Healthy Foods and Nutritional Education with Cleveland's Youth Brenda McLelland Capella University MSN 6012 Unit 8: Designing Health Promotion Programs September, 2015 Abstract Concerns about addressing the nutritional health of Cleveland’s impoverished children continue to plague the Cleveland community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2013, Cleveland has the third largest child poverty rate among the top cities in the United States ("Hunger Facts," 2013). Insufficient resources to provide adequate food and lack of proper nutritional education for these children has a dramatic effect on the health and well-being for this vulnerable group. Not only does poverty have a direct relationship to negative child outcomes, but nutritional intake and education, as well. This article will focus on a theory-based health care promotion plan that will address the poor, school-age children living in Cleveland. Strategies will be identified in promoting nutritional education to improve healthy eating for these children in an attempt to improve the health and wellness for this vulnerable group. Guidelines for quality monitoring, evaluating, and adaptations of this health promotion plan will also be discussed so that it can be used across various health care settings. Implementing a health promotion plan that incorporates appropriate theory, research-based interventions, evaluative measures, and quality improvement metrics is pivotal if the health care professional...
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...Nursing Vision Transforming nursing education as it now stands is key for a superior vision of nursing practice. At the absolute minimum, nursing education should prepare individuals to be competent beginners to start practicing in the field. However, on a larger scale, nursing education needs to be much loftier so that it can turn students into leaders as opposed to simple participants in this truly dynamic profession. “Nursing education at all levels needs to provide a better understanding of and experience in care management, quality improvement methods, systems-level change management, and the reconceptualized roles of nurses in a reformed health care system” (Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2011). All of these ingredients are necessary to create nurses who truly anticipate patient needs, who have a much loftier understanding of superior practice methods, and who have a more modern viewpoint on the role of nurses in the healthcare industry. Currently, it appears that nursing education serves only to equip most students with the basic skills to work as nurses with the thought that they’ll build their skills as they go along with experience. While this is partly true, nursing education needs to take on more of the burden when it comes to preparing students for the challenges of clinical practice. Nursing education at its highest level of quality needs to teach students how to meet the needs of a diverse range of patients, how to function more confidently...
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...The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V July 27, 2014 The Institute of Medicine (IOM), established in 1970 was created to inform the nation on healthcare issues. The reports and findings of this group assist the divisions of healthcare in making knowledgeable decisions. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation together with the IOM issued a special report called “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” There are four key messages the IOM focuses on: Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training, nurses should achieve higher levels of education of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression, nurses should be full partners with physicians and other health professionals in redesigning healthcare in the United States, effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and an improved infrastructure (IOM, 2010). The IOM recommends that by the year 2020, 80% of all nurses have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). To achieve this recommendation, the nursing profession must decide that a BSN would be the entry-level into practice. There are multiple ways to achieve a nursing degree from Diploma, Associate Degree to Bachelor’s Degree. Students who have a four year degree in another field of study can easily obtain a nursing degree in an accelerated second degree bachelor’s program. Patient...
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...Nursing for the twenty-first century Patricia Edwards Grand Canyon University August 05, 2012 Nursing for the twenty-first century Nursing in the twenty first centaury will be very different from the practice of the last one hundred and fifty years. Nursing education and employment has been primarily at the bedside and influenced by institutions and the medical model. In the last 40 years significant progress has been made on the requirements for entry level practice, development of advanced practice education, nursing leadership roles, and a greater emphasis on more diversity in nursing, it was becoming evident that a larger more cohesive direction for nursing was needed to meet the needs of the twenty-first century. In 2008, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) launched a two-year imitative to respond to the need to assess and transform the nursing profession. The IOM appointed the Committee on the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the IOM, with the purpose of producing a report that would make recommendations for an action-oriented blue print for the future of nursing (IOM 2010 para. 2). Nursing Education The argument on the entry level of nursing has been ongoing since 1965, when the American Nurses Association published its paper declaring the Bachelor of Science in Nursing should be the requirement for the professional nurse. The unavailability of university programs and qualified instructors to advance...
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...Influences of Health Care Research HCS/465 February 22nd, 2016 Dawn Bricker Influences of Health Care Research In this paper we will discuss an innovation that has been developed in the last 20 years that has influenced the health care industry. That innovation is telemedicine. Telemedicine What is telemedicine? According to the American Telemedicine Association, “Formally defined, telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve a patient’s clinical health status. Telemedicine includes a growing variety of applications and services using two-way video, email, smart phones, wireless tools and other forms of telecommunications technology.” They continue, ” Starting out over 40 years ago with demonstrations of hospitals extending care to patients in remote areas, the use of telemedicine has spread rapidly and is now becoming integrated into the ongoing operations of hospitals, specialty departments, home health agencies, private physician offices as well as consumer’s homes and workplaces.” This innovation has lasted 40 years and has continued to gain traction and popularity in recent years due to the advances in technology. There are many benefits for telemedicine. Improved access is very important, given the provider shortages throughout the world, in both rural and urban areas; telemedicine has a unique capacity to increase service to millions of new patients. Reducing or containing...
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...Care nurses. Nursing incorporated wide range of sub classes that includes Bachelors, associates, RN and LPNs and more. Nurses incorporate broad spectrum of care including health promotion, disease prevention and palliative care. Nursing profession also faces challenges as it’s not as diverse as our population is based on ethnicity, gender, and age. Many changes and improvements are required in profession in order to address the changing and newly developing problems. In 2010, report was published by IOM in order to improve the health care system of United States. This report focuses on many issues including transforming the health care system by improving the role of nursing. This report recommends that nurses should practice to full extent of their education and experience. Nurses must achieve higher level of education. Nurses should also have increased communication between all circles of health care system including physicians, professional and care nurses, leadership and policy making qualities, effective workforce and fine infrastructure of data collection. These recommendations highlight the intersection between the diversity in United States and actions taken by nurses. Theses recommendation only focus on how can nurses provide the best care to the patients regardless of how difficult it can be for nurse to practice them. IOM is very detailed report for the improvement of the nursing practice by focusing on full extent of practice, advancement in education and building...
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...Running head: EDUCATION PREPARATION PAPER Education Preparation Paper Dimple Patel Grand Canyon University: NRS 430v August 19, 2012 Education Preparation Paper Teaching someone how to drive a car for the first time can be challenging because the driver has no knowledge about the rules of the roads and laws, but as the driver learns the rules and practices, then they become a safer driver (Hill, 2010). Similarly are the different levels of nursing. The new driver can be compared to the associate degree nurse (ADN) and as knowledge is mastered, the nurse continues to a baccalaureate degree (BSN) and then to an advanced practice degree (APN). The progression of academic experience promotes higher levels of patient care (Spencer, 2008). The purpose of this paper is to use scholarly research to discuss the difference in competencies between nurses prepared at the ADN level verses the BSN level, using a patient care situation to describe differences in approach to nursing care. First we will define the difference in competencies between an ADN, BSN, and APN. Differences in Competencies Educational levels in nursing hold different competencies. All nurses must pass a state board exam, regardless of their educational level, to enter the profession. There are four levels of nursing which include the ADN, BSN, APN, and clinical nurse leader (CNL). Although the CNL will not be discussed, the ADN, BSN, and APN will...
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