Antoinette McNeil, BSN, RN,CCRN

Curriculum Development, Assessment & Evaluation

Professor: Pam I H George, RN, MSA, MSN, EdD

2013

Developing Objectives for a BSN Program

•Spirituality Identity• They will understand the basic spirituality that is the heart of

the university’s Mission and Statement of Community Ethos

•Communication• They will be able to communicate effectively through

writing, reading, speaking and listening also become proficient in the use of electronic modes of communication

•Analytical Skills and Information Literacy• They will be able to find, evaluate, absorb and synthesize

information and to solve problems through interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation, and self-awareness

Washington Adventist University Outcomes

Effective Citizenship•They will be aware of the characteristics and needs of a diverse community, will understand the value of contributing time and effort to achieve community goals and will accept responsibility for personal actions.

Team Work•They will be able to participate either as a member or leader of a committee, task force, board, or other group project in generating and achieving its collective goals.

Aesthetic Appreciation• They will be able to recognize, distinguish, and understand the nature and value of fine and performing arts, as well as the aesthetic heritage found in a variety of cultures.

Discipline-specific Competency• They will be able to show competency in a major field of study and will understand the relationship of their particular discipline to the General Education core of their liberal arts training.

Communication

Critical Thinking

Informatics

Knowledge-base

Leadership

Patient-centered Care

Professionalism

Quality and Safety

Spirituality

Teamwork

BSN Program Outcomes

Describe the development of and theoretical basis for contemporary professional nursing practice.

Describe the steps of the nursing process.

Describing the leadership roles of the professional nurse in health care in a culturally diverse society.

NURS 220 Fundamental Concepts of Professional Nursing

Identify legal, ethical and professional concepts in the practice of nursing.

Identity nursing research as a basis for nursing practice.

Appreciate self by describing nursing theory that supports a thinking, feeling, caring, responding person.

Acknowledge one’s needs and strategies to enhance growth of personal and professional self.

Describe the influence of spirituality in the practice of nursing.

From:

Appreciating self by decreasing nursing theory that supports a thinking, feeling, caring, responding person.

To:

Analyze self by describing a nursing caring theory that supports a compassionate person.

Recommended Revision of a NURS 220 Outcome

Focus on BSN Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional Values

Outcome is measurable

More in-line with Blooms Taxonomy •Domain: Analysis

Influence of Change on Curriculum

Essential knowledge

Skills

Attitudes to accomplish outcomes

Avoid Overload

Discussion on Change

Billings, D. M., & Halstead, J. A. (2012). Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty (4th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders.

Keating, S. B. (2011). Curriculum Development and Evaluation in Nursing (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

The American Association Colleges of Nursing. (2008). http://www.aacn.nche.edu

Washington Adventist University. (n.d.). http://www.wau.edu

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