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NR524 Curriculum Development

Week 1 Discussion

In this course, you will have the opportunity to work with your peers as you develop different components of a curriculum. You will be asked to choose one of three groups to participate in peer collaboration. The three groups are the following.

An Associate degree program in a community college

A prelicensure BSN program in a public university

A hospital staff development department in a Magnet Hospital

Instructions on how to join the groups can be found here: Joining a Peer Discussion Group (Links to an external site.)

Please view the presentation on How to Collaborate with Peers prior to posting in the peer collaboration area.

Please note there is a specific grading rubric for the peer collaboration area.

In this first week, you will begin to develop a Mission Statement for the program you have chosen. Write your Mission Statement and post it in the peer collaboration area. Then read and provide a substantive critique to two classmates on their mission. For the academic programs (ADN and BSN), please use the Chamberlain University Mission Statement (Chamberlain Mission Statement: To educate, empower, and embolden diverse healthcare professionals who advance the health of people, families, communities, and nations) as the mission statement of the parent organization.

For the hospital-based program, please use the mission statement from your current work setting as the mission statement of the parent organization.

Please post the parent institution mission statement, followed by your individual mission statement, in the peer collaboration area.

The guidelines and grading rubric for peer collaborations can be found by downloading the document below.

NR524 Curriculum Development

Week 2 Discussion

This week, you will continue to refine your Mission Statement in one of the three scenarios you chose in Week 1. Place your revised Mission Statement in the peer collaboration area and then provide a critique to two classmates.

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Week 3 Discussion

This week in the peer collaboration area, you will begin to identify and define the concepts that you would include in the framework for your program. Define each of the four required concepts that you would include in an organizing framework for your program - person, nursing, health, and environment. Feel free to add an additional concept. Describe the relationship between and among the concepts.

NR524 Curriculum Development

Week 4 Discussion

This week in the peer collaboration area, you will develop program outcomes for your school or the staff development department.

For the academic programs, you will base the program outcomes on either the AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education OR the NLN Competencies for graduates of Associate Degree Programs.

NLN Competencies for graduates of Associate Degree Programs (2010)

Human Flourishing: Advocate for patients and families in ways that promote their self-determination, integrity, and ongoing growth as human beings

Nursing Judgment: Makes judgments in practice, substantiated with evidence, that integrate nursing science in the provision of safe, quality care and promote the health of patients within a family and community context

Professional Identity: Implement one's role as a nurse in ways that reflect integrity, responsibility, ethical practices, and an evolving identity as a nurse committed to evidence-based practice, caring, advocacy, and safe, quality care for diverse patients within a family and community context

Spirit of Inquiry: Examine the evidence that underlies clinical nursing practice to challenge the status quo, question underlying assumptions, and offer new insights to improve the quality of care for patients, families, and communities

AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education

http://www.aacnnursing.org/Education-Resources/AACN-Essentials (Links to an external site.))

Essential I: Liberal Education for Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice

Essential II: Basic Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Care and Patient Safety

Essential III: Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice

Essential IV: Information Management and Application of Patient Care Technology

Essential V: Health Care Policy, Finance, and Regulatory Environments

Essential VI: Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration for Improving Patient Health Outcomes

Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health

Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional Values

Essential IX: Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice

For the hospital-based program, you will develop program outcomes based on the 2020 Joint Commission Hospital National Patient Safety Goals (Links to an external site.)

Identify patients correctly.

Improve staff communication.

Use medicines safely.

Use alarms safely.

Prevent infection.

Identify patient safety risks.

Prevent mistakes in surgery.

NR524 Curriculum Development

Week 5 Discussion

Academic Nurse Educators:

This week, you will begin to develop the courses in your nursing or education program. Use the template in the Curriculum and Syllabus Guidelines and Rubric  downloaddocument to develop your curriculum plan.

Academic Educators (ASN and BSN programs):

Review either the Florida Board of Nursing or the California Board of Nursing requirements. Model your curriculum plan from the requirements of one of these two states. Include the name of the state and the link to the website.

Pre-Licensure Curriculum and Syllabus Guidelines (Links to an external site.)

Associate Degree Curriculum and Syllabus Guidelines (Links to an external site.)

Florida State Board of Nursing: https://floridasnursing.gov/licensing/practical-and-registered-nurse-education-program/ (Links to an external site.)

California State Board of Nursing: § 1426. Required Curriculum. 16 CA ADC § 1426

BARCLAYS OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS

http://carules.elaws.us/code/t.16_d.14_art3_sec.1426 (Links to an external site.)

Professional Development Specialists:

This week, you will begin to develop courses for your clinical facility hospital orientation. Use the template provided in the Hospital Orientation Requirements  downloaddocument to develop your curriculum plan.

Model the following hospital orientation guidelines found in the Hospital Orientation Requirements document above to develop your curriculum.

NR524 Curriculum Development

Week 6 Discussion

Systematic Evaluation Plan

This discussion has two options: one for the academic nurse educator and the other for the nursing professional development specialist. Please respond to the appropriate discussion for your chosen role.

Academic Nurse Educator

Your school is getting closer to the reaccreditation visit, and you are hearing a lot about the systematic evaluation plan. What are the components of the systematic evaluation plan? How is it used to assure that the needs of the school's stakeholders are met? Why should faculty be involved in its development?

Nursing Professional Development Specialist

Your facility is preparing for Magnet Designation. What are the components of the Magnet program? How are they used to assure that the needs of the facility's stakeholders are met? Why should nursing professional development specialists be involved in its development?

Please see discussion guidelines and grading rubric by clicking on the link below.

NR524 Curriculum Development

Week 7 Discussion

Nursing Trends

Nursing is constantly changing. In the next 5 years, what are two trends in nursing or healthcare that will influence changes in an undergraduate or staff development curriculum at your facility?

NR524 Curriculum Development

Week 8 Discussion

Reflection

Now that you have completed this course, how will you use the concepts in this course to identify, guide, and evaluate the final MSN Practicum Project and your future growth?