theoretical foundations of education that affect nursing education.
7009.1.1: Education Environments and Trends in Nursing Education – The graduate analyzes evolutionary trends in higher education and nursing education.
7009.1.2: Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Education – The graduate examines theoretical foundations of education that affect nursing education.
7009.1.3: Nursing Curriculum Foundations – The graduate evaluates nursing curricula for relevance and effectiveness within the setting in which they will be used.
7009.1.4: Fundamentals of Learning Assessment – The graduate describes the essential concepts of assessing student learning.
7009.1.5: Ethical, Legal, and Accreditation Implications in Nursing Education – The graduate evaluates various ethical, legal, and accreditation issues related to nursing education.
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Introduction:
As a nurse educator, you may be expected to lead and participate in the development and revision of nursing programs. Therefore, it is essential that you have the competencies to analyze internal and external factors and trends that impact the design and delivery of nursing curricula. You must also be able to use a variety of learning theories to guide the development of nursing curriculum and integrate relevant educational philosophies, modalities, and assessments to achieve identified program outcomes. The clear articulation of the ethical standards and desired learner outcomes to stakeholders will be necessary for achieving the requirements of state and national regulatory and accrediting agencies.
Scenario:
At Hartford Community College, the executive team has decided to change the current two-year associate degree nursing program to a four-year bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program. As the director of allied health programs, you have been asked to chair the nursing curriculum committee, which is charged with fully designing the new BSN program. Your position gives you access to societal, economic, and institutional trends that are current in the field of nursing education. Taking these items into consideration, your committee has been tasked with gathering information and presenting it for the new BSN program. You are to ensure the new BSN program is consistent with state and national professional standards and guidelines. You will be creating a report to take to the board of directors for approval.
Requirements:
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. Use the Turnitin Originality Report available in Taskstream as a guide for this measure of originality.
Professional Communications is a required aspect to pass this task. Completion of a spell check and grammar check prior to submitting your final work is strongly recommended.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
A. Create a report that contains the following components:
• table of contents
• components identified in aspects B through K
B. Justify the change from an associate degree nursing program to a BSN program.
Note: Please include one or two sentences to serve as a brief introduction to the justification for the change from an associate degree nursing program to a BSN program. Details of the justification will be amplified in items B1 and B2.
1. Explain two factors (e.g., social, economic, political, institutional) that influence the need for a BSN program.
2. Explain how at leastone of the following external forces has informed the decision for a BSN program:
• The Institute of Medicine (IOM)
• The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health
• Magnet hospital recognition
• Patricia Benner’s Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation
• Contemporary literature on patient outcomes related to academic preparation for nurses
C. Select a recommendation from one of the following organizations or institutions to guide the integration of quality and safety initiatives in the new BSN program:
• Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
• The Institute of Medicine (IOM)
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
• National League for Nursing (NLN)
• The Joint Commission
1. Provide a rationale for your selected recommendation.
2. Discuss one possible barrier (e.g., faculty shortage, financial incentives) you may encounter as you implement your selected recommendation.
D. Develop an argument for how a learning theory (e.g., constructivist, cognitivist, humanistic) would support the development of critical thinking skills in the new BSN program.
1. Critique the selected learning theory, including the following:
• two advantages of using the selected theory in the new BSN program
• two disadvantages of using the selected theory in the new BSN program
E. Describe the key components of one of the following educational philosophies or conceptual underpinnings that can inform the development of the new BSN curriculum:
• multiple intelligences
• adult education
• critical andragogy/pedagogy
• narrative andragogy/pedagogy
• authentic learning
1. Critique the selected philosophical approach, including the following:
• one advantage of using the selected philosophy in the new BSN program
• one disadvantage of using the selected philosophy in the new BSN program
F. Select two current modalities for the delivery of the new BSN program (e.g., traditional classroom, online education, live web streaming, telehealth, social networks, electronic health records, simulations/clinical education experiences, competency-based learning).
1. Provide a justification for each of the selected modalities.
2. Analyze whether potential barriers exist in implementing your selected modalities.
G. Describe why formative and summative assessments will be used in the new BSN program.
1. Discuss at leasttwo benefits of using formative assessments in the new BSN program.
2. Discuss at leasttwo benefits of using summative assessments in the new BSN program.
3. Discuss at leasttwo limitations of using formative assessments in the new BSN program.
4. Discuss at leasttwo limitations of using summative assessments in the new BSN program.
5. Analyze how one of the following assessment methods could increase student success in the new BSN program:
• paper and pencil exams
• high-stakes exams
• classroom assessment techniques (CAT)
• computer-based testing (CBT)
