Graduate Curricula in Nursing NURS 212 October 18, 2006

1. Graduate Curricula in NursingNURS 212October 18, 2006 Phyllis M. Connolly PhD, APRN-BC, CNS Professor, School of Nursing

2. Nursing’s responsibility is awesome—in patient care and also in creating a new society (Nyberg, 1998, p. 209)

3. “To be active participants in shaping the health care system, nurses must learn new skills” Alderman (2001, p. 50)

4. Questions to Consider • What role does history play in graduate nursing education? • What are the major differences between the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral curricula? • What are the significant internal and external factors affecting the development of graduate nursing programs? • What are some outcome measures of graduate nursing education?

5. History Role of women in society Societal needs War Military Industrialization Technology Immigration Legislation Nurse Practice Acts Medicare National Policy Third-party reimbursement Inter and Intra Professional Organization Standards Certification Critical Elements Affecting Graduate Nursing Education

6. Initial Graduate Education • 1920s Case Western Reserve • 1923 Yale University (Gold Mark Report & Rockefeller Foundation) • Education • Administration • World War II 1945 to 1970s • Nurse educators • Administrators • Clinical nurse specialist • Nurse practitioners

7. History of Advanced Practice Nurses: Nurse Anesthetist • Nurse anesthesia mid 1800s Today CRNA • Sister Mary Bernard, St. Vincent’s Hospital in Erie, PA 1877; formed a network of hospitals “Mayo Clinic” Alice Magaw by 1906 over 14,000 surgical cases—no deaths. Specialized field require education and moved away from nursing administrative structures. • Greatly influenced by American military and major wars 1945 AANA initiated certification program • 1999 28,000 CRNA in US • 1973 University of Hawaii, first master’s degree program, nurse anesthetist

8. Clinical Nurse Specialist • Responding to improving quality of nursing care • Directors of Graduate programs responded • 1954 1st CNS, Dr. Peplau 1954, Rutgers • Influenced by National Mental Health Act 1946, psychiatric nursing a core discipline • Funding • Autonomous practice, 3rd party payment

9. Nurse Practitioners • 1971 Idaho 1st state to authorize the expanded role controlled by Board of Nursing and Medicine • Controversy over prescriptive authority • Loretta Ford, 1965, Colorado 1st Pediatric NP program, certificate; 4 months intensive then 20 months training and practice • 1990 over 135 masters programs; 40 certificate • 1998 over 750 masters and 12 certificate

10. Nursing Education Baccalaureate Doctorate

11. Model of Master’s Nursing Curriculum Graduate Nursing Core Graduate Nursing Core Community Health Administration APN Clinical Core Educator* Specialty Curricula CNM CRNA NP CNS School Nurse CNS* Primary Care NP Acute NP * Not part of AACN Essentials Model P. M. Connolly 2006

12. Number of Advanced Practice Nurses in the US March 1996 % CURRENTLY IN NURSING % NATIONALLY CERTIFIED TOTAL NUMBER TITLE Hamric, Spross, & Hanson, 2000, p. 7

13. 1980s - 2006 • Case Manager • School Nurse • Parish Nurse • Informatics • Clinical Nurse Leader

14. Core Curriculum Research; evidence-based outcomes; health policy; nursing & Health related theory; organizational/leadership theory; environmental health; ethical & legal issues; multicultural care; economics & business theory; community partnerships; managed care; health care delivery systems

15. NURS 200 Health Care Systems, 3 Units NURS 202 Theoretical Foundations, 2 units NURS 204 Diverse Populations and Health Care, 3 units NURS 295 Research Design, 3 units NURS 297 Seminar Project or Thesis, 1 unit NURS 297 Project or Thesis, 2 units Curriculum Core Courses: 14 Units, SJSU

16. Advanced Practice Curriculum • Advanced health assessment • Pharmacology • Physiology • Advanced patho/physiology Core Specialty Practice • Anesthesia • Nurse Practitioner • Clinical Nurse Specialist • Nurse Midwife • School Nurse • Nurse Educator • Nurse Administrator

17. NURS 248 Adv. Health Asses, 3 units* NURS 250, FNP Theory I, 2 units* NURS 252, FNP Theory II, 2 units* NURS 253, FNP Practicum I, 5 units* NURS 254, FNP Practicum II, 5 units* NURS 256, FNP Practicum III, 5 units* NURS 258, FNP Professional Issues, 2 units* NURS 259 Advanced Pharmacology, 3 units; Dominquez Hills, online NURS 260 Advanced patho/physiology, Dominquez Hills, online Family Nurse Practitioner30 Units *Special Session Fees

18. NURS 206, 3 units, Advance Health Assessment NURS 270, 3 units, School Nursing Pathophysiology & Pharmacology NURS 272, 5 units, School Nursing I: Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) NURS 274, 5 units, School Nursing II: CNS 2 Education supporting courses, 3 units each School Nurse Clinical Specialist & Credential

19. NURS 246 Modern Organizations & Health Care, 3 units NURS 236A Nursing Adm. Theories, & Practicum I, 3 units NURS 236B, Nursing Adm. Theories, & Practicum, II, 4 units NURS 266 Health Care Informatics BUS 220 Accounting Principles, 3 units BUS 285 Total Quality Management, 3 units BUS 286 Project Management, 3 units Nurse Administrator

21. Special Moore Foundation: MS & Post-MS Certificate • Educator Track 16 months; Cohort II Fall 06 completion December 2007 • Funded with forgivable loans • All Special Session fees • Stipends available ($20,000) • Must attend Teacher/Scholar monthly seminars • MS must agree to teach full-time for 3 yrs. in any RN program in Alameda, Marin, Santa Clara, San Francisco or San Mateo Counties • Post MS certificate agree to teach full-time for 1 yr in any RN program in 5 Counties

22. NURS 212 Curriculum Design, 3 units NURS 214 Nursing Education Theory & Practicum I, 5 units (240 hrs clinical) NURS 216 Nursing Education Theory & Practicum II, 5 units (240 hrs. clinical) NURS 208 Special Topics (20 clinical hrs.) or EDIT 272, Distance Education NURS 266 Health Care Informatics on-line course, 3 units* EDIT 186 Instructional Media/ 3 units; blended online and in person Nurse Educator Option22 Units

23. IOM Rules for Redesign (2001) • Care is based on continuous healing relationships • Care is customized according to patient needs & values • The patient is the source of control • Knowledge is shared & information flows freely • Decision making is evidence-based

24. AACN: Role New Clinical Nurse Leader 2005 • Leadership in care of sick across all environments • Design and provision of health promotion and risk reduction services for diverse populations • Provision of evidence-based practice • Population-based health care to individuals, clinical populations & communities

25. AACN: Role New Clinical Nurse Leader • Leadership in care of sick across all environments • Design and provision of health promotion and risk reduction services for diverse populations • Provision of evidence-based practice • Population-based health care to individuals, clinical populations & communities

26. Driving Forces Program Evaluation • Commission on collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) • NONPF • BRN • WASC • University Review Policy

27. WASC • One of 6 regional accrediting associations • Voluntary, non-governmental • Purpose to foster education excellence • Institution must define quality & excellence • File annual report • Visit with self-study every 5 years • Nine standards

28. Theoretical Frameworks for Evaluation • Total Quality Management • Continuous Improvement • Donabedian’s Model • Structure • Process • Outcome

29. SCHOOL OF NURSING Total Program Evaluation Model BSN SCHOOL NURSE RN to BSN FNP SCHOOL’S MISSION & PROGRAM EVAULATION PLAN UNIVERSITY MISSION CURRICULUM Curriculum Program Outcomes Employers’ Needs PROGRAM FEEDBACK BSN MS RN to BSN FNP SNCred GENERAL PUBLIC FEEDBACK Society’s Values ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS LOCATIONS, CONTROLS, AND MONEY PUBLIC FEEDBACK OF EXPLICIT OBJECTIVES, MEANS, AND COSTS Program Evaluation and Research Committee 10/97 Rev/ 4/99 Approved 2/12/01

30. CCNE 2001 Standards • I. Program Quality: Mission/governance • II. Program Quality: Institutional Commitment & Resources • IIII. Program Quality: Curriculum & Teaching-Learning Practices • IV. Program Effectiveness, Student Performance & Faculty Accomplishments

31. Process • Semester Curriculum Meetings • Course Reviews • Curriculum Committee • Curriculum review • Task Force Reviews end of semester • Standing Committees • Faculty Meetings

32. School of NursingProgram Evaluation & Feedback System: On Going Systematic Evaluation

33. Masters SON Outcomes • “Implement care management, including but not limited to case management, resource management, advocacy, and outcome evaluation;” • Apply critical thinking and ethical decision making including the use of the nursing and research processes;”

34. Program Outcomes Incorporating systems theory concepts, ANA Social Policy Statement (1995), relevant ANA Standards of Care, AACN Essentials for Master’s Education for Advanced Practice Nursing (1996),National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF); and the California Board of Nursing, the master’s nursing graduate will: • apply critical thinking and ethical decision-making including the use of the nursing and research processes; • provide theory and research-based culturally competent, safe therapeutic nursing interventions for clients in advanced nursing practice; • employ advanced interpersonal skills in professional relationships with clients, families/caregivers, and multidisciplinary health care team members; • support health promotion and disease prevention activities in developing and monitoring holistic plans of care for well and at-risk clients, considering access, quality and cost;

35. Program Outcomes Cont. demonstrate the collaborative and leadership skills required in advanced nursing practice within a multidisciplinary and multicultural (community) health care context; plan, implement, and evaluate advanced nursing practice that promotes and preserves health and healthy lifestyles of individual clients and aggregates; plan, implement, and evaluate advanced therapeutic nursing practice in a rapidly changing, multicultural health care environment; implement care management, including but not limited to case management, resource management, advocacy, and outcome evaluation; employ information technology in advanced nursing practice to evaluate and improve heath care delivery and outcomes; actualize the advanced nursing practice role by incorporating professional standards, ethical guidelines, legal mandates, and professional activities.

36. Graduate Publications • Beddoe, A., & Murphy, S.O. (2004). Does mindfulness decrease stress and foster empathy among nursing students? Journal of Nursing Education, 43, 305-312. • Litarowsky, J., Murphy, S., & Canham, D. (2004).Evaluation of an anaphylaxis training program for unlicensed assistive personnel. Journal of School Nursing, 20(4), 57 -62. • Moody, P. Gonzales, I., & Cureton Young, V. (2004). The effect of body position and mattress type on interface pressure in quadriplegic adults: A pilot study. Dermatology Nursing, 16(6), 507 – 512. • Ngoh Toche, C., Lewis Daniels, I. & Connolly, P. M. (2005). Outcomes of inpatient geropsychiatric treatment. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 31(4), 12 -18.

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