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Developing Objectives for a BSN Program

Developing Objectives for a BSN Program. Antoinette McNeil, BSN, RN,CCRN Curriculum Development, Assessment & Evaluation Professor: Pam I H George, RN, MSA, MSN, EdD 2013. Washington Adventist University Outcomes. Spirituality Identity

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Developing Objectives for a BSN Program

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  1. Developing Objectives for a BSN Program Antoinette McNeil, BSN, RN,CCRN Curriculum Development, Assessment & Evaluation Professor: Pam I H George, RN, MSA, MSN, EdD 2013

  2. Washington Adventist UniversityOutcomes • 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. BSN Program Outcomes • Communication • Critical Thinking • Informatics • Knowledge-base • Leadership • Patient-centered Care • Professionalism • Quality and Safety • Spirituality • Teamwork

  6. NURS 220 Fundamental Concepts of Professional Nursing • 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Recommended Revision of a NURS 220 Outcome • 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.

  9. Influence of Change on Curriculum • Focus on BSN Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional Values • Outcome is measurable • More in-line with Blooms Taxonomy • Domain: Analysis

  10. Discussion on Change • Essential knowledge • Skills • Attitudes to accomplish outcomes • Avoid Overload

  11. Reference • 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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