Building Blocks of Nursing Education
Building Blocks of Nursing Education:
As a nurse educator, you might be asked to lead the creation and revision of nursing programs or to take part in them. Because of this, you must have the skills to look at internal and external factors and trends that affect how nursing curricula are made and taught. You must also be able to use different learning theories to guide the creation of nursing curriculum and combine relevant educational philosophies, methods, and assessments to reach the program’s goals.
To meet the requirements of state and national regulatory and accrediting agencies, stakeholders will need to know what the ethical standards are and what they want to learn.
Building Blocks of Nursing Education Scenario:
The executive team at Hartford Community College 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 lead the nursing curriculum committee. This group is in charge of making the new BSN program as complete as possible. Because of your job, you can find out about current trends in society, the economy, and institutions in the field of nursing education. Taking these things into account, your committee has been asked to gather information for the new BSN program and present it. You need to make sure that the new BSN program meets both state and national standards and guidelines for professionals. You will make a report for the board of directors to look over and sign off on.
Building Blocks of Nursing Education Requirements:
A. Put together a report with the following parts:
• list of what’s inside
• the parts listed in points B through K
B. Explain why the nursing program changed from an ADN program to a BSN program.
Note: Please include one or two sentences to explain why the change from an associate degree nursing program to a BSN program is necessary. Items B1 and B2 will go into more depth about the justification.
1. Give two reasons (such as social, economic, political, or institutional) why a BSN program is important.
2. Tell us how at least one of the following outside factors influenced your decision to go to a BSN program:
• The National Academy of Sciences (IOM)
• The Future of Nursing: Taking Charge of Change and Moving Health Forward
• Magnet hospital recognition
• Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Change by Patricia Benner
• Recent research on how academic preparation for nurses affects how well patients do
Building Blocks of Nursing Education
C. Choose a suggestion from one of the following organizations or institutions to guide the integration of quality and safety initiatives in the new BSN program:
• Nurses should be taught about quality and safety (QSEN)
• The National Academy of Sciences (IOM)
• Association of American Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
• Nursing National League (NLN)
• The Joint Commission (Joint Commission)
1. Explain why you chose the recommendation you did.
2. Talk about one thing that could get in the way of you putting your chosen recommendation into action, such as a lack of teachers or financial incentives.
D. Make a case for how a learning theory (such as constructivism, cognitivism, or humanism) would help students in the new BSN program learn how to think critically.
1. Critique the learning theory you chose, taking into account the following:
• Two good reasons why the chosen theory should be used in the new BSN program
• Two reasons why the chosen theory shouldn’t be used in the new BSN program
E. Describe the most important parts of one of the following educational philosophies or theoretical foundations that can help shape the new BSN program:
• multiple intelligences
• adult education
• Critical pedagogy and andragogy
• Storytelling as pedagogy or andragogy
• learning that is real
Building Blocks of Nursing Education
1. Write a review of the chosen philosophical approach, taking into account the following:
• Why using the chosen philosophy in the new BSN program is a good thing
• One reason why the chosen philosophy shouldn’t be used in the new BSN program
F. Choose two current ways to deliver 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. Explain why each of the chosen modalities was chosen.
2. Figure out if there could be any problems with using the methods you’ve chosen.
G. Explain why the new BSN program will use formative and summative assessments.
1. Talk about at least two reasons why formative assessments are a good idea in the new BSN program.
2. Name at least two reasons why using summative tests in the new BSN program is a good idea.
3. Talk about at least two problems with formative assessments in the new BSN program.
4. Talk about at least two problems with the new BSN program’s use of summative assessments.
5. Analyze how one of the following ways to evaluate students could help them do better in the new BSN program:
• paper and pencil exams
• Important tests
• classroom assessment techniques (CAT)
• Testing on computers (CBT)
H. Describe how the ANA’s Code of Ethics will be used in the new BSN program.
1. Analyze how each of the following legal responsibilities in nursing education will be brought into the new BSN program and put to use:
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
b. Act for People with Disabilities (ADA)
c. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
d. laws about copying
I. Explain how one of the following methods of nursing accreditation would be used in the new BSN program:
• Collegiate Nursing Education Commission (CCNE)
• Nursing National League (NLN)
• State nursing boards
J. Write a conclusion that includes a summary of the last key recommendations that this new BSN program must take into account.
K. When you use sources, make sure to use APA format for all in-text citations and references.
