NR524 All Weeks | General Health Care in Health Care - Norwich university
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Curriculum Development Week 1
Discussion
DQ1 Strategies to Promote Evidence-Based Curriculum Design Suggest one strategy (and rationale) you would use as a teacher to promote evidence-based curriculum change. DQ2 Peer Collaboration Discussion - RN to BS Begin to draft a mission and philosophy statement for your chosen program scenario. Provide rationales for the elements you included in the statement. Provide feedback to your peers within this program scenario on their mission and philosophy statements. Though scholarly support from the literature is not required for this section, you may want to cite support for your selections. Sharing scholarly resources here can prove to be beneficial to all preparing the same type of curriculum. Please refer to the week one program scenario selection for the specifics for the program you have chosen. To join a group- please see How to Join a Peer Discussion GroupLinks to an external site. The Guidelines and Rubric for these discussions is listed here: NR524_Peer-Collaboration-Discussions-RubricLinks to an external site. Throughout Weeks 1–6 of this course, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with your classmates during one of the weekly discussions. Each peer collaboration discussion (in Weeks 1-6) is worth up to 25 points. Peer collaboration is an interactive process between the students in the program scenario. Faculty involvement in the peer collaboration will be minimal; however, faculty will monitor this section for compliance and clarification. Students are expected to post their initial response and then interact with a least two other classmates in the collaboration section.The student must post to the initial question by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT, of each week. If the student does not provide a post to the initial
question before the Wednesday deadline, 5 points are deducted for the peer
collaboration in which late entry occurs. Subsequent posts, including essential responses to peers, must occur by Saturday at11:59 p.m. MT of each week. The Saturday deadline is to give your classmates the opportunity to review the feedback prior to the assignment being submitted. If the student does not post two responses to classmates by Saturday of the week, then 5 points are deducted for peer collaboration
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Curriculum Development Week 2
Discussion
DQ1 Considerations in Developing Mission and Philosophy Statements Compare mission and philosophy statements from two institutions of your choice and discuss the positive and negative aspects of the statements reviewed. DQ2 Peer Collaboration Discussion - RN to BS Begin to draft a mission and philosophy statement for your chosen program scenario. Provide rationales for the elements you included in the statement. Provide feedback to your peers within this program scenario on their mission and philosophy statements. Though scholarly support from the literature is not required for this section, you may want to cite support for your selections. Sharing scholarly resources here can prove to be beneficial to all preparing the same type of curriculum.
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Curriculum Development Week 3
Discussion
DQ1 Organizing Framework Debate the impact of Essentials of Baccalaureate Education on undergraduate nursing education—good, bad, or neutral? Why? DQ2 Peer Collaboration Discussion - RN to BS Begin to draft the organizing framework and program outcomes for this program scenario. Provide rationale for the elements you include. Provide feedback to your peers within this program scenario on their organizing framework and program outcomes. Though scholarly support from the literature is not required for this section, you may want to cite support for your selections. Sharing scholarly resources here can prove to be beneficial to all preparing the same type of curriculum. NR524 Curriculum Development Week 4
Discussion
DQ1 Peer Collaboration Discussion - RN to BS Continue to work on the organizing framework and program outcomes for your chosen program scenario. Provide rationale for the elements you include. Provide feedback to your peers within this program scenario on their organizing framework and program outcomes. Though scholarly support from the literature is not required for this section, you may want to cite support for your selections. Sharing scholarly resources here can prove to be beneficial to all preparing the same type of curriculum. DQ2 Developing Level Competencies Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of a mid-curriculum competency test (a test in which students must pass the test or repeat content, even if they have passed all of the courses).
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Curriculum Development Week 5
Discussion
DQ1 Peer Collaboration Discussion - RN to BS Begin to draft the curriculum plan for your chosen program scenario. Provide rationale for the courses you include. Provide feedback to your peers within this program scenario on their curriculum plan. Though scholarly support from the literature is not required for this section, you may want to cite support for your selections. Sharing scholarly resources here can prove to be beneficial to all preparing the same type of curriculum. DQ2 Budget Ramifications in Curriculum Development Explain the importance of a budget in developing an educational program.
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Curriculum Development Week 6
Discussion
DQ1 Peer Collaboration Discussion - RN to BS Continue to work on the curriculum plan for your chosen program scenario. Provide rationale for the courses you include. Provide feedback to your peers within this program scenario on their curriculum plans. Though scholarly support from the literature is not required for this section, you may want to cite support for your selections. Sharing scholarly resources here can prove to be beneficial to all preparing the same type of curriculum. DQ2 The Benefits or Hindrances of Accrediting Bodies Preparing for a visit from an accrediting body is expensive in terms of time, money, and human resources. If these visits were truly optional, would you recommend the process?
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Curriculum Development Week 7
Discussion
DQ1 Major Factors Impacting Curriculum in the Future 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? DQ2 Identifying Strengths in Curriculum Plans Post your completed curriculum plan. Review two curriculum plans posted by your classmates. What do you consider to be two of the greatest strengths of each of the curricula you reviewed? Please justify your answers.
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Curriculum Development Week 8
Discussion
Using New Knowledge in Future Growth 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 in your future growth?