Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
• Competency 1: Examine the development of a curriculum for a nursing program.
o Identify an appropriate nursing curriculum, the intended learner population, and why it is needed.
o Describe the student learning outcomes of a selected nursing program.
• Competency 2: Analyze factors that impact the design of a nursing curriculum.
o Provide the mission statement and course descriptions for all courses in a selected curriculum.
o Describe the established professional standards, guidelines, and competencies incorporated in a selected nursing program.
• Competency 3: Select an appropriate organizing/curriculum framework for the design of nursing curriculum.
o Explain how an organizing design and theoretical framework or model is demonstrated within a selected nursing curriculum.
o Provide an overview of the history of a selected organizing design and theoretical framework or model.
o Describe the major concepts of a selected organizing design and theoretical framework or model.
• Competency 4: Select a rocess that facilitates continuous quality improvement.
o Recommend a process to update health care knowledge in a selected nursing curriculum.
• Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations of a nursing education.
Write effectively using appropriate spelling, grammar, punctuation and mechanics, and APA style and formatting.
