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Curriculum Revision Outline

Curriculum Revision Outline 1. Open forum for faculty to identify areas for improvement  2. Conduct Needs Assessment 3. Transition courses to competency-based education 4. Increase simulation time throughout program         "S tudents who spend at least 25% of their clinical time in simulation work more effectively in teams and make appropriate clinical decision more quickly than those students who spend less clinical simulation time" (Aul et. al, 2021). 5. Create education courses for faculty to understand the revisions of the curriculum and best practices 6. Incorporate simulation, and technology-enhanced learning 7. Specify assessment methods such as exams, assessments, reflections, and projects to monitor student success.  Reference Aul K, Bagnall L, Bumbach MD, et al. A Key to Transforming a Nursing Curriculum: Integrating a Continuous Improvement Simulation Expansion Strategy. SAGE Open Nursing. 2021;7. doi:10.1177/2377960821998524
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Curriculum Task Force and Goals

Curriculum Task Force      Dean of Nursing      Clinical Coordinator      Director of Finances      Student Affairs Delegate     Adjunct Clinical Instructor          President of University Goal of Curriculum Revision     "To focus on situated cognition and action with synthesis in clinical and classroom learned, moved beyond critical thinking and reasoning, and shifts identify formation" (Aul et. al, 2021).     To strengthen nurses to promote health equity, reduce health disparities and improve health and well-being. Social Determinants of Health "are the conditions in the environment where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality of life outcomes and risks" ( The essentials: Competencies for professional nursing education 2021). References Aul K, Bagnall L, Bumbach MD, et al. A Key to Tra...
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Kotter's Eight Step Change Model

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Six Domains of Healthcare Quality

STEEEP 1. Safety         a.        Ensures those who receive healthcare services are treated with respect and understanding 2. Timeliness      a.        Providing health services as soon as possible as delays in treatment can have serious consequences 3. Effectiveness     a. How well did the healthcare system achieve the intended purpose? 4. Efficiency     A measure of how well an organization uses resources to produce results 5. Equity     According to the World Health Organization, equity is defined as "an absence of systematic differences between groups of individuals within a population based on socially determined characteristics" (Harrison, et. al, 2021) 6. Patient-centeredness     a. Healthcare system works in conjunction with patients to identify their needs and ensure patients and family members are involved in the plan of care Harrison, R....
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