NUR 648E Nursing Education Discussions and Assignments
Week 1 Discussion
DQ1 What is curriculum development? How does nursing program curriculum remain relevant to broad societal changes, issues, or health care reform?
DQ2 Summarize the National League for Nursing Nurse Educator Competencies and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Competencies and Curricular Expectations. How can you utilize these competencies to inform your decisions in curriculum development? What challenges might you encounter with incorporating these into your teaching practice?
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Week 2 Discussion
DQ1 ? Select and compare two curriculum models. What are the benefits and limitations of each model? How would setting influence curriculum development in each model?
DQ2 Describe the differences in curriculum development for associate, undergraduate, and graduate programs. What future trends will influence curriculum development at these levels?
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Week 3 Discussion
DQ1 Differentiate between course outcomes and learning objectives, and provide an example of each one. Why it is important for an instructor to align course outcomes and learning objectives to professional standards and nurse educator competencies?
DQ2 Choose three evidence-based practices relevant to developing course outcomes and learning objectives. Explain why instructors should utilize these practices in the course design process. For the evidence-based practices selected by your peers, provide additional ideas on how these can be utilized in the course design process.
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Week 4 Discussion
DQ1 Explain how assessments influence instruction, and provide a detailed example. How can effective assessments be helpful to instructors and students?
DQ2 Describe two or three best practices used in assessment development. Using these best practices, write three sample test questions for the health care practice you selected in Topic 2.
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Week 5 Discussion
DQ1 Compare and contrast formative and summative assessment. Provide an example of when it is appropriate to use each type of assessment.
DQ2 How do setting and learner’s needs influence the selection of formative and summative assessments? Provide an example of two settings and explain why a formative or summative assessment would be the best choice in those settings.
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Week 6 Discussion
DQ1 Explain how evidence-based practices affect the selection of content. Describe an instructional strategy that you have previously encountered and explain how it aligned with related content.
DQ2 How does the selection of various instructional strategies affect student achievement? Choose an instructional strategy from the Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty textbook and explain how you would use it to promote student engagement.
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Week 7 Discussion
DQ1 Explain how analyzing test data can be utilized to improve teaching strategies, improve student outcome, and assist in decision making in both academic and clinical settings. What are some challenges associated with analyzing test data in these settings?
DQ2 Discuss the importance of providing timely feedback to students. Explain how you would provide timely feedback in both academic and clinical settings.
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Week 8 Discussion
DQ1 Explain how stakeholders and the community are involved the curriculum process. What is the importance of involving stakeholders and the community in the curriculum evaluation process? Give an example of the challenges involved with including stakeholders and the community.
DQ2 How does the evaluation of assessment data lead to the improvement of instruction and curriculum? Why is this an important part of curriculum design?
NUR 648E Nursing Education Discussions and Assignments
NUR648E Nursing Education
Week 1 Assignment
Role of Nurse Educator and Curriculum Development
Health care is a continually evolving field driven by various changes. Nurse educators need an understanding of changes in health care and the driving forces behind them in order to create a relevant and contemporary curriculum. The purpose of this assignment is to describe the role of the nurse educator and to identify internal and external influences on curriculum development and how those changes influence the role of the nurse educator.
In a 1,000-1,250 word essay, describe various aspects of the role of a nurse educator and the internal and external influences driving curriculum development. Include the following in your essay:
Summarize the role of a nurse educator in curriculum development according to the National League for Nursing Nurse Educator Competencies.
Explain how the nurse educator role changes in different settings (e.g., classroom, clinical, bedside, or simulation).
Explain how nursing education theories influence the nurse educator role. Provide specific examples.
Explain what curriculum is and summarize the curriculum design process.
Identify three internal and three external influences on curriculum development. Describe how they play a role in curriculum development.
This assignment requires 4-6 cited sources.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
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Week 2 Assignment
Course Design Outline
Course design is guided by curriculum outcomes, and courses must be developed to ensure that students are meeting the intended outcomes. Curriculum development and course design are influenced by many factors, such as program level and setting. The course design process begins with broad program or organizational outcomes and narrows to specific objectives to guide instruction. The purpose of this assignment is to develop a course design outline for one setting, using one health care practice. You will choose a health care practice for this assignment and build upon it throughout the course in order to achieve an understanding of the curriculum development process.
Health Care Practice
Choose a health care practice and write an explanation of the practice that includes the following:
Summarize the health care practice you have selected.
Locate three evidence-based articles that support your health care practice choice. Evidence-based articles chosen should not be older than 5 years.
Provide a rationale for each article you selected, including an explanation of how the article supports your health care practice choice.
Choose two different settings and explain how course design would be different for these settings.
Course Design Outline
Use your health care practice to create a course design outline based on evidence-based practice for one of your selected settings according to the suggested course design process provided in the Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty textbook.
General Guidelines
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
Submit the health care practice explanation and course design outline as one Word document.
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Week 3 Assignment
Nurse Educator Lesson Plan
As you explored in Topic 2, there are many factors that drive the course design process. Course design outlines help instructors develop lesson plans that meet objectives outlined in the course design process. Effective lesson plans include opportunities for student engagement and should be learner centered. The purpose of this assignment is to create an effective lesson plan for the health care practice you selected in Topic 2 in a setting of your choice. You will develop course outcomes and learning objectives, select appropriate instructional strategies, determine how to assess the students, and align the lesson plan to professional standards and nurse educator competencies.
Create a lesson plan that follows the example lesson plan in Chapter 10 in the Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty textbook. Your lesson plan should include all components from the sample lesson plan. For the evaluation strategies section, choose two assessment types. One of your assessment types must be an exam that you will develop in a later topic. In addition to the components on the sample lesson plan in Chapter 10, add another section to your lesson plan that explains the alignment of course outcomes to professional standards and nurse educator competencies.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
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Week 4 Assignment
Assessment Strategies
Assessments provide feedback on student knowledge, performance, and needs. They also inform the instructor on whether learning outcomes are being met. It is important for the nurse educator to consider that there is a variety of ways in which student learning can be evaluated. Student learning should be assessed throughout the learning process and at the end of learning. Instructors must determine what evidence indicates that learning has occurred. The purpose of this assignment is to choose assessment strategies based on evidence-based practices.
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation (10-15 slides) reflecting on five assessment strategies. Each slide should include speaker notes. In your PowerPoint presentation, address the following for each strategy:
Provide a detailed description of each strategy.
Explain the purpose of each strategy.
List two advantages and two disadvantages of each strategy.
Explain how the assessment strategy would vary in different settings. Include two examples of different settings and explain how you would change the assessment based on the setting.
Include evidence-based sources for each strategy.
Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
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Week 5 Assignment
Benchmark – Summative Assessment
Forrmative and summative assessments should align with instructional objectives and provide instructors with a variety of ways to measure learning. Instructors have the responsibility to create a test blueprint before creating the assessment to guide them in item writing.
The purpose of this assignment is to create a test blueprint based on the health care practice you selected in Topic 2 and the objectives you created in Topic 3. After the blueprint is developed, create a summative assessment that consists of five multiple-choice questions. Following each question, include a short narrative that addresses the following:
The domain of knowledge each question addresses.
A rationale for strategies used in the development of your test blueprint and multiple-choice questions.
An explanation of how the test blueprint guided the development of your summative assessment based on learning objectives.
Include the test blueprint, summative assessment, and associated narratives as one Word document. Add your test blueprint and summative assessment to your Nurse Educator Electronic Portfolio.
APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
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Week 6 Assignment
Instructional Strategies
Instructional strategies help instructors deliver information and assess students while enabling students in their learning. Various instructional strategies can be implemented to improve student learning and engagement. The selection of effective teaching strategies can lead to high-quality instruction.
The purpose of this assignment is to select an instructional strategy for various settings based on learning theories. Use the “Instructional Strategies” resource to fill in the graphic organizer. Based on the setting, you will choose an educational theory, application to learning, and instructional strategy.
In addition to completing the “Instructional Strategies” graphic organizer, update your lesson plan from Topic 3 to include the instructional strategies you research in this assignment. Select five evidence-based resources on instructional strategies to support your findings.
Include the Instructional Strategies graphic organizer and updated lesson plan as one Word document.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
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Week 7 Assignment
Analyzing Assessment Data
Assessment data is a tool instructors can use to determine if students are meeting course or learning outcomes. Assessments can be utilized in many ways, such as student practice, student self-assessment, determining readiness, determine grades, etc. The purpose of this assignment is to analyze sample test statistics to determine if student learning has taken place.
To address the questions below in this essay assignment, you will need to use sample statistics provided in the textbooks. For Questions 1-4, use the sample test statistics in Chapter 24 of Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty. For Questions 5-9, use Chapter 11 in The Nurse Educator’s Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes.
In a 1,000-1,250 word essay, use the sample statistics data from the textbooks to respond on the following questions:
Explain what reliability is. Based on the sample statistics, is this test reliable? What evidence from the statistics supports your answer?
What trends are seen in the raw scores? How would an instructor use this information?
What is the range for this sample? What information does the range provide and why is it important?
What information does the standard error of measurement provide? Based on the data provided, does the test have a small or large standard error of measurement? How would an instructor use this information?
Explain the process of analyzing individual items once an instructor has analyzed basic concepts of measurement.
If one of the questions on the exam had a p value of 0.76, would it be a best practice to eliminate the item? Justify your answer.
If one of the questions on the exam has a negative PBI for the correct option and one or more of the distractors have a positive PBI, what information does this give the instructor? How would you recommend the instructor adjust this item?
Based on the sample statistics, has student learning taken place? Justify your answer with data.
Based on the sample statistics, what steps would you take to improve learning?
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
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Week 8 Assignment
Benchmark – Curriculum Design and Program Evaluation
Curriculum design is an essential part of a program design and it guides stakeholders to achieve overall desired course and program outcomes. Program evaluation is a routine assessment of various parts of a program and a measure of intended goals. Program evaluation is done for a variety of purposes, including evaluating program implementation, determining program effectiveness, providing direction, and guiding improvements. The purpose of this assignment is to become familiar with the program evaluation process.
Use the program outcomes on the example lesson plan in Chapter 10 of the Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty textbook. Create a hypothetical course framework that includes a course description and learning outcomes. Provide a rationale for how your course fits within the program and aligns to program outcomes. Your course outcomes should be different from the ones in the example lesson plan. Include a detailed explanation of how you plan to evaluate the course’s success within the program.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
