Course design for nursing school courses require strict adherence to the most recent research, theory, and techniques to make future nursing students competitive. Nurse educator books need to be revamped to reflect these improvements in nurse education. The fourth edition of
Curriculum Development and Evaluation in Nursing Education, Fourth Edition, provides a clear springboard for graduate students and faculty to learn how to focus course material and filter out irrelevant material and approaches. These chapters have been updated to reflect best practices in curriculum development and approval processes for an educational environment that is constantly changing, as well as strategies for applying theory, educational taxonomies, team-building, needs assessment, and the frame factor's model. Nursing educator books so rarely thoroughly prepare educators to assist with providing excellent methods for instructing ADN, BSN, master's and doctoral education.
Any medical or nurse school will benefit from the detailed knowledge and practice applications necessary to help faculty participate in academia's various essential roles, including instruction, curriculum, and evaluation. With a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration, the book addresses the growth of simulation, how to help new faculty transition into the academic role, and use of curriculum in both practice and academic settings. Additionally, the book describes the history and evolution of current nursing curricula and presents the theories, concepts, and tools necessary for curriculum development. Chapters include objectives, discussion points, and learning activities, and this book provides assistance with achieving CNE certification review.
New to the Fourth Edition:
- Reorganized and updated to reflect recent evidence-based curricular changes and developments
- Highlights current best practices in research, theory, and practical skills
- New chapter on curriculum planning for undergraduate programs
- New content on needs assessment and the frame factors model
- New content on planning for doctoral education in nursing
- New content on curriculum evaluation, financial support, budget management, and use of evidence
Key Features:
- Supports new faculty as they transition to academia
- Addresses the need for preparing more faculty educators as defined by the Institute of Medicine, the Affordable Care Act, and the APRN Consensus Model
- Describes the scope of academic curriculum models at every practice and academic level
- Threads the concept of interdisciplinary collaboration in education throughout to better reflect teamwork required in modern medicine
- Serves as a CNE certification review
Sarah B. Keating, MPH, EdD, RN, C-PNP, FAAN, retired as Endowed Professor, Orvis School of Nursing, University of Nevada Reno (UNR), where she taught Curriculum Development and Evaluation in Nursing, Instructional Design and Evaluation and the Nurse Educator Practicum, and was Director of the DNP program.
Stephanie Stimac DeBoor, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCRN,AACN LANP Fellow, is a Professor, Senior Associate Dean, and the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), Orvis School of Nursing (OSN). She oversees all the graduate programs and specialty tracks at the OSN. She is a member of the University Courses and Curriculum Committee, and the OSN Mae Orvis Symposium Committee. She teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate programs. In addition, Dr. DeBoor serves as the chair of the Research Committee of Sigma - Nu Iota chapter. She is involved in multiple OSN, University and community committees. She is the recipient of several honors, including the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) 2013–2014 Fellowship Leader for Academic Nursing Program, and was honored as the Most Inspirational Teacher, UNR (2009, 2010, and 2012). She was a recent nominee for the Fall 2023 the Most Inspirational Teacher, by undergraduate nursing students. Dr. DeBoor was a nominee for the University of Nevada, Reno F. Donald Tibbitts Distinguished Teacher Award. Dr. DeBoor has published articles in Nurse Educator, Journal of Nursing Education, Journal of Nursing Care Quality, and American Journal of Critical Care. In addition to this text, Dr. DeBoor contributed a chapter, Curriculum Development and Course Design in Nursing, to Teaching in Nursing and Role of the Educator: The Complete Guide to Best practice in teaching, evaluation, and curriculum development, Fourth Edition (Springer Publishing Company). She also co-authored a chapter, The Ripple Effect of Mentoring in Research and Academia to In N. Rollings Gantz & T. B. Hafsteinsdóttir, (Eds), Mentoring in Nursing through Narrative Stories Across the World (Springer Publishing). She just finished a case study on Intracranial Hypertension to be included in J. Ferdowsali’s “Acute and Critical Care Cases for the Nurse Practitioner”.
