Empower nurse educators to implement and assess competency-based learning with confidence
This streamlined reference delivers essential guidance for integrating CBE into nursing curricula across all academic levels. With expanded content on assessment and evaluation, updated AACN Essentials coverage, and new teaching tools, it supports educators in designing, delivering, and refining CBE programs. Ideal for faculty, certified nurse educators, and exam-takers, this resource promotes outcome-driven instruction and student success in diverse learning environments.
What’s New
- New chapter on competency assessment in clinical practice settings
- New rubrics for evaluating assignments and simulations
- Expanded set of examples of teaching strategies and methods of evaluation
- Enhanced strategies for aligning competencies with learning goals
Key Features
- Covers competency-based education foundations, curriculum design, and assessment
- Supports educator certification and professional development Provides tools for evaluating assignments and clinical skills
- Written by nationally recognized nurse education leaders
Ruth A. Wittmann-Price, PHD, RN, CNS, CNE, CHSE, CNEcl, ANEF, FAAN, is the Dean of the W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions at Thomas Edison State University in Trenton, New Jersey. Ruth received her BSN degree from Felician College in Lodi, New Jersey; her master’s from Columbia University, New York City; and completed her PhD in nursing at Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. Dr. Wittmann-Price’s PhD received the Dean’s Award for Excellence. Ruth developed a mid-range nursing theory entitled “Emancipated Decision-Making (EDM) in Women’s Health Care” and has tested her theory in four studies.
Karen K. Gittings, DNP, RN, CNE, CNEcl, Alumnus CCRN, is a Professor of Nursing and Dean of the School of Health Sciences at Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina. Dr. Gittings received her diploma in nursing from The Washington Hospital School of Nursing, Washington, Pennsylvania and her BSN from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus. She earned her MSN with a specialization in nursing education and her DNP at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was a 2015 to 2016 Amy V. Cockcroft Fellow, achieved certification in online instruction in 2011, became a certified nurse educator (CNE) in 2013, and earned certification as an academic clinical nurse educator (CNEcl) with the inaugural group of test-takers. Dr. Gittings has extensive experience in critical care nursing and has been a certified critical-care RN (CCRN) since 1991.
