A practical, collaborative plan to improve nursing education over five years. This edition presents a clear path for gathering evidence, grading programs, and guiding action.
This book outlines a formal five-year program designed to study how nursing schools educate their students and how the public benefits from better care. It emphasizes quality, quantity, and cost, and explains why a cooperative approach among nurses, doctors, educators, and the public matters.
Readers will see a proposed method for collecting data, analyzing what good nursing service requires, and gradually improving schools through a disciplined grading plan. The text argues for transparency,-wide participation, and data-based decisions to raise standards without sacrificing access.
- Year-by-year grading with an inverted spiral cone to raise standards gradually.
- Use of facts and measurable data to rank schools rather than rely on opinion.
- Efforts to include as many nursing schools as possible for a comprehensive view.
- Consideration of field workers and budgets to support nationwide grading.
Ideal for educators, administrators, and policy makers who shape nursing education and public health.