Competency-Based Curriculum Redesign
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Item Defining the Nursing Discipline(2023) Dormire, Sharon; Mitchell, Star; Mulcahy, Angela; Shields, Samantha; Adamek, Rebecca HarlowThe Program (Re)Design Model begins with development of a disciplinary definition that is then used to develop the program learning outcomes. The definition emerged following an examination of why nursing exists, the major concepts of nursing, and the changing trends in the profession. Nursing (Re)Design Team used data collected from multiple stakeholders as well as a review of the literature to create a disciplinary definition.Item BSN Curriculum Map(2024) Dormire, Sharon; Mitchell, Star; Mulcahy-Spence, Angela; Shields, Samantha; Adamek, Rebecca HarlowThe tool is structured to provide an efficient visual representation of where each element of the program learning outcomes is offered. In this map we used the indicators introduced (I), reinforced (R), strengthened (S) to identify where the content has been placed. The map provides an accurate picture of the entire curriculum. To understand the map, the courses (or content buckets) run horizontally across the top of the map. A list of the performance indicators for each competency is provided along the vertical axis of the mapItem BSN Program Outcomes(2023) Dormire, Sharon; Mitchell, Star; Mulcahy-Spence, Angela; Shields, Samantha; Adamek, Rebecca HarlowThe document details the undergraduate program outcomes that emerged from the Ideal Nursing Graduate document, analysis of The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (AACN, 2021), and data from stakeholders.Item Course Learning Outcomes by Competency and Developmental Level(2024) Dormire, Sharon; Mulcahy-Spence, Angela; Shields, Samantha; Adamek, Rebecca HarlowDerived from the program outcomes and essential competencies, the competencies by developmental level served to identify course learning outcomes. The course level outcomes provide observable behavior that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and competencies that students will gain upon completion of the course.Item BSN Competency and Sub-Competency Rubrics(2024) Dormire, Sharon; Mulcahy-Spence, Angela; Shields, Samantha; Adamek, Rebecca HarlowThis document provides a detailed map pf each competency and sub competency in the program. After sub competencies were developed and leveled (Introduce, Reinforce, and Demonstrate)Item BSN Course Learning Outcomes by Semester(2024) Dormire, Sharon; Mulcahy-Spence, Angela; Shields, Samantha; Adamek, Rebecca HarlowThis document provides a comprehensive list of the learning outcomes expected in each semester of the BSN program.Item Texas A&M University Ideal Nursing Graduate(2023) Dormire, Sharon; Mitchell, Star; Mulcahy-Spence, Angela; Shields, Samantha; Adamek, Rebecca HarlowConcurrent to developing the definition of the discipline and beginning to identify the program learning outcomes, the Nursing (Re)Design Team developed a statement describing the ideal graduate. It details the desired characteristics in an Aggie Nursing graduate and the related outcomes by domain in the Essentials (2021). This document served as the north star throughout the remainder of the redesign process. It was used to gauge how proposed competencies and performance indicators contributed to development of the ideal graduate.Item BSN Program Outcomes with Standards(2023) Dormire, Sharon; Mitchell, Star; Mulcahy-Spence, Angela; Shields, Samantha; Adamek, Rebecca HarlowThis document is an alternative presentation of the Program Learning Outcomes and delineates the related standards.