Fast Facts for CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN NURSING: How to Develop & Evaluate Educational Programs in a Nutshell -- Half Title Page -- Authors' Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Half Title Page -- PART I: Nursing Program Foundations -- Chapter 1: Considerations When Starting or Revising Nursing Programs -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES FOR NURSING PROGRAM APPROVAL AND ACCREDITATION PROCESSES -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF NURSING PROGRAM APPROVAL PROCESSES -- Chapter 2: Overview of Systems Thinking -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF SYSTEMS THINKING -- KEY POINTS -- Chapter 3: Purposes and Development of a Mission Statement -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF A PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF A PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 4: Purposes and Development of a Program Philosophy -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF A PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLE OF NURSING PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 5: Purposes and Selection of an Organizing Framework -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF AN ORGANIZING FRAMEWORK -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF ORGANIZING FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT -- PART II: Educational and Level Outcomes -- Chapter 6: Purposes and Examples of Educational Outcomes -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES -- Chapter 7: Purposes and Examples of Level Outcomes -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF LEVEL OUTCOMES -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF LEVEL OUTCOME DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 8: Purposes and Examples of Curricular Mapping -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF CURRICULAR MAPPING -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF CURRICULUM MAPPING -- Chapter 9: Faculty Development for Program Change -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF FACULTY DEVELOPMENT -- ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS TO PREPARE FACULTY FOR CHANGE -- KEY POINTS.

EXAMPLES OF FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PLANS -- PART III: Curriculum and Course Design -- Chapter 10: Elements of a Curriculum -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF A CURRICULUM -- ELEMENTS OF A CURRICULUM -- CURRICULUM GOALS -- DIFFERENT TYPES OF CURRICULA -- CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES -- FACTORS INFLUENCING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 11: Elements of Curriculum Design -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF A NURSING PROGRAM CURRICULUM -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF NURSING PROGRAM CURRICULUM DESIGNS -- Chapter 12: Elements of Course Design -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF COURSE DESIGN ELEMENTS -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF COURSE DESIGNS -- EXAMPLES OF TEACHING STRATEGIES -- PART IV: Evaluation of Programs and Curricula -- Chapter 13: Purposes and Examples of Program Outcomes -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSE OF NURSING PROGRAM OUTCOMES -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF NURSING PROGRAM OUTCOMES -- Chapter 14: Purposes and Examples of Systematic Program Evaluation -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF A SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION PLAN -- ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF SYSTEMATIC PROGRAM EVALUATION PLANS -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION PLANS -- Chapter 15: Purposes and Examples of Systematic Data Collection -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF NURSING PROGRAM SYSTEMATIC DATA COLLECTION -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF NURSING PROGRAM DATA COLLECTION -- EXAMPLES OF AN ORGANIZATION/AGENCY SYSTEMATIC DATA COLLECTION -- SHARING SYSTEMATIC DATA COLLECTION -- Chapter 16: Purposes and Examples of Curriculum Data Collection -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF CURRICULUM DATA COLLECTION -- KEY POINTS -- EXAMPLES OF CURRICULUM DATA COLLECTION -- Chapter 17: Using Outcome Data to Support Quality Nursing Education -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSES OF USING CURRICULUM OUTCOME DATA -- KEY POINTS.

APPROACHES TO REPORTING PROGRAM AND COURSE OUTCOMES -- EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE, OR REVISION -- EXAMPLES OF PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORTS -- References -- Index.