The terminal learning objectives for the program are derived from the Texas BON Differentiated Essential Competencies of Graduates (DECs). These objectives form the basis for the clinical evaluation form (see Appendix 8), which is used for weekly formative evaluation and for a final evaluation at the end of each semester. The Faculty has defined the levels of achievement expected at the end of each semester to reflect progress of the student toward full competency by the completion of the final semester (Appendix 8 & 10) . Theory course objectives are derived from these terminal objectives in that they guide the level of knowledge necessary for the student to be able to make the judgments and decisions required by the terminal learning objectives.
Tests in theory are constructed so that the acquired knowledge is tested in progressively higher levels of Bloom’s (1956) taxonomy of cognitive learning. Level I has a higher percentage
of comprehension and knowledge level questions than in Level IV, which is predominantly testing in the application/analysis range. Similarly, while all levels test application abilities of students in the simulation labs, the content of the scenarios and issues posed to the students become more complex as they progress through the levels. In all levels, psychomotor skills are tested in the skills lab. Skills labs can be pass or fail, but simulations are all experiential and the evaluation is covered in the debriefing sessions in which the scenario and student response are analyzed as a group.
Table 11 Integration of Learning Outcomes, Instruction, Learning Activities, Evaluation Learning Outcome Instructional
Modality
Learning Activity Progress Evaluation Provider of Care
1.Use clinical decision making in nursing practice.
-Use of case studies in theory -Patient care in
clinical setting -Care maps and
Clinical Case Study papers clinical paperwork -Medication
Administration Practicums -Theory exams 2. Determine the
physical and mental health status, needs, and preferences of culturally, ethnically, and socially diverse patients and their families based evidence-based health data derived from the
-Use of case studies in theory -Interview client with
process/disease that alters body image and report to classmates
-Patient care in clinical setting -Care maps and
Clinical Case Study papers
Learning Outcome Instructional Modality
Learning Activity Progress Evaluation program of study
. and develop plans of care in
collaboration with patients, their families, and the interdisciplinary health care team .
-Clinical patient assignments
-Patient care in clinical setting -Care maps and
Clinical Case Study papers
4. Provide safe, compassionate, comprehensive nursing care to patients and their families through a broad array of health care services.
-Clinical patient assignments in a variety of settings.
-Lecture and case scenarios -Patient care in
clinical
-Care maps and Clinical Case Study papers
5. Implement the plan of care for patients and their families within legal, ethical, and regulatory
parameters and in consideration of
deposition of nurse reported to BON -ROPES (increases
-Patient care in clinical
teaching plan or actual teaching -Theory exams 6. Evaluate and
report patient Clinical Case Study paperwork
-Clinical report to
-Evaluate clinical paperwork -Presentation of
patient in pre/post
Learning Outcome Instructional Modality
Learning Activity Progress Evaluation practice, and plan follow-up nursing plans for patients and their families to address health promotion, teaching plan or actual teaching in providing care for patients and their families.
-Lecture
-Clinical leadership assignment
-Care for multiple patients
-Team leader assignment -Analysis of
discharge process for an assigned patient
-Evaluation of report on clinical leadership
knowledge of the Texas Nursing Practice Act and the Texas Board of Nursing Rules that emphasize safety, as well as all federal, state, and local
deposition of nurse reported to BON -Lecture patients, self, and
-Medication Administration laboratories -Skills laboratory -What’s Wrong Here
laboratory
Learning Outcome Instructional Modality
Learning Activity Progress Evaluation others
3. Formulate goals and outcomes Clinical Case Study paperwork
-Care of assigned patients training as needed when skills in clinical setting the Texas Nursing Practice Act
-Lecture -Students are
responsible for all interactions with BON related to obtaining license -Completion of
occurrence reports with performance issues identified by instructor
-Theory exams
6. Accept and make assignments and delegate tasks that take into consideration patient safety and organizational
-Team Leader in clinical
-Evaluate team leader paperwork -Theory exams
Member of the Health Care Team 1. Coordinate,
collaborate, and communicate with patients, their families, and the interdisciplinary health care team to plan, deliver, and evaluate
-Guests from other disciplines
-Care of multiple clients
-Report to primary nurse prior to leaving unit
-Clinical supervision -Theory exams
Learning Outcome Instructional Modality
Learning Activity Progress Evaluation care.
2. Serve as a health care advocate in monitoring and promoting quality and access to health care for patients and their families.
3. Refer patients and their families to resources that facilitate continuity of care; health promotion,
-HIPAA review in Allied Health issues on clinical paperwork -Care of multiple
patients in clinical settings and collaborate in a timely manner with members of the
interdisciplinary health care team to promote and maintain optimal health status of patients and their families.
-Lecture -Care of patients in clinical settings -Group projects (for
improving group communication skills)
-Leadership days in clinical making to improve patient care. input in clinical setting
6. Assign and/or delegate nursing care to other members of the health care team based upon an analysis of patient
-Lecture
Learning Outcome Instructional Modality
Learning Activity Progress Evaluation or unit need.
7. Supervise nursing care provided by others for whom the -Care of multiple
patients
-Clinical supervision -Theory exams
Member of a Profession
1. Function within the nurse’s legal scope of practice and in accordance with the policies and procedures of the employing
-Care of patients in clinical setting the quality of nursing care provided to patients and their families.
-Discussions in pre/post conference -Lecture on Quality
Management
-Preparation for and care of multiple patients in clinical setting
-Clinical supervision -Weekly evaluation -Theory exams
3. Participate in activities that
-Trip to Austin for some students self-care, and lifelong
-Lecture (legal, ethical)
-Self evaluation on weekly clinical forms
-Verbal feedback to team leaders -Read Nurse
Practice Act
-Theory exams
Criterion 4.4: The curriculum includes cultural, ethnic, and socially diverse concepts and