Date of Award
2004
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Fischler Graduate School of Education and Human Services
Advisor
Thomas J. Thompson
Committee Member
Larry N. McCarthy
Committee Member
Maryellen Maher
Keywords
accreditation, adult learners, adult learning styles, approval processes, board approval, career and technology center, collected data, competencies, conceptual framework, course descriptions, course development, courses of study, curriculum consistency, curriculum design, curriculum evaluation, curriculum implementation, curriculum models, curriculum objectives, data collection instruments, Delphi technique, development methodologies, dissemination, distribution of hours, education trends, faculty beliefs, focus discussions, formative evaluation, Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery Counties, health care, implementation plans, literature review, modified Delphi technique, nominal group technique, nursing curriculum, nursing curriculum overview, nursing education, nursing practice, outcome evaluation, practical nurse curriculum, practical nursing, professional behaviors, program information, proposal submission, quality assurance, regional approval, research questions, secondary education, secondary school students, stakeholders, standards, state approval, summative evaluation, upstate New York, validation
Abstract
The purpose of this applied dissertation project was to develop a 1-year curriculum in practical nursing for secondary school and adult students at the Career and Technology Center in the Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery Counties area of upstate New York.
Development methodologies were used to complete this study by addressing the problem and research questions. Procedures used included literature review, development and administration of data collection instruments, nominal group technique, modified Delphi technique, formative and summative evaluation, and analysis of collected data.
The result was a development of a 1-year practical nurse curriculum for secondary school and adult programs, including philosophy, nursing curriculum overview, conceptual framework, curriculum objectives, courses of study, distribution of hours, course descriptions, and professional behaviors demonstrating school values. A plan for implementation of the curriculum, attainment of revised state and regional approval and accreditation, and a plan for formative and summative evaluation of the curriculum were also included. The developed product combined health care and education trends and faculty beliefs and was validated as a quality product consistent with the standards of nursing education and practice.
Recommendations for further action included submission of a proposal, including the product of this study to the board for approval to proceed, for development and implementation of methods to measure and to evaluate outcomes of proposed curriculum, and for discussion sessions with faculty to promote curriculum consistency during course development. Dissemination of program information to stakeholders and continuation of focus discussion with health care representatives regarding desired nurse competencies annually was also included.