Anema / McCoy Competency Based Nursing Education

Guide to Achieving Outstanding Learner Outcomes
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8261-0510-3
Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, ePub

The need for competency-based education (CBE) in nursing has been recognized for years. CBE provides a way to help ensure that learners are competent at the end of educational endeavors. This book is designed as a resource for nurse educators who are responsible for diverse education programs.
Authors Anema and McCoy bring together all the elements of CBE, and provide a road map to develop, implement, and evaluate competency-based approaches to nursing education. The book provides valuable guidelines for developing organizational strategies, new care delivery approaches, and project planning tools. Guidance on performance assessment tools and data collection is also included.
Key features:

Explains why CBE is needed and how it can help improve current education programs
Presents practical guidelines on how to transition to the CBE approach
Provides helpful guidance on developing valid and reliable assessments
Includes critical information on data collection and the use of data to verify achievement of outcomes
Contains practice activities at the end of each chapter to simulate real-life situations

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anema, Marion G.

McCoy, Jan L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Vision of Competency Based Education

Chapter 2Developing and Applying Competency Based

Chapter 3Applying A Model To Develop & Implement A Competency Based Education Program/Course

Chapter 4Transitioning to the CBE Approach

Chapter 5Developing Valid and Reliable Assessments

Chapter 6Data Collection and Use to Verify Achievement of Outcomes

Chapter 7Making the Change to CBE

Über Autor(innen)

Anema, Marion G.

Marion G. Anema, PhD, RN, a nurse educator for over 25 years, has a wealth of experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating nursing education programs. Along with Dr. McCoy, she developed the Walden University MSN distance program, as well as the RN-BSN and MSN distance, competency-based nursing programs at Western Governors University.

McCoy, Jan L.

Jan L. McCoy, PhD, RN, a nurse educator for over 25 years, has a wealth of experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating nursing education programs. Along with Dr. Anema, she developed the Walden University MSN distance program, as well as the RN-BSN and MSN distance, competency-based nursing programs at Western Governors University.