Addressing Program Effectiveness for Nursing Accreditation: Outcome Specification and Measurement

Determining meaningful faculty and student program outcomes is important for demonstrating nursing program quality. For many faculty who are not experienced in program development and evaluation, outcomes specification can be a daunting task.

This article draws on established measurement principles and accreditation standards found in the literature, focusing on the topic of faculty and program outcome specification and measurement.

Important principles of outcome determination and measurement, and how to effectively present the data to demonstrate outcome achievement are presesnted.

Practical examples of what to do, and what not to do, are provided to illustrate these specification and measurement principles. [.