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    Area of Science:

    • Nursing Education
    • Program Evaluation
    • Educational Measurement

    Background:

    • Establishing meaningful faculty and student program outcomes is crucial for demonstrating nursing program quality.
    • Outcomes specification can be challenging for faculty lacking experience in program development and evaluation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To provide guidance on specifying and measuring faculty and program outcomes in nursing education.
    • To simplify the process of outcomes determination for educators.

    Main Methods:

    • Drawing on established measurement principles and accreditation standards from existing literature.
    • Focusing on the practical aspects of outcome specification and measurement in nursing programs.

    Main Results:

    • Presents key principles for determining and measuring outcomes effectively.
    • Details methods for presenting data to showcase outcome achievement.

    Conclusions:

    • Offers practical examples of correct and incorrect approaches to outcome specification and measurement.
    • Aims to illustrate and clarify the presented principles for faculty.