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A process model to guide selection of essential curriculum content

W A Morse1, S Corcoran-Perry

  • 1School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 54702-4004, USA.

The Journal of Nursing Education
|November 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

A new process model effectively identified essential content for undergraduate nursing curricula. This model ensures practical, relevant, and evidence-based guidelines for nursing education.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education
  • Curriculum Development
  • Qualitative Research

Background:

  • Selecting essential content for undergraduate nursing curricula is complex.
  • A structured approach is needed to integrate knowledge from nursing and related disciplines.
  • Existing methods may lack systematic evaluation for guideline development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and test the usefulness of a process model for identifying essential content guidelines in undergraduate nursing education.
  • To evaluate the model's operationalization and the resulting guidelines based on criteria like practicality and realism.
  • To refine the developed guidelines through expert feedback.

Main Methods:

  • A four-step qualitative process model was developed.

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  • The model involved delineating content areas, reviewing interdisciplinary literature, and synthesizing findings into conceptual guidelines.
  • Guidelines were validated and revised through interviews with nursing educators and clinicians.

    • Main Results:

    • Operationalizing the model with nutrition content yielded five content and three process guidelines.
    • Both the model's process and the resulting guidelines were evaluated as useful.
    • The developed guidelines demonstrated practicality, purposiveness, realism, and judiciousness.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed process model is a useful tool for identifying essential content in nursing curricula.
    • The model facilitates the creation of evidence-based and practical curriculum guidelines.
    • Further research is recommended to explore the model's application in other nursing content areas.