Curriculum revolution: realities of change

This article describes the experience of a generic nursing baccalaureate program's shift from a Tylerian model to a humanistic-educative model. A shift to a humanistic-educative model required a change in views, beliefs, and values of education and nursing practice. Kuhn's (1962) model for paradigm shift is used as a framework for presenting the stages of change which occurred, beginning with considerations to change the old curriculum model and continuing through implementation of the new. The issues which surfaced during implementation are presented. The struggles and realities of change are discussed in terms of how they affected and influenced this department of nursing's move to a new paradigm.