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K S Sohn

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PubMed1991

Current nursing courses and nursing textbooks.

This study has two parts. In the first part, current nursing courses in 18 baccalaureate nursing programs of Canada are examined to find out how traditional nursing courses have been changed. Major trends of nursing courses are identified, and two major types of current nursing courses are identified. In the second part, 16 nursing textbooks [child nursing (8); medical-surgical nursing (8)] are examined to see how they have changed to reflect the newer nursing curricula. Textbook and chapter content organizers commonly used in nursing textbooks are identified. Contents organizers currently used in nursing textbooks are argued to be ineffective for students' knowledge integration and knowledge development within the nursing profession. This position and its implications are discussed, and two approaches to developing textbooks are suggested.

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PubMed1991

Conceptual frameworks and patterns of nursing curriculum.

Common concepts of conceptual frameworks and curriculum patterns are identified by studying all 18 English-speaking, generic baccalaureate nursing programmes in Canada. Four identified curriculum patterns use client systems, health-illness, growth and development, and nursing roles as the primary curriculum organizer to sequence programme courses. The nursing programmes commonly use nursing process, followed by growth and development, human needs, and family as secondary organizers to structure contents of programme course. Identifying a curriculum by its organizers is useful to curriculum practice and research. Nursing faculty can use the identified organizers as primary or secondary organizers in designing, changing or evaluating their curriculum. It is also possible to use a nursing model with the identified organizers for an effective curriculum structure. Research studies on conceptual frameworks could use primary and secondary organizers to compare strength and weakness among different nursing curriculum structures.

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PubMed1991

One method for comparing different nursing models.

To have diverse nursing models is well and good, but how does one select among them or even understand their differences? Sohn devises a simple method for comparing nursing models that will be of use to teachers, students, and practitioners alike.

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