Planning for an accreditation visit.
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Biomedical subjects
Maureen Cluskey
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Using clinical journaling to capture critical thinking across the curriculum.
Clinical journaling is used as an integrated teaching methodology throughout the practicum component of a baccalaureate nursing curriculum. Two disciplines, Nursing and English, collaborated to develop clinical journaling guidelines to provide a consistent framework for student learning and evaluation in a variety of clinical settings. Students complete a weekly log for each clinical rotation. They identify learning goals, analyze events and relate them to nursing practice, use critical thinking to connect theory and practice, and reflect on the experience.A collegiate standard of writing is used. As the student advances through the program, a pattern of accomplishments and a cumulative integration of skills is evidenced to provide consistent standards for student evaluation.
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Program evaluation: an ongoing systematic process.
The time immediately following an accreditation visit is ideal to reevaluate and update the plan for ongoing systematic program evaluation. This article demonstrates how use of an evaluation framework, existing nursing program resources, data, and a timeline can be integral to an ongoing program evaluation plan. Guidelines provided by the accrediting body can be the template for the evaluation plan, with tables or templates from a self-study providing an efficient summary of each outcome measure and a plan for action. Committees vital to evaluation are curriculum, policy and by-laws, program evaluation, and administration. With commitment and involvement from all faculty, program evaluation can result in maintenance and refinement of a quality nursing program.
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