QSEN Competencies as a Foundation for a

Concept Based Curriculum

The University of South Dakota Journey

Curriculum Innovation in aComplex Nursing Program

Five Campuses Distance Program

The Greatest Teamwork Award

Guiding PrinciplesIntegratedBlendedLearner centeredContent saturated Concept

basedCurriculum design team

Review and DebateCurrent literature Institute of MedicineThe Joint Commission National Patient Safety

GoalsQSEN publicationsNLNAC Standards for Associate Degree EducationPew Health CommissionANA Standards for Nursing PracticeANA Standards for Professional PerformanceOther resources

The ProcessNew philosophy writtenFramework developed

a. QSEN competencies adopted as graduate outcomes b. Two categories of concepts identified

Professional Nursing Health & Illness

Curriculum model developed

The Most Amazing Unintended Consequences Award

Curriculum Model

Dynamic

Each component influences and energizes the whole

Current workDefining conceptsPlanning how concepts unfold throughout

curriculumDeveloping exemplars to teach conceptsLeveling graduate outcomes

Goal: Fall 2010 first class to begin new

curriculum

QSEN Ambassadors andother Accomplishments

Faculty DevelopmentCampus meeting(s):

QSEN competencies and KSAs introduced

QSEN teaching strategies featuredNew QSEN teaching strategies

developedFaculty attended national simulation

workshopQSEN workshop during statewide

meetings showcasing “how to’s” of clinical simulation

QSEN Newsletter

QSEN Competencies Guide Curriculum Design Team

The University of South Dakota (USD) Department of Nursing is moving from the traditional approach of a content-driven curriculum where the knowledge resides in the expert teacher and the students are passive recipients, to a learner-centered environment with systematic and integrated learning experiences that result in significant learning. During the fall of 2007, the department Mission and Governance committee developed a

curriculum framework that integrates the QSEN competencies. This framework will serve as a guide for inclusion of competencies into new courses as they are developed. A Curriculum Design Committee has been established and has begun this important work. The QSEN articles and other literature related to the importance of quality, and safety in today’s healthcare system has been used to support the new curricular model.

QSEN Faculty Development

Plan now to attend the spring QSEN faculty development workshop in Vermillion at the Al Neuharth Media Center, Wednesday, May 14 from 8:00—11:00 a.m.

April 2008 Edition  

April 2008 Edition  

Accomplishments continuedClinical simulation incorporated into two coursesClinical faculty toolkit developed for two coursesQSEN SBAR cards

The journey has just begun!

Award Nominations

The Most Amazing Unintended

Consequences Award

The Greatest Teamwork Award