Issues Presentation Guideline 2020

MNE 615 Internal & External Issues Poster Presentation Due Week 3 in DQ Rationale for assignment: Effective curricula will address contextual factors. Nurse educators must be able to collect data, analyze it, and ensure that their curriculum will prepare nurses to effectively practice, while concurrently integrating the institutional mission, philosophy, as well as trends and issues. Issues Presentation Objective – The learner will articulate the forces, situations, and circumstances around a particular internal or external contextual factor/issue that has the potential to influence curriculum development. Each issue will be considered in the setting of the Bellemore University School of Nursing as described below (scroll to next page)*. Use your assigned contextual issues to complete this assignment. Contextual Issues listing: Student

Internal or External Issue Mission, vision, philosophy, goals of the organization Organizational culture and climate History of the organization Financial Resources Programs and policies Infrastructure Physical resources Demographics Professional standards and trends Environment challenges Educational and healthcare technology and informatics Social, political, and economic conditions

Each student will prepare a poster presentation with their assigned factor 1. Summary description of the components of that factor 2. What essential data will you need to collect about your contextual factor and how might you collect it? 3. The influence of this issue on nursing curricula: a. in general and b. on a specific class assignment that addresses your influencing factor in some way 4. Consequences for Bellemore University School of Nursing if not addressed 5. Include references

This poster presentation will be your week 3 discussion question. You will attach your poster to the DQ forum for your peers to review. Your grade for the DQ this week will be based on the issues grading rubric. Suggested Resources: • Chapter 8 in Curriculum Development in Nursing Education (2020) by Iwasiw, Andrusyszyn, & Goldenberg. • Chapter 5 in Teaching in Nursing: A guide for faculty (2016) by Billings & Halstead

Poster Presentation Tips: Use the template provided Make your statement clear and concise. Using bullet points is helpful rather than long sentences Use graphics to assist with what you are saying Include a title and your name Include references

*Setting for Contextual Issues assignment Bellemore University, an accredited, long-standing institution of some 150 years, with approximately 10,000 full- and part-time students, is located in a Midwestern industrial city of 3,250,000 inhabitants. University departments offer programs in liberal arts, social, physical, and health sciences. The 4-year baccalaureate nursing program is one of three others within the College of Health Sciences. Eighty students are admitted annually to the nursing program, which has a total complement of 290 students in the 4 years. The majority is female and enrolled on a full-time basis. Approximately 40% of students study part –time, are mature, and have taken jobs in the community in order to meet tuition costs. Thirty full- and part-time faculty, 15 with doctoral degrees, 12 with master preparation, and 3 with baccalaureate degrees, teach classroom and clinical courses in the school of nursing. The nursing program received full accreditation 4 years previously. The main industry of the city of Bellemore, for which the university is named, is automobile manufacturing. The largest auto plant, which employs approximately 2000 workers, offers health services to all employees. There is concern that general downsizing of North American auto manufacturing will soon lead to downsizing of the local auto plant. In addition to the university, the city of Bellemore boasts a 3000-student technological community college, as well as the following health facility and services: a 450 bed acute care general hospital; a 275-bed long-term and chronic care facility; three physicianserviced medical clinics; two walk-in emergency clinics; three nurse practitioner clinics, many physicians’ offices, and a county community health department. Bellemore University School of Nursing is preparing for a reconceptualization of its 4-year baccalaureate program. Examining the contextual factors that will affect nursing practice, and hence the curriculum, is recognized as integral to designing a future-oriented, contextrelevant curriculum.