ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN NURSING Curricular Design
The foundation of the nursing program curriculum encompasses the domains of person, health, environment, and nursing as key elements of the health and healing process. These four domains of the curriculum theory form the foundation of the four client needs categories of safe effective care environment, health and promotion maintenance, psychosocial integrity, and physiological integrity which align with the most recent NCLEX-RN Test Plan. Professional standards, guidelines, and competencies were reviewed and used to develop the outcomes and guide the development of the curriculum. These include: 1. The American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics (2015) • A succinct statement of the ethical obligations and duties of every individual who enters the nursing profession. • The profession’s non-negotiable ethical standard. • An expression of nursing’s own understanding of its commitment to society. 2. The American Nurses Association (ANA) clinical standards for nursing practice (2015) • Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and ability, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. 3. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies • Patient-centered care • Teamwork and collaboration • Evidence-based practice • Quality improvement • Safety • Informatics 4. Oregon Board of Nursing – Nurse Practice Act
5. The Nightingale Lamp (Caring, Commitment, Excellence) 6. National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses
• Safe and effective care environment • Health promotion and maintenance
• Psychosocial integrity • Physiological integrity
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