Curriculum Model
The College of Nursing Curriculum Model is visualized as a net composed of bands, strands and pearls. The circular bands of the net are the concepts identified in the College of Nursing philosophy and program outcomes. The concepts are seamlessly integrated. The net is open, without a boundary representing the openness and evolving knowledge that continues to in-form and re-form the curriculum. The strands of the net that emanate outward from the center cross the circular bands and represent the units of instruction within the curriculum. The pearls in the net are nursing situations, the vehicle through which nursing is studied and learned in our curriculum. The image of a net represents the interconnectedness of these concepts throughout the curriculum with the pearls as reflection of the interconnectedness in the concrete nursing situation.
The bands emanate from the Center identified as Nursing as a discipline and profession grounded in caring. The curriculum prepares students as practitioners, leaders, researchers and educators in the discipline and profession of nursing grounded in caring. The next band is the College definition of nursing as: Nurturing the wholeness of person-environment through caring. The following band is Caring Philosophy, Science and Art, encompassing the values within the Philosophy of the College, the theories and research that comprise Caring Science and the Art of Caring arrived at through esthetic knowing and performed in practice. Remaining circular bands reflect the major concepts within program outcomes: integrated patterns of knowing, nurturing self living and growing in caring, foundational knowledge from the sciences, arts and humanities, theory-guided, evidence-based reflective practice, accountability, cultural humility, systematic inquiry, technology and information systems, promoting well-being across the lifespan, creating caring environments, human dignity and equity in health policy, diverse global society, complex health care systems, caring leadership, intra and interprofessional collaboration, safety and quality, and stewardship of the discipline, profession and environment.
The threads emanating from the center are the levels of instruction: the four degree programs, courses, and units that include the content bands.
The pearls in the net are the nursing situations, co-created lived experiences in which the caring between nurses and persons enhance well-being. The pearls are meant to be unifying and reflecting jewels that capture the uniqueness and beauty of the individual nurse-person (family or community) encounter. Each nursing situation reflects the whole caring curriculum; the curricular concepts are revealed in each nursing situation as it is shared, discussed and experienced. Nursing is taught, studied and learned through nursing situations.
*The model emerged from a synthesis of concepts from Martha Rogers, Albert Einstein, the myth of Indira’s Net, and complexity science.
Expected Student Outcomes
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FAU Value: Prepare students to fulfill a productive destiny in the workplace and in society. |
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1. Nurture self, living and growing in caring. |
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BSN Program Unfold a personal journey of coming to know and care for self as person and nurse. |
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MSN Program Develop self in caring-based advanced nursing practice. |
DNP Program Develop self as a caring-based leader in advanced nursing practice. |
PhD Program Develop self as a caring based researcher. |
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FAU Value: Provide a secure environment for the pursuit of learning. |
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2. Practice nursing reflectively guided by a caring philosophy and integrating a broad base of knowledge that includes theory and best evidence. |
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BSN Program Synthesize knowledge from the sciences, arts and humanities as a foundation for generalist practice in nursing. Use nursing theories and research to guide caring-based reflective nursing practice. |
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MSN Program Integrate a broad base of knowledge grounded in caring that includes theory and best evidence for advanced nursing practice. |
DNP Program Create innovative models for advanced nursing practice that are grounded in caring, best evidence, and knowledge from nursing and other disciplines. |
PhD Program Develop and evaluate theory-guided and evidence-based approaches that inform caring science for practice.
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FAU Value: Respect all persons and display civility in all interactions. |
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3. Integrate multiple, complex patterns of knowing in coming to know persons and creatively responding to calls within nursing situations . |
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BSN Program Integrate multiple, complex patterns of knowing in coming to know persons and responding critically and reflectively to calls within nursing situations in generalist nursing practice. |
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MSN Program Integrate multiple, complex patterns of knowing in coming to know persons and creatively responding to calls within nursing situations in advanced nursing practice. |
DNP Program Integrate multiple, complex patterns of knowing in coming to know populations of persons and creatively responding to calls for leadership within nursing situations in advanced nursing practice. |
PhD Program Integrate multiple complex patterns of knowing in creation of innovative research designs and methods. |
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FAU Value: Promote honesty in all spheres, social and moral development and ethical standards in all areas of human activity. |
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4. Demonstrate accountability for ethical, safe nursing practice and inquiry. |
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BSN Program Practice ethical safe nursing practice guided by professional standards. |
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MSN Program Demonstrate accountability for ethical, safe practice and inquiry in advanced nursing practice. |
DNP Program Demonstrate leadership for developing and implementing ethical, safe practice and inquiry in advanced nursing practice |
PhD Program Demonstrate accountability as an ethical nurse researcher.
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FAU Value: Respect all persons and display civility in all interactions; support all those who rely on the University, such as parents, employers of students and graduates, and community partners. |
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5. Approach nursing situations with cultural humility. |
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BSN Program Demonstrate cultural humility within nursing situations. |
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MSN Program Demonstrate cultural humility within nursing situations in advanced nursing practice. |
DNP Program Lead and mentor others in approaching populations within nursing situations with cultural humility in advanced nursing practice. |
PhD Program Integrate cultural humility into the development of research designs and methods. |
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FAU Value: Promote academic freedom and an atmosphere of free and open inquiry; value and disseminate scholarship, research, creative activity and use that scholarship to inform the academic discipline, teaching and community engagement |
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6. Engage in systematic inquiry as a foundation for nursing practice, healthcare delivery, and the evolution of nursing as a caring science. |
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BSN Program Use systematic inquiry to inform decision-making, create nursing responses, and evaluate outcomes. |
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MSN Program Engage in systematic inquiry as a foundation for advanced nursing practice, healthcare delivery, and the evolution of nursing as a caring science. |
DNP Program Use methods of systematic inquiry to evaluate programs, processes and outcomes of advanced nursing practice and leadership in healthcare delivery. |
PhD Program Lead systematic inquiry that enhances nursing practice, improves health care delivery and contributes to nursing science. |
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FAU Value: Ensure clear and open communication and sharing of information. |
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7. Use technology and information systems to promote well-being, facilitate decision-making and enhance collaboration. |
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BSN Program Demonstrate competence in using technology and information systems to promote well-being, facilitate decision-making and enhance collaboration. |
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MSN Program Participate in the implementation of technology and information systems to promote well-being, facilitate decision-making and enhance collaboration in advanced nursing practice. |
DNP Program Evaluate design and lead in the implementation of technology and information systems to promote well-being, facilitate decision-making and enhance collaboration in advanced nursing practice. |
PhD Program Incorporate technology and information systems to construct research designs and enhance collaboration.
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FAU Value: Support all those who rely on the University, such as parents, employers of students and graduates, and community partners. |
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8. Promote well-being for persons and populations across the lifespan. |
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BSN Program Promote well-being for persons and populations across the lifespan in a variety of settings. |
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MSN Program Promote well-being for persons and populations across the lifespan in advanced nursing practice. |
DNP Program Create programs and health policy to promote well-being for persons and populations across the lifespan in advanced nursing practice. |
PhD Program Construct the foundation for a research program intended to promote well-being for a particular population.
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FAU Value: Provide equal access, equal rights and equal justice for all persons and encourage mutual regard for the rights and liberties of all persons; Foster community engagement, service and social responsibility. |
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9. Create caring environments that nurture wholeness. |
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BSN Program Participate in creating caring environments that nurture wholeness. |
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MSN Program Promote caring environments that nurture wholeness in advanced nursing practice. |
DNP Program Design and advocate for caring environments that nurture wholeness in advanced nursing practice. |
PhD Program Create and engage in caring environments that nurture wholeness within communities of scholars. |
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FAU Value: Account for the sound use and careful stewardship of its resources provided to the University; Provide equal access, equal rights and equal justice, and encourage mutual regard for the rights and liberties of all persons. |
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10. Honor human dignity and advocate for equity in healthcare outcomes, local and global health policy and healthcare delivery. |
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BSN Program Participate in social and political activities that honor human dignity and advocate for equity in healthcare outcomes, local and global health policy and healthcare delivery. |
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MSN Program Honor human dignity and advocate for equity in healthcare outcomes, local and global health policy and healthcare delivery in advanced nursing practice. |
DNP Program Create personal and professional involvement in local and global health policymakers to honor human dignity and advocate for equity in healthcare outcomes, local and global health policy and healthcare delivery in advanced nursing practice. |
PhD Program Engage in research that honors human dignity and disseminate findings to advocate for equity in healthcare outcomes, local and global health policy and healthcare delivery.
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FAU Value: Recognize and reward superior performance, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in all facets of University activity. |
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11. Transform complex healthcare systems through caring leadership that facilitates intra and interprofessional collaboration to achieve quality outcomes. |
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BSN Program Collaborate with others as caring leader to transform care in complex healthcare systems. |
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MSN Program Participate in the transformation of complex healthcare systems through caring leadership that facilitates intra and interprofessional collaboration to achieve quality outcomes in advanced nursing practice. |
DNP Program Lead the transformation of complex healthcare systems through caring leadership that facilitates intra and interprofessional collaboration to achieve quality outcomes. |
PhD Program Establish a foundation to transform complex healthcare systems through intra and inter disciplinary research informed by caring science.
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FAU Value: Account for the sound use and careful stewardship of its resources provided to the University. |
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12. Engage in responsible stewardship to advance the discipline and profession, preserve resources and respect the environment. |
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BSN Program Practice responsible stewardship of the discipline and profession, resources and environment. |
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MSN Program Promote responsible stewardship to advance the discipline and profession, preserve resources and respect the environment in advanced nursing practice. |
DNP Program Assume leadership to promote responsible stewardship to advance the discipline and profession, preserve resources and respect the environment. |
PhD Program Model responsible stewardship by advancing the discipline through well-designed research; honoring the profession through engagement in meaningful nursing leadership activities; preserving resources and respecting the environment through everyday actions. |
Note: The FAU values are found at http://www.fau.edu/strategicplan/values.php .