AN ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSATIVE FACTORS IN CURRICULUM CHANGE IN BACCALAUREATE NURSING EDUCATION.
Contributors: University of Pennsylvania.
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 73
Subjects: Education, Higher.; Education, Health.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors which had the strongest influence on the decision to change curricula in baccalaureate nursing programs.

The data were collected by a mail survey questionnaire. Replies were received from 238 of the 410 NLN accredited schools which were surveyed. Information was asked concerning the last major curriculum change which each surveyed school experienced. The dean or director and one faculty member from each program were requested to review a list of external and internal causative factors associated with curricula change. They were asked to rate the importance of each of these factors in determining the curriculum change in their school.

Eighty four percent (N = 196) of the schools that participated in the survey experienced a major curriculum change between 1979 and 1986. Seventy three percent (N = 177) of the respondents experienced a change in more than one area of the curriculum. The most frequent areas of change were reported in implementation of courses, the conceptual framework, addition of nursing and liberal arts courses and changes in curricular integration.

The major external causative factors in curricular change were: (1) increasing technology and knowledge, (2) the expanding role of the nurse, (3) the nurse's role in the future and (4) the changing U.S. health care system. Internal factors which received the highest rating included: (1) the changing student population and (2) the NLN accreditation process.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-07, Section: A, page: 2477.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1986.

School code: 0175.