NURS FPX 6108 Assessment 2 Curriculum Overview

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Capella University

NURS FPX6108

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Curriculum Overview

The paper sets out to offer an extensive proposal of the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Nursing Education Track at Valley Health Centre (VCH). The purpose of this program is to provide registered nurses with the sophisticated details of serving as educators within the academic and clinical centres. Advanced practice education is also necessary in supplying skilled future nurses with the growing requirement of qualified nurse educators (Wheeler et al., 2022). Valley Health Centre is a progressive organisation that has a history of caring leadership, innovation and excellence in both health care and education.

Program Overview and Rationale

The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Nursing Education Track is offered by the Department of Graduate Nursing Education at the Valley Health Centre. Due to its innovation focus, caring leadership, and dedication to providing healthcare services, Valley Health Centre provides this program as part of its mission to advance the health of the community by developing and educating professionals (VCH, 2025). The advanced program is an academic degree of study that is selected by the licensed registered nurses with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree who may wish to be an academic faculty, a clinical instructor, or a staff development practitioner.

The learners are a mixed group of people of various clinical backgrounds, ages, and career goals. The program is aimed at registered nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing; it is offered to professionals who would like to teach nursing students, advise staff, or direct educational programs at hospitals, colleges, and community health organisations. The rationality of such a program is based on the acute necessity to solve the continual problem of faculty shortage in nursing education, as well as to address the rising number of nursing students and clinical faculty (Ghimire & Neupane, 2024). The program builds future leaders of nursing practice, educators, and designers of the future of nursing practice who have the knowledge and teaching skills required to practice and teach.

Alignment with Institutional Mission

The vision of the Valley Health Centre is to offer quality, comprehensive, caring, and innovative health care dispensed by innovation that fosters the health and well-being of the communities (VCH, 2025). The MSN in the Nursing Education Track is closely aligned with this mission since it aims to transform experienced nurses into teachers of the upcoming generation of nurses. It also facilitates innovation by internalising the current learning technologies, transferring innovative approaches that can stimulate effective education (Mancini & González, 2021). The program enhances the quality of care offered in the healthcare facilities through prioritisation of teaching practices that are evidence-based in the entire facility.

The graduates of this program are engaged in improving the results of the field of public health directly by developing the faculty and conducting educational outreach programs in the community. To illustrate, the program will enable graduates to increase the quality of education in both clinical and academic environments as the curriculum, instructional technology, and learner evaluation are highly developed to meet the requirements of nurses (Santos et al., 2022). The mission of leading and caring is also reflected in curriculum teaching as nurse educators will be prepared to teach, mentor, and inspire upcoming nurses to promote excellence in healthcare.

Summary of Curriculum Structure

Valley Health Centre has a Master of Science in Nursing, nursing education track, which is a 36-hour credit career course offered part-time in 2 years and full-time in 18 months (accelerated part). A hybrid format connects the curriculum, which is composed of online courses and practicums encompassing face-to-face experiences, and allows working nurses to be flexible in integrating learning with their own professional work. The program consists of three successive sections, namely core MSN courses, education-specific courses, and a capstone project.

Core courses include advanced nursing theory and practice, healthcare policy, and leadership in education, which the students start with in order to establish a general knowledge of the nursing practice, leadership, and the educational landscape. Courses related to curriculum development, instructional strategies and assessment then provide learners with teaching techniques and practical resources to be used in teaching. At the same time, education in health assessment, pathophysiology, and pharmacology, at advanced clinical course levels, supports content knowledge that future nurses need to be taught (Santos et al., 2022). Instructional technology is incorporated to present modern digital tools, and the course is capped by a comprehensive practicum where students can have hands-on experience in the design and delivery of instruction in a scholarly and clinical setting (Appendix 1).

Professional Standards, Guidelines, and Technology

The MSN Nursing Education Track of the Valley Health Centre would intend to equip its graduates to become complete nurse educators according to the set professional standards and grounded in evidence. The curriculum also complies with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing, which highlights the mastery of population health, quality improvement, and informatics, which are valuable areas in the present advanced nursing practice (Antonelli et al., 2024).

It also encompasses the National League for Nursing (NLN) Core Competencies in Nurse Educators, and some of them include curriculum design, learner assessment, effectiveness of teaching, and student engagement (Sebach, 2021). The program also complies with the demands of the State Board of Nursing regarding advanced practice education, which additionally verifies that program graduates are quickly prepared to work within regulatory and professional standards.

Curriculum delivery and performance are an important part that requires technology. A variety of digital tools are introduced to learners who follow the academic and clinical education. Online coursework and content management can be conducted with the help of a learning management system (Canvas, Blackboard). The practice of teaching strategies is performed on practical situations based on the virtual simulation technology, and along with it, the training of teaching the skills of clinical documentation and informatics will equip students (Elendu et al., 2024). The program also includes the use of e-portfolio platforms that aid in monitoring the progress, reflection, and assessment of the program made by the student.

Learning Outcomes and Diversity Considerations

The Valley Health Centre MSN – Nursing Education Track is aimed at proving that graduates will possess the competence and knowledge background needed to become effective nurse educators in academic and clinical educational facilities. They are program learning outcomes, which imply the ability to design, work, and assess nursing needs; use adult conceptions of learning in various learning situations; utilise evidence-based instructional applications to foster conscious development and mentor students, as well as assess students with diverse backgrounds and learning contexts.

The results of this type are intentionally connected with the NLN Core Competencies as an educator of nurses and AACN Essentials of Master Education in Nursing, and the graduates are adequately ready according to the national standards of professional nursing education (Sebach, 2021). Through these standards, the graduates are ready to maintain high standards in education systems, facilitate lifelong learning, and make contributions to improve nursing practice.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are also immensely focused on in the program, and, consequently, the teachers who complete this program are prepared to address the demands of the existing diverse learners (Corsino & Fuller, 2021). It has culturally responsive pedagogy, universal assessment instruments and numerous teaching methods that cater to the varied learning styles, and examples include visual, auditory and practical learning. Besides, the DEI principles exist in every part of the coursework and practicum experience, which allows future educators to enhance inclusive learning environments and end inequities in education and practice.

Curriculum Review Process

Formally reviewed in the curriculum at the Valley Health Centre, the MSN Nursing Education Track is reviewed every 2 years or during the accreditation cycle to ensure its relevance, evidence-based, and to address the varying learning and healthcare demands. In addition to these periodic reviews, course assessments are compiled periodically every semester to provide timely feedback to improve ongoing change. MSN faculty, curriculum committee, clinical education partners, nursing students, and accreditation consultants will be the major stakeholders of the review process, as they will be essential to give insights and perspectives.

These revised evidences are guided by an analysis of the best practices in the nursing education sector annually, a national comparison of inspiring graduate program renewal, and the use of faculty retreats to enhance learning outcomes, instructional approaches, and technology implementation (Lewis et al., 2022). Such an interdisciplinary and holistic process will help the program to bring updated and quality education to future nurse educators at all times.

Conclusion

The Nursing Education Track of the MSN degree program, which is being proposed to be implemented at the Valley Health Centre, is aimed at addressing the growing need for support and competency of nurse educators to practice in both academic and clinical settings. The program aids it in its differentiation as it aligns with the national needs and integrates evidence-based teaching methods in education, which can equip a graduate nurse to lead the nursing education and become innovative. The curriculum will help the mission of Valley Health Centre to deliver high-quality, caring and community-based care through educational advancement.

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