VII. Comparison to last SLOAC Cycle Results (if this is the first time the course was assessed, a. The plan was to enhance leadership and management skills, enhance patient assessment and leave this section blank): critical thinking skills necessary to: Assess, analyze, prioritize, plan and evaluate the of the adult patient with complex issues to formulate, organize, implement, evaluate and modify a plan of nursing Please state the improvement plan that was care. included in the report from the previous SLOAC cycle. b. Greater emphasis has been placed on enhancing Critical Thinking/reasoning skills through the use of case studies in the classroom and scenarios in the Skills lab. The case studies and scenarios provide What changes were implemented from the the students with the opportunities to build skills in Communication, reasoning/critical thinking, technical previous SLOAC cycle’s improvement plan? What areas, and professional behaviors that include managing and coordinating care for patients and building changes, if any, were made that were not included leadership skills. QSEN (Quality Safety Education for Nurses) standards were identified and embedded in the improvement plan? What changes, if any, in the evaluation tool to be in alignment with changes in nursing practice standards. were made to the assessment process? c. In the previous analysis only the specific of Provider of care, Manager of Care and Member of a Profession were assessed. The objectives for Communication, reasoning/Critical thinking, Professionalism, and technical skills had not been specified although they have always been present. The CTE SLO’s were not defined at that time. How are the results from this cycle similar to or different from the results from the previous cycle?
VII. Comparison to last SLOAC Cycle Results (if this is the first time the course was assessed, leave this section blank): Please state the improvement plan that was included in the report from the previous SLOAC cycle. What changes were implemented from the previous SLOAC cycle’s improvement plan? What changes, if any, were made that were not included in the improvement plan? What changes, if any, were made to the assessment process? How are the results from this cycle similar to or different from the results from the previous cycle? a. The plan was to enhance leadership and management skills, enhance patient assessment and critical thinking skills necessary to: Assess, analyze, prioritize, plan and evaluate the of the adult patient with complex issues to formulate, organize, implement, evaluate and modify a plan of nursing care. b. Greater emphasis has been placed on enhancing Critical Thinking/reasoning skills through the use of case studies in the classroom and scenarios in the Skills lab. The case studies and scenarios provide the students with the opportunities to build skills in Communication, reasoning/critical thinking, technical areas, and professional behaviors that include managing and coordinating care for patients and building leadership skills. QSEN (Quality Safety Education for Nurses) standards were identified and embedded in the evaluation tool to be in alignment with changes in nursing practice standards. c. In the previous analysis only the specific of Provider of care, Manager of Care and Member of a Profession were assessed. The objectives for Communication, reasoning/Critical thinking, Professionalism, and technical skills had not been specified although they have always been present. The CTE SLO’s were not defined at that time.
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