Client Name
Capella University
NURS-FPX6107
Instructor’s Name
August 2024
Curriculum Overview, Framework, and Analysis
Nursing education in a healthcare setting is the most essential need of an hour to ensure the effectiveness of the treatment provided to the patients and improve the patient experience. Appropriate provisions of nursing education are based on efficient curricula that address cultural preferences along with technological advancements in the healthcare setting (Altmiller & Pepe, 2022). The proper identification of the cultural needs should be done to highlight the key areas that need special attention while presenting the mission statement of the curriculum.
Professional standards and guidelines should be followed in the designing and development of the curriculum framework to ensure ethical and legal considerations for the improved performance of the hospitals. The effectiveness of the curriculum can be defined by the students’ outcomes of learning and the development of a proper recommendation process to enhance the learning of the students. Proper design and framework development strategies need to be implemented to ensure the proficiency of the curriculum in addressing the cultural beads of the students.
Nursing Curriculum: Cultural Competence in Telehealth Nursing
Nursing education is necessary for medical students to effectively understand the key concepts of nursing practices using telehealth and improving the outcomes of the patients by reducing hospital readmission and decreasing health disparities. The curriculum objective should be developed by understanding cultural competency in education and how it impacts the telehealth nursing practice (Brien et al., 2021). Appropriate strategies need to be developed to address the cultural barriers and the application of best practices to successfully implement telehealth in nursing courses. The curriculum will be designed for the nursing students in their third or final year along with the registered nurses or healthcare professionals.
Final-year students are at the end of their academic year and they need practical implementations of their information to improve their improve in a clinical setting. Healthcare professionals are working in clinical settings and they need strategies to implement learned skills in their practice (Burgess et al., 2020). The increasing need for telehealth services made it necessary to encore cultural competency while educating telehealth nursing students. Healthcare professionals should be well at addressing the cultural news of the diverse population to improve outcomes. The regulatory standards need the implementation of culturally competent teaching strategies to enhance patient experience.
Additional Context About the Program
The Minneapolis College is trying to provide advanced nursing education to the students that is based on evidence-based practices and technology integration in the healthcare setting. The goal of the institution is to enhance the quality of education provided to the students and make students competent enough to meet the requirements of today’s nursing world. Collaboration with healthcare stakeholders and organizations to improve decision-making regarding the curriculum objectives is necessary for better results (Alderwick et al., 2021). The institution should follow the guidelines provided by the standardized organization for the design of the curriculum. Proper resources will be provided to the students along with expert faculty.
Mission Statement and Course Description
The mission of the course is to make students capable of dealing with patients effectively using telehealth services. The nursing students should be able to consult efficiently with the patient by using remote monitoring and communication systems (S et al., 2024). Their skills should be advanced and knowledge regarding the practical application of telehealth services needs to be effective. This program will identify the cultural diversity of the student population, their specific needs and preferences, and the barriers to the implementation of effectively applying a culturally competent curriculum. The course description is based on the following factors;
- Defining the need and importance of cultural competency in telehealth services.
- Determination of cultural barriers in the telehealth service along with the implementation of strategies used to eliminate those barriers.
- Enhanced and effective communication strategies should be introduced to consider the different needs of culturally diverse students.
- Telehealth practice should be based on culturally competent scenarios including role-playing and case studies.
- Assessment of students in the context of the implementation of telehealth facilities in the healthcare setting.
- Evaluation of telehealth services to understand its impact on the patient outcome and the healthcare organization.
Critique of Content
The course uses a detailed approach to address the needs of culturally diverse populations and to implement teaching strategies that align with the preferences of diverse populations. This course provides relevance to the current technological emerging needs and practical application of the technology to enhance patient experience.
Professional Standards and Guidelines
The American Nurses Association (ANA) focuses on providing culturally competent healthcare services to patients while course-proper assessment tools and techniques are included which enhance the assessment of patient outcomes (Cerveny et al., 2022). Appropriate diagnosis of patient data should be done based on assessment and in course, case studies and simulations are conducted to ensure the effective diagnosis of the data collected from assessment. The care plans need to be effective to address the diagnosis of the patient and in the course, role plays are conducted to improve the efficiency of care plans.
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) focus on the culturally competent policies of the institutes along with ensuring effective communication that is understandable by all the students. This course uses policies and strategies that align with CLAS guidelines (Handtke et al., 2019). The Joint Commission (JC) ensures training programs that are based on cultural competency for better outcomes of the patients and the improved performance of the nursing students.
Competencies
Proper awareness of cultural differences and effective communication techniques should be implemented in the course to ensure the effectiveness of student learning (Soltanian et al., 2023). Proper care plans should be included to fulfill the cultural demands of the patients. Effective use of telehealth services in the healthcare setting is necessary for the early intervention of professionals in deteriorating patient conditions. Ethical and Legal practices should be included in the delivery of remote health services to patients.
Student Learning Outcomes
The student learning outcomes can be identified by the proper assessment of the learnings of students and their impact on the health of patients. A few learning outcomes are listed below;
- Students will be able to acknowledge the necessity of cultural consideration in telehealth services.
- Students will effectively identify the cultural barriers and provide strategies that can remove those barriers.
- Students will be capable of integrating effective communication strategies in the healthcare setting to engage proficiently with the diverse patient population.
- By identifying the cultural needs of the patient students will be able to implement enhanced care plans for improved care of the patients.
- Continuous and effective evaluation of telehealth services helps the students in designing and developing policies that generate positive results.
Relation to Professional Standards, Guidelines and Competencies
Identification of cultural competency aligns with the ANA and CLAS standards of completing culturally competent assessments and staying in compliance with organizational policies (Handtke et al., 2019). All the standards are effectively addressed through the implementation of care plans and proper diagnosis of the health situation of the patients. JC standards are fulfilled by focusing on the improvement of telehealth services.
Process Recommendation to Update Healthcare Knowledge
The assessment of the curriculum’s effectiveness is necessary to understand the areas that need improvement and implement new and advanced strategies for the enhancement of the identified concerns regarding the promotion of culturally competent telehealth services to patients (Hung et al., 2019). For improvement purposes, a proper curriculum review committee should be developed and implemented to identify lackings in the curriculum and then the assessment should be conducted that identifies the emerging trend in telehealth services, best-improved technologies, and evidence-based practices to ensure the effectiveness of the telehealth servies regarding student knowledge.
The updates based on proven evidence should be integrated into the curriculum and proved to the students, professionals, stakeholders, and the review committee to identify its effectiveness and determine the changes required. After revising the improvements and making the adjustments the curriculum will be implemented and the implementation reviews will then be conducted to understand the effectiveness of the curriculum.
Summary of the Process and Justification
The committee was implemented for the effective identification of the knowledge gaps and uncertainties in the curriculum and with the needs assessment phase the updates on the emerging healthcare trends, new techniques, and principles of telehealth along with the ethical and legal considerations will be determined which ensures the proficiency of curriculum (Cardoso, 2021). The implementation and continuous review cycle ensure that the curriculum will be effective for nursing students having diverse cultural backgrounds.
Organizing Design and Theoretical Framework
The Spiral curriculum design will be effective for developing strategies that comply with the cultural requirements of the students in the telehealth services as it is developed on the present knowledge of the students and then progressively moves to the different steps of complexity (Andersson et al., 2023). An introduction regarding cultural competency and telehealth services will be provided at the initial step of the course while identification of cultural barriers will be done at the middle level, At the final level the implementation of culturally competent strategies will be done through case studies and simulations. This organizing design is based on early, intermediate, and advanced courses for a better understanding of the students.
The theoretical framework of Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality focuses on providing effective care to patients by allowing students to understand cultural differences and their effect on the care plans (McFarland & Alamah, 2019). The care plan schedule be developed according to the cultural care values and beliefs of the students. It ensures patient-centered care strategies by considering their cultural preferences in the healthcare application of telehealth services. Students should be provided with effective cultural assessment tools and help them develop care plans based on the cultural needs of the patients. This framework ensures simulations that provide real-world experience regarding the best provision of care plans.
Historical Overview of Spiral Curriculum Design
In the early 20th century the sporal curriculum design comes into existence with the merging idea of experiential educational and cognitive abilities development learning theories. In 1960 the book named “The Process of Education” by Jerome Burner was formally built with the explanation that initially simple concepts were provided to the students with increasing the complexity of the concepts. From the 1970s till now the spiral design has been widely implemented and adopted for improved learning outcomes of the students. In the nursing educational curriculum, this design is implemented to first understand the basics regarding cultural competency and telehealth servies.
Historical Overview of Leiningers Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality
In 1970 a theory of culture care diversity and universality was presented by Leininger due to her professional work as a nurse and anthropologist. She introduces the need for culturally competent care plans for effective nursing practice (McFarland & Alamah, 2019). From the 1980s to the present this framework has been effective in nursing practice due to the agenda of improving patient experience. Through the framework integration into the curriculum, students will be able to understand cultural diversity and the strategies for the betterment of care plans considering the needs of the patients.
Major Concepts of Spiral Curriculum Design
In spiral curriculum design the level of complexity increases step by step which highlights the importance of culturally competent standards in the provision of effective education to the students. As with diverse cultures, students have different educational backgrounds so they must be provided with the introduction of telehealth and cultural competency for a better understanding of the identification fi barriers and their impact on healthcare. Students will be able to develop a complex understanding of the topics through iterative concept learning and expansion of the ideas. The curriculum will start from the initial step of providing basic knowledge to the next step of identifying cultural barriers and then the final step of implementing the best strategies including case studies.
Major Concepts of Leiningers Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality
This theory has a great focus on providing effective care to patients by considering cultural diversity. Most people have various cultural backgrounds, languages, beliefs, values, and norms and they have deep concerns about the provision of treatment that is not consistent with their culture. In this theory, cultural diversity is considered more important to ensure the effectiveness of the nursing practice in the healthcare setting (McFarland & Alamah, 2019). The curriculum will be based on the assessment tools that are used to determine the cultural needs of the patients and then develop care plans that are efficient in culture. This framework will use simulation-based activities to implement care plans in telehealth services.
NURS FPX 6107 Assessment 1 Conclusion
An effective nursing curriculum is necessary to make students competent enough for today’s world of nursing practices (Altmiller & Pepe, 2022). The mission statement of a culturally competent company states the objectives that consider the vital needs of the students in obtaining knowledge regarding of course culturally conisderate telehealth service. The standards and guidelines help in developing a curriculum that is based on the cultural needs of the students along with evaluating the learning outcomes of the students for a better understanding of the implementation of guidelines. The proper process needs to be recommended to update the knowledge of the students regarding culturally competent telehealth and an organizing design and framework will be implemented for improved outcomes.
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