Open AccessRethinking the Order of the Learning Process: A New and Sustainable Path Designed for an RN-to-BSN Education Program
Author(s) -
Anne Marie Jean-Baptiste,
Elmira Asongwed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nursing education perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.604
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1943-4685
pISSN - 1536-5026
DOI - 10.1097/01.nep.0000000000000657
Subject(s) - creativity , process (computing) , health care , context (archaeology) , reflection (computer programming) , nurse educator , nursing , medical education , psychology , pedagogy , mathematics education , computer science , nurse education , medicine , political science , social psychology , paleontology , law , biology , programming language , operating system
The unpredictable and volatile economic context, ever-changing demography, explosion of technology, and rapid disruptive health delivery models are only a few of the factors characterizing the constant flux permeating the health care system. Current educational initiatives are corrective and reactive rather than reflective and proactive. Some renowned nurse educators and educational leaders pioneered the departure from a learning emphasis on what nurses do to what nurses become. To foster students' creative initiatives, faculty of an RN-to-BSN three-semester program thread five stages of a creativity process of exposure, inquiry, discovery, reflection, and evaluation into three interrelated courses in the program of study.