NURS-FPX 6107 September 2025 Curriculum Evaluation Capella University

NURS-FPX 6107 September 2025 Curriculum Evaluation
Capella University

NURS-FPX 6107 September 2025 Curriculum Evaluation
Capella University


Introduction

When creating a curriculum, nurse educators play a crucial role in developing and

maintaining it. There is a collaboration with nurse educators and internal and external

stakeholders in developing the content to be taught. Also, the nurse educator plays a significant

role in evaluating the curriculum. This assessment discusses the creation and development of a

new hire nurse orientation curriculum, as well as a specific course on infection control. This

assessment will also discuss the evaluation of the curriculum, including who will conduct the

evaluation and how it will be performed.

Nursing Curriculum and Intended Learner Population

When new graduate nurses transition from being student nurses to newly hired nurses in a

clinical facility, they face different challenges. One way to help nurses transition is to have them

complete a new-hire orientation. The new hire orientation will help new graduate students learn

how to apply classroom concepts in real-life situations. New hire orientation, according to

Lalithabai et al. (2021), helps provide new graduate nurses with an opportunity to develop their

knowledge, competency, experience, clinical judgment, and application skills in a clinical

setting. The curriculum would take place in a hospital setting where the nurse would have

different course paths depending on the type of unit they would be working in. All new hire

nurses would start the curriculum with the same courses, but will branch off to other courses

based on the chosen specialty. Ensuring that nurses have the necessary tools to transition from




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nursing students to confident new hire nurses is crucial in preventing errors that may harm

patients once the new graduate nurses are on their own. This can be achieved with a

wellorganized curriculum that is developed using a theoretical framework.

Mission statement and course description
When developing a curriculum, a mission statement should be created to help outline the

objectives of the curriculum and determine how to reach those objectives. The mission statement

for the new-hire orientation curriculum is to help transition new nurses into the healthcare

facility, enabling them to feel confident in their knowledge and skills to perform safe, quality,

and effective nursing care while working in a team. To help achieve this outcome, the curriculum

needs to focus on having a supportive staff to help transition nurses from the classroom to the

clinical setting. The curriculum also needs to promote the continued academic growth in this

field to ensure that nurses continue to practice nursing with the latest evidence-based practices,

thereby ensuring quality care throughout their nursing career.

The new-hire orientation curriculum will take place over the first few months of the

learner’s hire. In those months, new hires will be introduced to their new workplace along with

the vision and mission of the clinical setting. Nurses will also learn the policies and procedures,

as well as the culture of the hospital. This would include teaching topics such as emergency

hospital codes and what to do when those emergency codes are in effect; also, safety measures

like disposing of hazardous waste. Learning these topics can ensure nurses know what to do in

the event of an emergency and are safe. Next, nurses will also learn how to perform and

demonstrate specific skills needed in the clinical setting, such as nursing assessments, IV

therapy, wound care, and medication administration, using the technology used at the healthcare

facility. In performing a demonstration with a teach back, the educator can help to equip nurses




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with the skills needed to complete their care properly and help nurses build in any area where

they may be lacking. When it comes to the use of technology, the new hires will also need to

learn how to use the electronic charting programs used to properly document medication

administrations, along with vital signs and nursing notes. During the new hire orientation, nurses

will be expected to work in groups occasionally to help build their teamwork and communication

skills that will be needed when collaborating with other healthcare professionals in the clinical

setting. For the new hire to be successful in the orientation course, there will be some

professional standards, guidelines, and competencies that the nurses must go over and complete.


Professional standards, guidelines, and competencies


Professional standards, guidelines, and competencies must be established in the

curriculum to help nurses learn and maintain safe and effective practice throughout their careers.

The professional standards used in the course should align with those used at the healthcare

facility. Most health care facilities follow the standards provided by the American Nurses

Association (ANA). The ANA, according to Numminen et al (2024), helps to advance the

profession by promoting high standards of nursing practice that assist in maintaining a safe and

ethical work environment while supporting nurses and the public. The standards that will be used

in the curriculum stemming from the ANA will be the standards on how to perform an

assessment, determine a diagnosis, identify desired outcomes, then plan and implement

interventions, and evaluate the results of the plan.


When trying to implement standards of practice, some guidelines should be followed to

help the learners stay on track with their learning timeline. Guidelines help to keep the




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