title: The use of curriculum objectives in nursing education.
abstract: This empirical study has its roots in the Finnish nursing education reform of the 1980s. The reform emphasized the formulation of national curriculum objectives and a criterion-oriented, responsive evaluation of learning outcomes. The data were collected by using a questionnaire, answered by Finnish graduating nursing students in 1990 (n = 379). The results indicate certain problems in the criterion-oriented evaluation.
authors.affiliation: University of Turku, Department of Nursing, Finland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leino-Kilpi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001364:Awareness; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005387:Finland; D017408:Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology