title: Curriculum design to promote the critical thinking of accelerated bachelor's degree nursing students.
abstract: This project describes the curriculum design of an accelerated bachelor's degree nursing program intended to promote the critical thinking of its students. Course objectives and teaching-learning strategies are described. Rogers' unitary view of human beings supports critical thinking as a developing process that should be measured in the context of nursing practice. Pre- and post-program critical thinking test scores indicated significant growth for the 38 graduates in the first 4 consecutive classes tested.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nursing, Dominican College, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA. bonnie.desimone@dc.edu
authors.forename: Barbara B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: DeSimone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009736:Nursing Process; D009742:Nursing Theory; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration; D013850:Thinking; D013997:Time Factors