title: Staying afloat: surviving curriculum change.
abstract: In response to calls for nursing education reform, a content-based curriculum was changed to a concept-based curriculum, using Kanter's 7 skills for effective change model. The skills include tuning in to the environment, challenging the prevailing organizational wisdom, communicating a compelling aspiration, building coalitions, transferring ownership to a working team, learning to persevere, and making everyone a hero. The authors describe the steps taken to successfully accomplish this arduous task.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA. dbrady@salud.unm.edu
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Welborn-Brown
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giddens
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nichols