title: Shared Curriculum Model: A Promising Practice for Education Transformation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The shared curriculum model is one of four successful models of academic progression identified through a consensus-building process facilitated by The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AARP, and the AARP Foundation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seamless academic progression from the associate degree in nursing (ADN) to the baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) is achieved either by simultaneously revising both ADN and BSN curricula or by making targeted adjustments in ADN or BSN curricula to create a unified academic progression. Systematic vetting and definitive agreement on nursing prerequisites and corequisites, general education courses, nursing major content, and general degree requirements are necessary to ensure coordinated degree progression. A standardized set of expectations for beginning professional practice and for unique baccalaureate nursing knowledge ensures vital nursing content across the ADN-to-BSN continuum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Examples of state and regional ADN-to-BSN progression programs using the shared curriculum model are highlighted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The shared curriculum model is a promising practical and sustainable approach to seamless ADN-to-BSN academic progression.
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Close
authors.forename: Mary Sue
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gorski
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sroczynski
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wortock
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D017145:Models, Educational