Program evaluation of the online MSN at Excelsior college.

Feel free to review the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) self-study guide for academic programs or the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) application handbook for non-academic programs to guide this activity. Use your knowledge and resources from the group wiki and the module notes and readings to support and complete your Program Evaluation project.

For this assignment, provide:

• Title of Paper
• Abstract including keywords (graded through organization and writing style rubric area).
• Introduction (do not label as such; graded through organization and writing style rubric area).

1. Program Summary (5 Points)

1. Identify the type of program being evaluated.
2. Provide the mission and philosophy of the organization offering the program.
3. Describe the learner population.
4. Describe the program including length of program, course credits or continuing education credits, and prerequisite courses or knowledge.

2. Standards and Criteria (5 Points)

1. Identify the established standards and criteria on which the program evaluation is based (ACEN for academic program or ANCC guidelines for continuing education credit).
2. Explain why the standards and criteria are most appropriate for this program evaluation.

3. Outcomes of the Educational Program (20 Points)

1. Provide the learning outcomes or objectives of the program.
2. Evaluate the degree to which the learning outcomes or objectives are used to organize the curriculum, guide delivery of content, and direct learning activities. Provide specific evidence to support your argument.

4. Curriculum / Content (20 Points)

1. Assess whether the current professional standards, guidelines, or competencies used to guide the curricular design are incorporated into the curriculum.
2. Identify how delivery methodologies are congruent with the curricular design and learner population.
3. Critique how evaluation methodologies are varied and appropriate to measure attainment of learning outcomes.
4. Appraise the curriculum for supporting best practices and national safety standards, including diverse concepts and experiences, appropriateness of time allotment for learning and achievement of learning outcomes.

5. Outcomes Achievement (10 Points)

1. Evaluate whether the expected outcomes are measurable.
2. Explain how achievement of outcomes is measured or should be measured.
3. Illustrate how the assessment methods are congruent with the expected outcomes.

6. Recommendations (20 Points)

1. Based on your analysis, make recommendations that lead towards program improvement.
2. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the program including areas that were not transparent or did not meet expectations.
3. Support your analysis with current, relevant, and credible evidence from at least four nursing sources an two from other disciplines ( graded through integration of evidence and theory rubric area).
4. Based on your analysis, make recommendations that lead towards program improvement.

7. Conclusion (graded through organization and writing style rubric area)

Present a brief and succinct summary of the evaluation process and how this process leads to excellence in nursing education.

8. Integration of Evidence and Theory (10 Points)

Consistently integrate credible, relevant sources to support ideas appropriate for the assignment. Consistently use information in ways that are true to the original context. Always distinguish between your own ideas or common knowledge and ideas requiring attribution.

Support your analysis with current, relevant, and credible evidence from at least four (4) nursing sources and two (2) from other disciplines.

Scholarly articles integrated within the paper must meet the following standards:

• Minimum number of references, with most (at least 4) from the nursing-specific or nursing-related literature and at least 2 from a discipline outside nursing.
• Published within 5 years OR published beyond 5 years if seminal work or filling gap in the current literature.

9. Organization, writing style, grammar, usage, mechanics, formatting, and length. (10 Points)

• Follow APA Guidelines for title page, abstract, headings and subheadings, citations, and references.
• Please refer to the Self-study Preparation for Program Evaluation Project Rubric  [PDF file size 454 KB] for more information on how your work will be evaluated.

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