Competency Based Nursing Education

The need for competency based education (CBE) has been recognized for years. The preparation of graduates, for a wide range of professions and trades, has been a concern of employers. The essential issue is that education and work are disconnected. New graduates did not have the basic skills to function. Competency based education (CBE) provides a way to help assure that learners are competent at the end of educational endeavors. This book is designed as a resource for nurses and health professionals, in all disciplines, who are responsible for diverse education programs. The book brings together all the elements of CBE and provides a road map to develop, implement, and evaluate competency based approaches to education. The authors outline the processes essential to implementing a CBE program, while detailing why CBE is needed and how it can help revise current education programs. Readers will learn how to develop apply the CBE program by implementing new models, organization strategies, revised care delivery approaches, project planning tools, and more. Key topics include: applying a model to develop & implement a competency based education program/course; transitioning to the CBE approach; developing valid and reliable assessments; and, data collection and use to verify achievement of outcomes.

Marion G. Anema, PhD, RN, most recently served as Educational Resources Director (Joint position with Mid America Learning) and Texas Education Resources to consult and develop Distance Education Programs with institutional partners. She was also Chief Academic Officer at Mid America Learning to manage and implement nursing programs with institutional partners. Previously she held administrative and faculty positions as Associate Director, Nursing Programs, College of Health Professions, Western Governors University. Faculty Chair, Walden University, Dean, School of Nursing, Tennessee State University, and Assistant Dean, Texas Woman's University, Dallas. She holds certificates as an online instructor, in case management, online quality management, and intensive Bioethics (Georgetown University). Her scholarly articles have been published in DCCN, JONA, Nursing, J of Nursing Education, Nurse Educator, International Nursing Review, Computers in Nursing, J of Continuing Education in Nursing, among others. Dr. McCoy and Dr. Anema published a book, Competency-Based Nursing Education: A Guide to Achieving Outstanding Learner Outcomes (Springer, 2010). They continue to provide consulting services for nursing programs involved in curriculum development/revision and/or program accreditation processes. ||Jan McCoy, PhD, RN, held early career roles as a school nurse, flight nurse, and cardiac cath circulating and scrub nurse. For the majority of her nursing career, she has held nursing appointments at Central Wyoming College (1986-1999), including Chair & Director, Nursing Faculty, Chair, Prof/Tech Div & AH Division, Dir, Distance Education/Lifelong Learning. More recently, Dr. McCoy has served as nursing faculty at Walden University, Individual Service Coordinator, Wyoming Dept of Health, and Independent Contractor & Consultant for Sylvan Learning Systems (2003-2006), as well as interim Director of Nursing Programs & Mentor, Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, Utah (2006 - 2008)