This guide is for NURS 619 Week 3 Curriculum Plan Part I, start to submission. Part I of the curriculum plan: a mission statement, vision statement and philosophy for your identified school of nursing.
NURS 619 is Nurse Educator III: Curriculum Development, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS619; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 619 Nurse Educator III: Curriculum Development |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 3 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | Part of a 7 to 10-page curriculum plan |
| Sources | Part of the plan's 7 to 10 peer-reviewed references from the last 5 years |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA |
What NURS 619 Week 3 Curriculum Plan Part I asks for
In Part I you develop a mission statement, a vision statement and a philosophy for your identified school of nursing. It is due in Module/Week 3 with Billings and Halstead chapter 7 and is worth 100 points. The four parts together form a 7 to 10-page plan with 7 to 10 peer-reviewed references from the last five years.
Where it fits in NURS 619
In the published schedule, Curriculum Plan Part I is one of 10 graded written assignments in NURS 619. It follows Week 2 Reflection Paper 2 and comes before Week 4 Curriculum Plan Part II.
How NURS 619 Week 3 Curriculum Plan Part I is graded
Liberty grades Curriculum Plan Part I with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
Course grades in NURS 619 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 619 Week 3 method, step by step
Read this part against the whole
Curriculum Plan Part I is one piece of a larger submission. Read the instructions for every part before you write this one, so the choices you make now (topic, question, population) still work when the later parts arrive.
Lock the topic and the question early
Pick a problem you can carry for the rest of the course and phrase the question so it can actually be answered. A vague question makes every later section harder to write.
Write to the headings the part names
Mirror the instructions: each element the part names becomes a heading. It makes the grading easy to follow and makes it obvious when something is missing.
Support every claim with current evidence
Cite as you write (Part of the plan's 7 to 10 peer-reviewed references from the last 5 years). Prefer peer-reviewed sources from the last five years and say what each one contributes; a citation that only decorates a sentence adds little.
Keep the draft consistent with earlier parts
Read the feedback on the previous part first and carry the corrections forward. Consistent wording across parts is what makes the final document read as one proposal.
Check length and APA before submitting
Check the part against its share of the total length (Part of a 7 to 10-page curriculum plan) and apply current APA throughout. A part that runs far over its share usually contains material that belongs in a later section.
A structure for NURS 619 Week 3 Curriculum Plan Part I
Word targets are planning numbers for about 800 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| The school | The setting, students and type of program you are planning for. | ~120 words |
| Mission statement | What the school does, for whom and why, in a few sentences. | ~120 words |
| Vision statement | What the school aspires to become. | ~80 words |
| Philosophy | Beliefs about persons, health, environment, nursing, teaching and learning. | ~360 words |
| Link forward | How the philosophy will shape the outcomes in Part II. | ~120 words |
A topic angle that works
Write the philosophy around the nursing metaparadigm (person, health, environment, nursing) plus teaching and learning, because Part II's outcomes should be traceable to it. Keep the mission short enough to remember.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
We believe each person is created in the image of God, with dignity that does not depend on health, wealth or ability.1 Health is wholeness of body, mind and spirit in relationship, and nursing is a calling to promote that wholeness through compassionate, evidence-based care.2 Learning is an active process in which students build on what they know, so our faculty teach through cases, simulation and reflection rather than lecture alone.3
- Opens with a belief about the person.
- Defines health and nursing in the school's voice.
- States a belief about learning that will shape teaching methods.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 619 Week 3
- A mission that is a paragraph long.
- A philosophy that never mentions teaching and learning.
- Statements that Part II cannot build on.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Part of a 7 to 10-page curriculum plan
- Sources: Part of the plan's 7 to 10 peer-reviewed references from the last 5 years
- Matches the topic and question used in the earlier parts
- Instructor feedback on the previous part applied
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
What goes in NURS 619 Curriculum Plan Part I?
A mission statement, a vision statement and a philosophy for the school of nursing you identify.
How many points is NURS 619 Week 3 Curriculum Plan Part I worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 619, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 619 Week 3 the same in every section of NURS 619?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 619. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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