This guide is for NURS 619 Week 8 Curriculum Plan Evaluation, start to submission. A 3 to 5-page evaluation of a curriculum of your choice using the NLN Report Card and Hallmarks of Excellence, with 3 recent references.
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 | 8 |
| Points | 50 points |
| Length | 3 to 5 pages |
| Sources | 3 peer-reviewed references published within the last 5 years |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA |
What NURS 619 Week 8 Curriculum Plan Evaluation asks for
You evaluate a curriculum of your choice using the National League for Nursing (NLN) Report Card according to the NLN Hallmarks of Excellence for Curriculum, and report your findings in a 3 to 5-page paper in current APA with three peer-reviewed references from the last five years. It is due in Module/Week 8 and worth 50 points.
Where it fits in NURS 619
In the published schedule, Curriculum Plan Evaluation is one of 10 graded written assignments in NURS 619. It follows Week 7 Reflection Paper 3, and it is the last written assignment in the course.
How NURS 619 Week 8 Curriculum Plan Evaluation is graded
Liberty grades Curriculum Plan Evaluation with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 50 points in the published guide. That is about 5% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
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 8 method, step by step
Read the article twice, differently
Read the article once for what it says and once for how it was done. On the second pass, note the design, sample, measures, analysis and any limitation the authors admit.
Describe before you judge
Open with an accurate, brief description of the study: purpose, question or hypothesis, design, sample and main findings. The critique only works if the reader trusts your summary.
Appraise each part of the study
Judge each element on its own terms: fit of design to question, sampling, validity and reliability of measures, analysis, and whether the conclusions stay within the data.
Name strengths as well as weaknesses
A critique is not a list of faults. Say what the study does well and why, then where it falls short and how much that matters to its usefulness.
Say what it means for practice
Close with usefulness: could the findings change practice, for which patients or settings, and with what caution?
Keep to the length and format
Hold to 3 to 5 pages and write in narrative form with current APA, not as bullet points, unless the instructions say otherwise.
A structure for NURS 619 Week 8 Curriculum Plan Evaluation
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,000 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Name the article and state your overall judgment. | ~100 words |
| Summary | Purpose, question, design, sample and main findings, accurately. | ~220 words |
| Method appraisal | Design fit, sampling, measures, ethics and analysis, judged. | ~330 words |
| Results and conclusions | Whether the conclusions follow from the results. | ~150 words |
| Use in practice | How far the findings can be applied, and where. | ~140 words |
| Conclusion | Restate the judgment and its main reason. | ~60 words |
A topic angle that works
Apply each hallmark the report card lists to the curriculum, with evidence from the curriculum documents, and give a clear judgment for each: met, partly met or not met. You can evaluate your own plan or a published program's curriculum.
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.
The hallmark that the curriculum is evidence-based is only partly met.1 Course outcomes cite current professional standards, but the program's own outcome data, such as graduate surveys, are not used to revise courses, and the NLN report card asks for both.2 Adding an annual review of graduate outcomes to the curriculum committee's calendar would move this hallmark to fully met.3
- Gives a judgment on a named hallmark.
- Supports it with evidence from the curriculum.
- Recommends a specific improvement.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 619 Week 8
- Describing the curriculum without the NLN framework.
- No clear judgments.
- Old references.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: 3 to 5 pages
- Sources: 3 peer-reviewed references published within the last 5 years
- The summary of the study is accurate and brief
- Strengths and weaknesses are both explained
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
What tool is used in the NURS 619 curriculum evaluation?
The NLN Report Card, according to the NLN Hallmarks of Excellence for Curriculum.
How many points is NURS 619 Week 8 Curriculum Plan Evaluation worth?
50 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 619, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 5% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 619 Week 8 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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