Toward a narrative-centered curriculum for nurse practitioners

This paper discusses various alternative and nontraditional teaching strategies currently used in nurse practitioner curricula. These instructional strategies include case-study analysis (Ryan-Wenger & Lee, 1997) and problem-based learning/practice-based learning (Barrows, 1994). We suggest a fu...

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Published in:The Journal of nursing education 2000-03, Vol.39 (3), p.109-115
Main Authors: Swenson, M M, Sims, S L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult Basic Education
Adult learning
Adult Students
Case studies
Clinical medicine
Curricula
Curriculum
Didacticism
Education
Education, Nursing, Graduate - organization & administration
Educational Strategies
Family - psychology
Family Health
Humans
Learning Strategies
Models, Educational
Models, Nursing
Nurse practitioners
Nurse Practitioners - education
Nurse Practitioners - psychology
Nursing Education Research
Nursing Methodology Research
Nursing schools
Pedagogy
Philosophy, Nursing
Problem based learning
Problem-Based Learning - organization & administration
Program Development - methods
Program Evaluation
Students
Teachers
Teaching - organization & administration
Teaching methods
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Summary:This paper discusses various alternative and nontraditional teaching strategies currently used in nurse practitioner curricula. These instructional strategies include case-study analysis (Ryan-Wenger & Lee, 1997) and problem-based learning/practice-based learning (Barrows, 1994). We suggest a further evolution, using principles and practices of a narrative pedagogy (Diekelmann, 1995) to allow convergence of these several narratively-focused inductive and interpretive approaches. This combination of ways of learning has led us toward a narrative-centered curriculum for family nurse practitioners (FNPs). Specific ways to use narrative in the FNP curriculum are presented to demonstrate how to take the curriculum beyond traditional ways of teaching and learning.
ISSN:0148-4834
1938-2421
DOI:10.3928/0148-4834-20000301-05