The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Flexible Option for Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree Completion
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Flexible Option for Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree Completion
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DOI：
10.1097/acm.0000000000002076
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发表时间：
2018-03-01
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7.4
通讯作者：
Brower, Aaron M.
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作者：
Litwack, Kim;Brower, Aaron M.
2010年护理的未来：引领变革，促进健康报告从医学研究所建议，80%的注册护士（RN）获得护理科学学士学位（BSN）到2020年。配备BSN护士的医院降低了发病率和死亡率。2014年，威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校和威斯康星大学扩展分校推出了威斯康星州灵活选择BSN（UW Flex BSN），作为BSN学位完成的额外模式，增加了面对面和在线交付模式已经提供。在这篇文章中，作者研究了决定推出UW Flex BSN计划作为一个基于能力的，时间可变的方法来完成RN到BSN学位。他们讨论了促成其成功的因素（包括通过使用学术成功教练和与教师定期和实质性的互动，为学生提供积极的，全面的支持），设计和计划元素和决策，以及尚未解决的持续挑战。UW Flex BSN是直接评估，以能力为基础的教育的一个版本，它代表了在公共机构中完成许可证后BSN学位的第一个。该计划符合所有高等教育委员会的标准和要求，并以美国护理学院协会的学士学位和课程质量标准为基础。UW Flex BSN学位完成是一个成功的例子，基于能力的，随时间变化的教育模式，已应用于实践学科。
The 2010 Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report from the Institute of Medicine recommended that 80% of registered nurses (RNs) obtain a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degree by 2020. Hospitals with BSN nurses have reduced morbidity and mortality. In 2014, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Extension launched the University of Wisconsin Flexible Option BSN (UW Flex BSN) as an additional model for BSN degree completion, adding to the in-person and online delivery models already being offered. In this article, the authors examine the decision to launch the UW Flex BSN program as a competency-based, time-variable approach to RN-to-BSN degree completion. They discuss the factors contributing to its success (including proactive, wraparound support for students through the use of academic success coaches and regular and substantive interaction with faculty), design and program elements and decisions, and continuing challenges that have yet to be resolved. UW Flex BSN is one version of direct-assessment, competency-based education, and it represents the first of its kind in a public institution for postlicensure BSN degree completion. The program meets all Higher Learning Commission standards and requirements and is grounded in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Baccalaureate Essentials and program quality standards. The UW Flex BSN for degree completion is a successful example of a competency-based, time-variable education model that has been applied in a practice discipline.