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Whether your program is required to transition to a concept-based nursing curriculum or you’re simply interested in the benefits of teaching conceptual skills in nursing, Elsevier offers a wealth of expert guidance, tools, and resources to help you successfully make the transition to a CBC.
Create an effective and flexible concept-based nursing curriculum with Giddens and Sherpath. Written by conceptual learning expert Jean Giddens, this proven text is the only one of its kind exclusively focused on explaining broad concepts as a basis for helping students make conceptual connections and using that knowledge to locate, analyze, and apply nursing specifics.
By: Jean Foret Giddens, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Make this textbook the hub of your concept-based nursing curriculum! Concepts for Nursing Practice, 4th Edition uses a straightforward, intuitive approach to describe 60 important concepts, spanning the areas of patient physiology, patient behavior, and the professional nursing environment. Exemplars identified for each concept provide useful examples and models, helping students more easily understand concepts and apply them to any clinical setting.
By: Loren Nell Melton Stein, MSN, RNC-NIC and Connie J Hollen, RN, MS
Unlike any other text, Stein and Hollen incorporate an overarching framework of seven critical concepts — accuracy, person-centered care, infection control, safety, communication, evaluation, and health maintenance — to drive home the importance of these key themes in performing nursing skills and developing nursing competencies.
By: Jean Foret Giddens, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Learn how to develop and implement a successful concept-based curriculum and competency assessment! Written specifically for nursing faculty by thought-leader Jean Giddens, Mastering Concept-Based Teaching and Competency Assessment, 3rd Edition provides the understanding and expertise you need to make the transition from traditional content-focused instruction to a conceptual approach to teaching and learning, and from knowledge assessment to competency assessment.
By: Mariann M. Harding, PhD, RN, CNE, FAADN and Debra Hagler, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CNE, CHSE, ANEF, FAAN
Teach your students to plan patient care using standardized interprofessional clinical problems and a concept-based approach! Harding & Hagler’s Conceptual Nursing Care Planning, 2nd Edition, shows how to identify clinical problems, determine expected outcomes, and choose interventions — all grounded in a logical, concept-based framework.
