Approved by the NLN Board of Governors, May 16, 2003

Innovations in Nursing Education: Creating Reform

• New pedagogies
• Use of instructional technology, including new approaches to laboratory/simulated learning
• Flexible curriculum designs
• Community-driven models for curriculum development
• Processes for reforming nursing education
• Educational systems and infrastructures
• Student/teacher learning partnerships
• Community-based nursing and service learning strategies
• Clinical teaching models
• Teaching evidence-based practices
• New models for teacher preparation and faculty development

Evaluation Research in Nursing Education: Evaluating Reform

• Economics of and productivity in nursing education
• Quality improvement processes
• Program evaluation models
• Student and teacher experiences in schools of nursing
• Nursing education innovations, including facilitators and barriers to innovation and reform
• Best practices in schooling, teaching, and learning
• Grading, testing, and evaluation of students, faculty, and curricula

Development of the Science of Nursing Education: Evidence-based Reform

• Best practices in schooling, teaching, and learning
• Nursing education database development
• Meta-analysis related to innovation or evaluation in nursing education
• Concept analysis related to innovation or evaluation in nursing education

NOTE: Multi-site, multi-method, and multi-paradigmatic studies that extend knowledge of schooling, learning, and teaching in nursing will be given priority.

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