| Course | NURS 619 Nurse Educator III: Curriculum Development (NURS619) |
|---|---|
| Credit hours | 3 |
| Program | MSN |
| Length | 8 Module/Weeks, online |
| Weeks with written work | 8 of 8 |
| Samples on this site | 8 week sample papers |
| Sources | Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published NURS 619 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What NURS 619 covers
Billings and Halstead's Teaching in Nursing and Halstead's Nurse Educator Competencies frame the course, and the educator practicum continues alongside it; its logs and evaluations are personal records and are not sampled here. Forum threads reach 500 words with two peer-reviewed references and biblical principles, and each of two replies 250 words with one reference.
The three reflections each need five or more headed pages and four to six refereed studies no older than five years. The curriculum plan is built in four parts that together form a seven-to-ten page document with seven to ten recent peer-reviewed references, and the Week 8 evaluation is a three-to-five page report using the NLN report card with three recent references.
This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and requisite skill set needed to effectively design, develop, implement, and evaluate nursing education focused curricula. Current trends in nursing education and accreditation are discussed; philosophies, conceptual frameworks, development of learning goals and objectives are examined and applied. Practicum hours continue.
NURS 619 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Reflection Paper 1, 5+ pages, 4 to 6 recent peer-reviewed sources (Discussion Board Forum 1 also due) | 150 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | Reflection Paper 2, 5+ pages, 4 to 6 recent peer-reviewed sources | 100 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | Curriculum Plan Part I: mission, vision and philosophy | 100 | Read the Week 3 sample |
| Week 4 | Curriculum Plan Part II: five program learning outcomes and five competency statements (practicum log 1 also due) | 100 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | Curriculum Plan Part III: curriculum design | 100 | Read the Week 5 sample |
| Week 6 | Curriculum Plan Part IV: one course syllabus (practicum log 2 also due) | 100 | Read the Week 6 sample |
| Week 7 | Reflection Paper 3 (100) and Discussion Board Forum 2 (50) | 150 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Curriculum Plan Evaluation using the NLN Hallmarks of Excellence report card, 3 to 5 pages (practicum log 3 and evaluations also due) | 50 | Read the Week 8 sample |
Where NURS 619 papers lose points
Work in NURS 619 loses points when program outcomes are not measurable or do not trace back to the mission and philosophy, when the curriculum design does not show how courses level and build, and when the evaluation lists hallmarks without evidence from the curriculum being judged.
Using a NURS 619 sample well
Read each sample for how one part of a curriculum connects to the parts before and after it. Your course supplies the templates, the school you design for and the curriculum you evaluate; these pages show the thinking and the level of detail each part needs.
NURS 619 questions, answered
What textbooks does NURS 619 use?
Billings and Halstead's Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty and Halstead's Nurse Educator Competencies, with recent peer-reviewed articles on curriculum.
What is the NURS 619 Curriculum Plan?
A four-part plan for a prelicensure nursing program, built from mission, vision and philosophy through program outcomes and curriculum design to one course syllabus, forming a 7 to 10 page document with 7 to 10 recent peer-reviewed references.
How is the NURS 619 Curriculum Plan Evaluation done?
Students evaluate a curriculum of their choice with the NLN report card based on the NLN Hallmarks of Excellence for Curriculum and report findings in a 3 to 5 page APA paper with three recent references.
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