Manage Aligned Nursing Curriculum with WIDS

Managing all the elements required for a well-developed, standards-aligned, student-focused nursing program presents many challenges. WIDS is powerful curriculum development software that helps you design, align, and manage nursing curriculum.  

Design measurable outcomes

WIDS performance-based learning design model allows for efficient curriculum development. The software provides you with intuitive design tools to:

• Ensure accreditation requirements are met through course competencies and program outcomes.
• Create nursing standards-aligned outcomes at every level: course, program, and organization-wide.
• Develop assessment criteria to build rubrics and scoring guides.
• Provide students with a sound learning experience.

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Align for program validation

WIDS alignment tools and aligned matrix reports make it easy for instructors, program directors, and deans to verify that all standards are addressed across the curriculum:

• Map NCLEX, ANA, and other standard sets to courses and program outcomes to verify standards are addressed.
• Align end-of-program outcomes to courses to identify where they are taught and assessed.
• Thread college-wide and general education outcomes throughout courses.
• Ensure students are learning key skills aligned to nursing standards and requirements.

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Evaluate programs

WIDS Outcome Assessment feature provides powerful tools to build the continuous quality improvement cycle needed to validate student learning for stakeholders and ensure continued success for students:

• Build program assessment plans aligned to program outcomes.
• Identify outcome success gaps.
• Develop strategies for curriculum continuous improvement.
• Verify student success.
• Track, document, and produce reports verifying continued improvement.

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Manage nursing curriculum

WIDS provides a ‘source of truth’ spot for managing the many elements needed for a well-organized, student-focused, accreditation-ready nursing curriculum:

• Manage curriculum revision and approval.
• Assign shared syllabus guidelines to courses.
• Assign grading information to courses.
• Generate, archive, and share WIDS documentation.

Make addressing all the elements of nursing programs less challenging. Use WIDS to design, align, and manage your nursing curriculum.

WIDS (Worldwide Instructional Design System) is a nonprofit organization that provides curriculum design software, consulting, and training services.  Download the free WIDS Sample Nursing Documents.

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