| The current educational system that prepares nurses continues to rely on an outdated model of lecture-based teaching and memorization of signs and symptoms, clinical conditions, and treatments that offer a one-size-fits-all approach to medicine. Barnard (2005) states that a systematic approach to measure and evaluate nursing student competency utilizing problem-based learning, evidence-based learning and measurement-based evaluation should be applied across the nursing curriculum. This supports Barnard's assertion that evidence-based nursing must be utilized to promote innovation in nursing education by moving away from a simple focus on content coverage. The highly technical delivery of nursing care has tremendous variation in the expertise, knowledge, and education of the nurse. The evidence-based nursing model is a process for nurses to make clinical decisions using the best available research evidence, their clinical expertise, and patient preference. Curriculum development, teaching practices, and evaluation methods must be designed on current research findings. |
