Curriculum development

Fort Hays State University BSN Program

Fort Hays State University is a public university that serves an immediate community of 20 ,000 people and a regional population of 400 ,000 in western Kansas . The nursing program at this institution offers a variety of degrees in the health field , including a BS in Nursing (Welcome to FHSU , 2009

The demographics of full-time students who attend this university are about 2 ,300 woman and 1 ,883 men (undergraduate ) and 228 women and 141 men (graduate . Nearly 65 of the students are white , and about

80 live in college-owned or college-affiliated housing . Entering students typically score between 18 (25th percentile ) and 24 (75th percentile ) on the ACT , so they tend to have average to above-average academic ability (Common Data Set , 2009

In a recent interview , Professor Rawls and Professor Ingalls (pseudonyms , two nursing educators at FHSU , indicated that the primary need of the students in the program is to serve an increasingly diverse population of patients in a variety of health care settings . They both indicated that there are several ways that the faculty in the nursing program address this need , including implementing the use of the latest technology in their courses , and using a variety of teaching strategies to address learner needs (P . Rawls and

. Ingalls , personal communication , June 19 , 2009

Professor Rawls teaches NURS 320 - Health Care Ethics - which is offered in the first semester of the nursing program . Because this is an introductory course , Professor Rawls philosophy is to...