Pedagogical Change in Nursing Education: One Instructor’s Experience

Rapid health care changes and increasing client complexity have begun to transform expectations for nursing care. This has prompted nurse educators to explore curriculum changes in an effort to prepare nurse graduates for the challenges they will face. Significant curriculum revisions within a collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program presented the opportunity for self-reflection and a subsequent change in pedagogy. The author's shift from a traditional didactic and content-driven instructional method to a student-centered concept-based approach is explored. This change, described through the use of one learning tool example, the Know-Be-Do (KBD), illustrates an innovative approach to teaching and learning.