Actualizing veterans education in nursing

A grant driven partnership among a west Texas university, Texas Workforce Commission's College Credits for Heroes, and the Health Resources and Services Administration provided the funding needed to create a competency based education (CBE) model for recognizing military veteran service trainin...

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Published in:Journal of professional nursing 2018-05, Vol.34 (3), p.189-194
Main Authors: Sikes, Deborah, Francis-Johnson, Patricia, Jones, Melinda Mitchell, Opton, Laura, Casida, Deborah, Allen, Patricia E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerated nursing program
Competency-Based Education - methods
Curriculum - standards
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate - organization & administration
Humans
Military veteran students
Nursing
Nursing competency based education
Program Development
Public-Private Sector Partnerships
Students, Nursing
Texas
Veteran education benefits
Veterans
Veterans - education
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Summary:A grant driven partnership among a west Texas university, Texas Workforce Commission's College Credits for Heroes, and the Health Resources and Services Administration provided the funding needed to create a competency based education (CBE) model for recognizing military veteran service training and experience. Through this model, we call Competency Assessment Placement (CAP), prior learning credits can be awarded for upper division nursing courses leading to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The process used by faculty to create this direct assessment method for awarding credit, performance data of Cohort I using the CAP, and our initial “lessons learned” are provided. Incorporating an on-going reflection of military veteran student learning needs, a persistent concern for improvement of the nursing program, as well as a frequent review of veteran educational benefit policies will continue as this CAP model provides beneficial outcomes for the students. •A competency based education model recognized veterans' military education.•Faculty developed a Competency Assessment Placement (CAP) model to award credits.•Results of the initial CAP model required multiple revisions to improve outcomes.•Ongoing veterans' education policies continue to be reviewed to reflect improvements.
ISSN:8755-7223
1532-8481
DOI:10.1016/j.profnurs.2017.07.009