Curricular Threads
Specific nursing knowledge transmitted by the CON curricula includes health promotion, risk reduction and disease prevention, illness care, end of life and palliative care, information and health care technologies, human and cultural diversity, global health care, and health care systems and policy. Nursing competencies central to the CON curricula include critical thinking, communication, assessment, and requisite technical skills. Nursing values and culture promoted by the curriculum include advocacy, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice. The knowledge, competencies, and nursing values and culture comprise the curricular threads, which drive the curricula and contribute to the development of the roles of practitioner, scholar, and leader (Appendix A). Students in the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) and doctor of philosophy in nursing (PhD) programs are presumed to have acquired nursing knowledge and competencies and subscribe to the values and culture outlined above in their previous nursing coursework.