Best Practices for Implementing and Benchmarking a New or Revised Nursing Curriculum

  Curriculum Implementation: Best Practices for Implementing and Benchmarking a New or Revised Nursing Curriculum      According to Iwasiw et al. (2020), the goal of curriculum development in nursing education is to create learning opportunities that will build students’ professional knowledge, skills, values, identity, and confidence so that upon graduation professional nurses will practice safely and competently in the ever-changing social and healthcare environments, thereby contributing to the health and quality of life of those they serve. When implementing a new or revised nursing curriculum nurse educators must consider numerous factors including resources, timeline for implementation, leadership and responsibilities, and benchmarking. Implementing change can be challenging due to staff resistance so the nurse educator should also utilize a change theory to guide implementation. Selection of an educational framework for the process of curriculum development as well as alignm