Innovations in Professional Nursing Education: Competency Based Education & UWM’s Flexible Option
Webinar Details & Objectives
Join Dr. Kim Litwack and Lisa Mihlbauer from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) as they explain their Flexible Option RN-to-BSN degree program that received AACN’s 2019 Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award for Public Colleges/Universities.
Although the IOM report proposed that 80% of the nursing workforce become BSN prepared by 2020, the most recent statistics indicate that we have not met that goal. The program began in 2014 as a response to the need for a more innovative, non-term approach to BSN degree completion for registered nurses. Participate in this webinar and find out more about a successful innovative, non-term competency-based approach in providing an option to students not served by other traditional modes of education.
Objectives:
- Define CBE and describe our innovative RN-BSN CBE program.
- Discuss the lessons we learned as we created and implemented a direct assessment time variable CBE program for RN-to-BSN students at the UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing.
- Explore the effectiveness of CBE.
AACN’s Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award recognizes the outstanding work of AACN member schools to re-envision traditional models for nursing education and lead programmatic change.
Register for additional webinars that highlight our 2019 Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award Winners:
- March 17, 2020 at 2:00 pm (ET)
Innovative Post-Graduate Mentoring - April 29, 2020 at 2:00 pm (ET)
Innovative Primary Care Nursing Academic-Practice Partnership - May 12, 2020 at 2:00 pm (ET)
Innovative Curriculum Strategies to Prepare Nurses Utilizing Technology
Speakers
Kim Litwack PhD, RNDean/Professor
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Kim Litwack is Dean and Professor in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing. Dr. Litwack has a PhD in Higher Educational Administration, a DNP in Nursing and is also a practicing Family Nurse Practitioner. In her role as Dean, she is responsible for creating the environment for the successful implementation of the mission and vision of the College and the University. The College vision explicitly values innovation, while the mission calls on the College to create innovative, quality educational programs. The creation and implementation of the Flexible Option for BSN completion is one example of our innovation.
Lisa Mihlbauer MSN, CNEDirector of RN-BSN Completion Programs
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Lisa Mihlbauer MSN, BSN, RN, IBCLC, CNE - Lisa is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of RN-to-BSN Completion Programs at the UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing. Lisa has more than 30 years of classroom, online and clinical teaching experience in nursing education. Lisa was instrumental in development of the UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing’s RN-to-BSN FLEX Option competency based program and has created and taught in multiple competency sets. Lisa is board certified in clinical lactation and nursing education. Lisa has presented at the national Competency Based Exchange conference for the past three years and has also presented faculty development and educational workshops at multiple local, regional and national nursing education conferences.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Education Credits
Eligible attendees may receive one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.