Assignment:
• Write a description about the external factor of financial support.
• Explain how this factor might impact curriculum development, assessment, and evaluation in an academic or clinical setting with which you are familiar.
• Share at least one authentic insight into how this factor might also impact nursing education as a whole.
• Use at least 1 credible resources from outside the classroom in addition to using some of the classroom resources.

Classroom Resources:

Keating, S. B. (Ed.). (2015). Curriculum development and evaluation in nursing (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
Chapter 6, “External Frame Factors” (pp. 111–144)

Chapter 18 “Effects of Informatics and Technology on Curriculum Development and Evaluation” (pp. 395–416)

Billings, D. M., & Halstead, J. A. (2016). Teaching in nursing: A guide for faculty (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
Chapter 5, “Forces and Issues Influencing Curriculum Development” (pp.73–88)
Chapter 16, “Multicultural Education in Nursing” (pp. 263–281)

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2012a). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/
CDC. (2012c). Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/international/relres.html

McCawley, P. F. (2009). Methods for conducting an educational needs assessment: Guidelines for cooperative extension system professionals. Retrieved from https://www.cals.uidaho.edu/edcomm/pdf/Bul0870.pdf

National Historical Geographic Information System. (n.d.). Retrieved October 29, 2012, from https://www.nhgis.org/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (n.d.). Needs assessment training. Retrieved from https://www.csc.noaa.gov/needs/