The birth of a curriculum: utilization of the Betty Neuman Health Care Systems Model in an integrated baccalaureate program.

Abstract

The authors have described the birth of an integrated baccalaureate curriculum at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. The curriculum design reflects our philosophy and our conceptual framework and includes components of the Betty Neuman Health Care Systems Model. The major theoretical formulations, the vertical and horizontal strands and the constructs for categorization of stressors are also described.