Identify two changes in your curriculum plan that need to occur in response to the trend. Identify two instructional methods that need to change in response to the trend.

This week the focus is on trends—trends that could impact in either a positive or negative manner the successfulness of the curriculum you have developed. There are numerous trends within healthcare! Each trend has the potential to impact both the academic and the nurse professional development practice settings. For our discussion, the following healthcare trends are identified.

• Expansion of virtual technology (i.e., telehealth) to improve self-care and healthcare outcomes
• Shifting healthcare to the community and home settings
• Extension of mental and behavioral health services
• Modification of traditional direct patient care learning activities by employing technology

Carefully consider and respond to each of the following topics:

1. Identify the practice setting that you are focusing on.
   1. Academic program
   2. Nurse professional development
2. Reflecting upon the curriculum plan you developed in Week 6, address two of the four trends noted above by responding to each of the following:
   1. Identify two changes in your curriculum plan that need to occur in response to the trend.
   2. Identify two instructional methods that need to change in response to the trend.