Bloom's Taxonomy

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Bloom's Taxonomy of Education and Managing Patients with Chronic Disease
Willene Phelps
NUR/427
March 5, 2013
Kathy Cavanaugh, RN, MSN, FNP, CCTC

Bloom's Taxonomy of Education and Managing Patients with Chronic Disease

To assist patients in the management of their chronic disease processes, we must first understand the information available and the knowledge base of the learner (patient).
Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives assists in this endeavor by establishing a guideline for the learning process. Classified learning objectives permit an organized approach to the teaching and learning process (“Bloom’s Cognitive Domain,” 2011). Organization is a key element in ensuring our education efforts are meeting full potential for comprehension.

Use of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Education in Nursing Education
The use of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Education in nursing education provides a guideline for data collection, data analysis, evaluation, and implementation of a working plan. In other words, it maps out the critical thinking process. Each domain and level within the domain may not be required in any given situation, which is for the educator to determine based on the educational need or goal. For example, in “Evaluating a Case Study Using Bloom’s Taxonomy of Education” (2008), the goal was to move learners from ‘knowledge’ to ‘application’ on the cognitive domain. Dependent on the goal of the educator and the needs of the students, the use of domains may change. A learner may not always start at the first level if he has already achieved a certain knowledge base from previous experience.

Application on Nursing Education
The application of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Education on nursing education has not changed only the teaching methods but also the testing strategies as well. Bloom discovered the majority of test questions did not require a higher level of
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