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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has a major effect on nursing education in Indonesia, it needs for adaptation of the
curriculum to achieve competent nursing graduates meet national and international standards. The aim of this study is to
explore the barriers and strategies of nursing education of private institutions, in curriculum planning in the new normal era
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in five nursing study programs in East Java. Data collection was carried out
by in-depth interviews, observations, documentation studies of 25 participants, with the criteria of lecturers being actively
involved in curriculum planning based on Indonesian national standards. The data used purposive sampling and snowball
sampling. The data validity is carried out with four criteria: credibility, dependability, confirmability, and transferability. Data
analysis was carried out using the model approach of Miles, Huberman & Saldana. Data records from interviews, observations
and documentation then carried out data selection, reducing, focusing on data findings (data condensation).
Results: The study found five themes: (1) barriers from human resources, (2) barriers during the curriculum planning
process, (3) barriers for Nursing Study Program lecturers in obtaining information sources related to Indonesian Qualification
framework-based curriculum planning, (4) strengthen the pro-active leadership of study programs; (5) foster dynamic
communication between curriculum teams.
Conclusion: The results showed, in pandemic crisis COVID-19, the need for a curriculum planning workshop with clear
technical guidelines in producing an effective, efficient, adaptable nursing curriculum, the effective one of planning has high
potential in producing high quality nursing graduates