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- Title
Developing an integrated curriculum for patient safety in an undergraduate nursing program: a case study.
- Authors
Ji, Yoonjung; Lee, Hyeonkyeong; Lee, Taewha; Choi, Mona; Lee, Hyejung; Kim, Sanghee; Do, Hyunok Kim; Kim, Sunah; Chu, Sang Hui; Park, Jeongok; Kim, Young Man; Park, Soyoon
- Abstract
Background: Nursing students' practical training should begin when students can apply core knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to patient safety. This necessitates an integrated curriculum in nursing education that links practice to the theory concerning patient safety to enhance patient safety competencies and quality in nursing care. This study aimed to develop an integrated curriculum that incorporates patient safety factors in the existing curriculum to increase patient safety competencies in nursing students. Method: A case study approach was adopted to explain the development processes of a new curriculum integrating patient safety in the existing outcome-based curriculum of a nursing college. Based on the existing outcome-based curriculum of a nursing college, a four-step process was performed to integrate patient safety component, including quality improvement, into the curriculum: 1) literature review, 2) analysis of course syllabus, 3) selection of courses related to patient safety topics, and 4) development of evaluation tool. Results: The integrated patient safety curriculum was based on six topics: patient safety principles, teamwork, communication, patient engagement, risk management and, quality improvement, and International Patient Safety Goals. Based on the characteristics of the course according to the level of students in each year, the curriculum was integrated to address patient safety topics in seven courses (four theoretical and three practical). A Patient safety Competency self-assessment checklist was developed for students to naturally acquire patient safety competencies in clinical settings. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that patient safety topics should be addressed in both theoretical and practical settings across the entire nursing curriculum per the continuity and sequence of education principles.
- Subjects
COLLEGE students; TEAMS in the workplace; PATIENT participation; NURSING schools; BACCALAUREATE nursing education; CLINICAL competence; CASE studies; COMMUNICATION; QUALITY assurance; RESEARCH funding; CURRICULUM planning; INTERDISCIPLINARY education; NURSING students; RISK management in business; PATIENT safety
- Publication
BMC Nursing, 2021, Vol 20, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1472-6955
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12912-021-00694-0