TY - JOUR
T1 - Nursing Competence in Geriatric/Long Term Care Curriculum Development for Baccalaureate Nursing Programs
T2 - A Systematic Review
AU - Hsieh, Pei Lun
AU - Chen, Ching Min
N1 - Funding Information:
This review received a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST: 104-2511-S-006-010-MY2 ).
Funding Information:
This review received a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST: 104-2511-S-006-010-MY2).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - Background: As facing the rapid growth of the elderly population, the demands for geriatric and long-term care are drastically increasing. Since one of the important strategies in preparation for long-term care system is to focus on the engagement of health care professionals, this paper applies a systematic approach to review the current geriatric and long term care courses in Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs. This review assessed the impact of Geriatric Nursing (GN) and/or Long Term Care (LTC) courses on nursing students’ knowledge, care intention and competence of Geriatric Long Term Care (GLTC) care to enable their nursing competence before graduation. Method: Data related to the purpose of the study, research design, sample, curriculum content, teaching strategies, evaluation measurements and results were extracted. The methodological quality of all publications was included in the review. Results: Eighteen articles were eligible for analysis, including 16 quantitative and 2 qualitative studies. The review revealed that including geriatric and long term care content in undergraduate nursing curriculum could effectively enhance students’ nursing competence. Conclusion: GN and LTC curriculum development should offer established content on geriatric and long term care as a foundation to implement early learning experiences in the curriculum. Both theory and clinical practice of GLTC course can be developed to increase the nursing students’ knowing on the elders and the disabled through the clinical placement.
AB - Background: As facing the rapid growth of the elderly population, the demands for geriatric and long-term care are drastically increasing. Since one of the important strategies in preparation for long-term care system is to focus on the engagement of health care professionals, this paper applies a systematic approach to review the current geriatric and long term care courses in Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs. This review assessed the impact of Geriatric Nursing (GN) and/or Long Term Care (LTC) courses on nursing students’ knowledge, care intention and competence of Geriatric Long Term Care (GLTC) care to enable their nursing competence before graduation. Method: Data related to the purpose of the study, research design, sample, curriculum content, teaching strategies, evaluation measurements and results were extracted. The methodological quality of all publications was included in the review. Results: Eighteen articles were eligible for analysis, including 16 quantitative and 2 qualitative studies. The review revealed that including geriatric and long term care content in undergraduate nursing curriculum could effectively enhance students’ nursing competence. Conclusion: GN and LTC curriculum development should offer established content on geriatric and long term care as a foundation to implement early learning experiences in the curriculum. Both theory and clinical practice of GLTC course can be developed to increase the nursing students’ knowing on the elders and the disabled through the clinical placement.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2018.05.006
DO - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2018.05.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30243697
AN - SCOPUS:85049353381
SN - 8755-7223
VL - 34
SP - 400
EP - 411
JO - Journal of Professional Nursing
JF - Journal of Professional Nursing
IS - 5
ER -