Effective Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum as Perceived by Students

Document Type : Original Article

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1 B.Sc. Nursing

2 Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University

3 Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University

Abstract

Background: Nursing education concentrate on the transmission of nursing knowledge and assisting nursing students to acquire the necessary skills and attitudes associated with nursing practice. The quality of undergraduate nursing education is essential to producing graduates that are safe and effective practitioners, relevant to the broader contexts of care. Aim: the present study aimed to investigate the point of views of nurse student about the criteria of effective undergraduate nursing curriculum. Design: A cross-sectional design was used in carrying out this study. Setting: This study was conducted at the faculty of nursing, which affiliated to Ain Shams University, 324 nurses students from the four different academic grades included in the study. Tool of data collection: A tool consisted of two parts: socio-demographic characteristics and  opinionative sheet aims at investigating elements of effective undergraduate nursing curriculum. Results: There is a significant correlation between department, age and level of opinion on "Teacher / Instructor". There is a significant correlation between academic year and level of opinion on "Objectives of the Curriculum", "Teacher / Instructor", "Evaluation Process" and Total opinion in nursing curriculum. There is a significant correlation between gender and level of opinion on "Objectives of the Curriculum", "Content of the Curriculum", "Clinical Setting", "Clinical Instructors", "Teaching Methodology", "Students / Teacher Interaction", and Total opinion in nursing curriculum. The element with the highest percent of high agreement is "Clinical Instructors" while the element with the highest percent of low agreement is "Content of the Curriculum". There is statistically significance correlation between all the elements of nursing curriculum. Conclusion: All the elements of nursing curriculum are statistically relation with the total opinion score which means that all the components are important. Recommendations: Reviewing and evaluating the effectiveness of curriculum from the teachers' point of view and students' complaints should be taken into consideration to improve quality of learning process.

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 15, Issue 3
September 2024
Pages 825-837

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