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Nurse students’ competences in interprofessional pharmaceutical care in Europe: Cross-sectional evaluation

Elyne De Baetselier, Nienke E. Dijkstra, Luis M. Batalha, Paulo A. Carvalho Ferreira, Izabela Filov, Vigdis A. Grøndahl, Jana Heczkova, Ann K. Helgesen, Jo Hirdle, Sue Jordan Orcid Logo, Petros Kolovos, Gero Langer, Sabina Ličen, Manuel Lillo-Crespo, Alba Malara, Hana Padyšáková, Mirko Prosen, Dorina Pusztai, Bence Raposa, Jorge Riquelme-Galindo, Jana Rottková, Carolien G.M. Sino, Francesco Talarico, Styliani Tziaferi, Bart Van Rompaey, Tinne Dilles

Nurse Education in Practice, Volume: 65, Start page: 103485

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BackgroundSafe pharmaceutical care requires competent nurses with specific knowledge, skills and attitudes. It is unclear whether nursing students are adequately prepared to perform pharmaceutical care in practice. Mapping their pharmaceutical care competences can lead to a better understanding of t...

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title Nurse students’ competences in interprofessional pharmaceutical care in Europe: Cross-sectional evaluation
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Sue Jordan
title_short Nurse students’ competences in interprofessional pharmaceutical care in Europe: Cross-sectional evaluation
title_full Nurse students’ competences in interprofessional pharmaceutical care in Europe: Cross-sectional evaluation
title_fullStr Nurse students’ competences in interprofessional pharmaceutical care in Europe: Cross-sectional evaluation
title_full_unstemmed Nurse students’ competences in interprofessional pharmaceutical care in Europe: Cross-sectional evaluation
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Nienke E. Dijkstra
Luis M. Batalha
Paulo A. Carvalho Ferreira
Izabela Filov
Vigdis A. Grøndahl
Jana Heczkova
Ann K. Helgesen
Jo Hirdle
Sue Jordan
Petros Kolovos
Gero Langer
Sabina Ličen
Manuel Lillo-Crespo
Alba Malara
Hana Padyšáková
Mirko Prosen
Dorina Pusztai
Bence Raposa
Jorge Riquelme-Galindo
Jana Rottková
Carolien G.M. Sino
Francesco Talarico
Styliani Tziaferi
Bart Van Rompaey
Tinne Dilles
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description BackgroundSafe pharmaceutical care requires competent nurses with specific knowledge, skills and attitudes. It is unclear whether nursing students are adequately prepared to perform pharmaceutical care in practice. Mapping their pharmaceutical care competences can lead to a better understanding of the extent to which curricula fit expectations of the labour market.ObjectivesTo assess pharmaceutical care competences of final-year nursing students of different educational levels.DesignA cross-sectional survey design.SettingsIn 14 European countries, nursing schools who offer curricula for level 4 to 7 students were approached.ParticipantsThrough convenience sampling 1741 final-year student nurses of level 4 to 7 were included. Sampling strategies were country-specific.MethodsA web-platform was developed with an assessment of the level in which students mastered pharmaceutical care competences. Knowledge questions, case studies (basic/advanced level), self-reported practical skills and attitudes were evaluated.ResultsMean scores for knowledge questions differed significantly (p < 0.001) between level 5 (56/100), level 6 (68/100) and level 7 students (72/100). For basic cases level 5 students reached lower scores (64/100) compared with level 6 (71/100) and level 7 (72/100) students (p = 0.002 and p = 0.005). For more advanced cases no difference between levels was observed (overall mean 61/100). Most students (63–90 %) considered themselves skilled to perform pharmaceutical care and had positive attitudes towards their participation in pharmaceutical care (65–97 %).ConclusionsRelatively low knowledge scores were calculated for final-year student nurses. In some domains, lower levels of students might be insufficiently prepared to take up responsibilities in pharmaceutical care. Our assessment can be used as a tool for educators to evaluate how prepared nursing students are for pharmaceutical care. Its further implementation for students of different educational levels will allow benchmarking between the levels, both within and between countries.
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