Embedding fundamental care in the pre-registration nursing curriculum: Results from a pilot study

International evidence suggests nursing is not providing fundamental care consistently or adequately, resulting in poor outcomes for patients and healthcare systems. One possible reason for this inadequate care delivery is nursing education, with fundamental care often implicit or invisible in nursing curricula. To understand how best to teach fundamental care to pre-registration (pre-licensure) students, we developed and piloted a six-week intervention that incorporated into the first-year curriculum a more explicit focus on fundamental care.

Source: Nurse Education in Practice - May 1, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Rebecca Feo, Frank Donnelly, Lauren Frensham, Tiffany Conroy, Alison Kitson Tags: Original research Source Type: research