A European survey of general nurses’ self assessment of competence

Cowan, David; Wilson‐Barnett, Jenifer; Norman, Ian

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2006.08.008

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“…These are in line with the Bologna Declaration aiming at standardising variations in qualifications, skill levels, methods, working practices, attitudes and culture of health care staff throughout the EU. The main objectives of the Bologna Declaration include: creation of comparable, uniform and easily readable degrees through a European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), promotion of EU-wide quality assurance based on comparable criteria and methodologies, promotion of life-long learning and the removal of obstacles to mobility in the EU [23].…”

Section: Assessment Of the Pre-service Training On Immunisation And Vmentioning

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A summer school on vaccinology: Responding to identified gaps in pre-service immunisation training of future health care workers

Vorsters

Tack

Hendrickx

et al. 2010

Vaccine

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A summer school on vaccinology: Responding to identified gaps in pre-service immunisation training of future health care workers a r t i c l e i n f o Immunisation is one of the corner stones of public health. Most health care consumers see the health care worker as their major source of information on immunisation and vaccine safety. Doctors, nurses and midwives should be appropriately and timely trained for that role. Within the Vaccine Safety, Attitudes, Training and Communication (VACSATC) EU-project a specific work package focused on the possible improvements of pre-service training of future health care workers.Surveys to assess current pre-service training about knowledge, skills and competences towards immunisation were distributed to students and curriculum managers of medical schools, universities and nursing training institutions in seven EU countries. In all responding institutions training on vaccines and immunisation is disseminated over a wide range of courses over several academic years. Topics as immunology and vaccine-preventable diseases are well covered during the pre-service training but major gaps in knowledge and competences were identified towards vaccine safety, communication with parents, addressing anti-vaccine arguments and practical skills. This assessment underlined the rationale for adequate pre-service training and identified opportunities for improvement of pre-service training.A prototype of an accurate pre-service immunisation curriculum was developed, implemented and evaluated in the summer of 2009 with a group of 36 students from 19 countries during a summer school on vaccinology at

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Section: Assessment Of the Pre-service Training On Immunisation And Vmentioning

confidence: 99%

A summer school on vaccinology: Responding to identified gaps in pre-service immunisation training of future health care workers

Vorsters

Tack

Hendrickx

et al. 2010

Vaccine

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“…Several surveys have been conducted to assess the knowledge and/or level of competence of nurses during or after their bachelor's degree (Cowan et al, 2007;KajanderUnkuri et al, 2014), but to our knowledge there are almost no studies aimed at evaluating how nurses view the quality and effectiveness of post-graduate education in nursing, except for a few reports on specific knowledge areas (Drennan, 2012;Whyte et al, 2000). Therefore, we aimed to monitor the activities of nurses in Italy after receiving the MSN.…”

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Quality and relevance of master degree education for the professional development of nurses and midwives

Massimi

Marzuillo

et al. 2017

Nurse Education Today

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“…The evidence of this defect, as documented during site visits, should stimulate the internist to improve this key medical document. Pertaining to the involvement of the nursing staff [31], some deficiencies were observed in the internal medicine wards, demonstrating that a full involvement of nurses in the patient management is still inadequate in Italy.…”

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A program of professional accreditation of hospital wards by the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI): self- versus peer-evaluation

Vanoli¹,

Traisci

Franchini³

et al. 2011

Intern Emerg Med

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The Italian Society of Internal Medicine has developed a voluntary program of professional accreditation of the medical units run by its constituency. Participation in the program, which is meant to foster staff involvement in clinical governance, includes all the medical personnel and nurses. Accreditation is awarded provided the candidate unit is able to adhere to a pre-established set of quality standards, meet a number of clinical and organizational requirements and monitor specific indicators. Self-evaluation is the first step in the program, followed by a site visit by a team of peer internists experienced in quality auditing. The program, which has involved so far 19 units, has considered a number of clinical requirements related to the three most frequent diseases in Italian internal medicine wards: chronic heart failure (CHF), exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and hepatic cirrhosis with ascites (HCA). The comparison between self- and peer-evaluation witnessed less discrepancies for disease-related than for organizational requirements, the latter being met to a smaller degree by most units. In particular, concordance was higher for requirements and indicators pertaining to CHF and HCA than to COPD. This program of professional accreditation developed by the Italian Society of Internal Medicine has the potential to describe, monitor and improve clinical and organizational performances in internal medicine. It should also be seen as a contribution to implement the strategy of professional governance in hospitals.

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A European survey of general nurses’ self assessment of competence

Cited by 68 publications

References 30 publications

A summer school on vaccinology: Responding to identified gaps in pre-service immunisation training of future health care workers

A summer school on vaccinology: Responding to identified gaps in pre-service immunisation training of future health care workers

Quality and relevance of master degree education for the professional development of nurses and midwives

A program of professional accreditation of hospital wards by the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI): self- versus peer-evaluation

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