Nursing Students' Perceptions on Healthcare-Associated Infection Control and Prevention Teaching and Learning Experience: Development and Validation of a Scale in Four European Countries

Yurrebaso, Amaia; Mayens, Alexander L. Ward; Valverde, Eva Ma Picado; Ordaz, Raquel Guzmán; Méndez, Juan Antonio Juanes; Iglesias, Jose Luis Pérez; Canelo, José Antonio Mirón; Pinto, Maria do Rosário; Reis, Alcinda; Simões, Joaquim; Torres, Ana Luísa; Silén-Lipponen, Marja; Korhonen, Ulla; Koponen, Leena; Myllymäki, Mikko; Jankowiak-Bernaciak, Aleksandra; Patrzała, Amelia; Bączyk, Grażyna; Basa, Anna; Santos-Costa, Paulo; Serambeque, Beatriz; Salgueiro-Oliveira, Anabela; Pardal, João; Graveto, João; Parreira, Pedro

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.701208

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Innovative Educational Approach in Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention and Control. Results of a European Study

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Reis

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Lecture Notes in Bioengineering

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Prevent and control healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is a priority in healthcare assistance, not only due to present COVID-19 pandemic. Annually, around 3.2 million patients are affected by one of these infections and it is estimated that without controlling them, by 2050, 10 million more people could die every year, with especial relevance among elderly with infectious situations representing a third of mortality in people over 65 years old. Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in healthcare area have an important role in this panorama, by preparing students to be future professionals, stimulating them to have an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to today's real-life challenges. A mixed-methods research was conducted, at European level (in Portugal, Finland, Poland and Spain), to facilitate learning of good practices on HAIs prevention and control while developing innovative solutions. 1475 participants were enrolled, from all partner HEI: 79 professors and mentors were interviewed (individual or focus group), 1326 final year nursing students made a self-report inventory (application of InovSafeCare Scale) and 70 students participated on focus group (agile piloting of the Model). The result of this research is a pedagogical model that mixes dimensions and methods that take nursing students closer to the demands of HAIs prevention and control and capacitates them to transfer knowledge to work settings with an innovative and entrepreneurial perspective -the InovSafeCare Model.

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Innovative Educational Approach in Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention and Control. Results of a European Study

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Simões

Reis

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Lecture Notes in Bioengineering

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Nursing Students’ Perceptions on Healthcare-Associated Infection Control and Prevention Teaching and Learning Experience in Portugal

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Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are one of the major concerns worldwide, posing significant challenges to healthcare professionals’ education and training. This study intended to measure nursing students’ perceptions regarding their learning experiences on HAI prevention and control. In the first phase of the study, a cross-sectional and descriptive study with a convenience sample composed of undergraduate nursing students from Portugal, Spain, Poland, and Finland was conducted to develop the InovSafeCare questionnaire. In the second phase, we applied the InovSafeCare scale in a sample of nursing students from two Portuguese higher education institutions to explore which factors impact nursing students’ adherence to HAI prevention and control measures in clinical settings. In phase one, the InovSafeCare questionnaire was applied to 1326 students internationally, with the instrument presenting adequate psychometric qualities with reliability results in 14 dimensions. During phase two, the findings supported that Portuguese nursing students’ adherence to HAI prevention and control measures is influenced not only by the curricular offerings and resources available in academic settings, but also by the standards conveyed by nursing tutors during clinical placements. Our findings support the need for a dedicated curricular focus on HAI prevention and control learning, not only through specific classroom modules, innovative resources, and pedagogical approaches, but also through a complementary and coordinated liaison between teachers and tutors in academic and clinical settings.

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Nursing Students' Perceptions on Healthcare-Associated Infection Control and Prevention Teaching and Learning Experience: Development and Validation of a Scale in Four European Countries

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Innovative Educational Approach in Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention and Control. Results of a European Study

Innovative Educational Approach in Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention and Control. Results of a European Study

Nursing Students’ Perceptions on Healthcare-Associated Infection Control and Prevention Teaching and Learning Experience in Portugal

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