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Newly Qualified Nurses’ Perception of Their Competency Achievement on Leaving University: A Qualitative Study
Background: After implementing the Tuning Educational Structures in Europe Project, numerous efforts have been made to define, establish, and evaluate nursing competences. The European Federation of Nurses Association played a key role in enacting the nursing competences included in Directive 2013/5...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862868/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31690034 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214284 |
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author | López-Entrambasaguas, Olga María Martínez-Yebenes, Rocío Calero-García, María José Granero-Molina, José Martínez-Linares, José Manuel |
author_facet | López-Entrambasaguas, Olga María Martínez-Yebenes, Rocío Calero-García, María José Granero-Molina, José Martínez-Linares, José Manuel |
author_sort | López-Entrambasaguas, Olga María |
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description | Background: After implementing the Tuning Educational Structures in Europe Project, numerous efforts have been made to define, establish, and evaluate nursing competences. The European Federation of Nurses Association played a key role in enacting the nursing competences included in Directive 2013/55/EU. Nevertheless, assessing competences remains elusive, and there is little research into nurses’ perceptions of the competency training provided by their universities. The purpose of the study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of newly qualified nurses about the competences they acquired during their university education. Methods: A qualitative research study was developed in a Spanish university. Twelve semi-structured interviews with newly qualified nurses were conducted, and two focus groups made up of twelve students were carried out in order to triangulate the results. Participants were recruited through email contact. Interviews focused on clinical training, theoretical content, and the reality of healthcare. Data was analyzed thematically. Results: Two main themes emerged: (1) improving theoretical content and (2) rethinking practical lessons and clinical training. A lack of knowledge about mental health, pharmacology, or critical care has been found; in addition, it was highlighted, among others, the need to improve communication skills in difficult and conflictive situations. Conclusions: Considering the participants’ perception of deficiency in some aspects of most of the competences established by the European Federation of Nurses Association, further research has been suggested to include other stakeholders’ views. |
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spelling | pubmed-68628682019-12-23 Newly Qualified Nurses’ Perception of Their Competency Achievement on Leaving University: A Qualitative Study López-Entrambasaguas, Olga María Martínez-Yebenes, Rocío Calero-García, María José Granero-Molina, José Martínez-Linares, José Manuel Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: After implementing the Tuning Educational Structures in Europe Project, numerous efforts have been made to define, establish, and evaluate nursing competences. The European Federation of Nurses Association played a key role in enacting the nursing competences included in Directive 2013/55/EU. Nevertheless, assessing competences remains elusive, and there is little research into nurses’ perceptions of the competency training provided by their universities. The purpose of the study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of newly qualified nurses about the competences they acquired during their university education. Methods: A qualitative research study was developed in a Spanish university. Twelve semi-structured interviews with newly qualified nurses were conducted, and two focus groups made up of twelve students were carried out in order to triangulate the results. Participants were recruited through email contact. Interviews focused on clinical training, theoretical content, and the reality of healthcare. Data was analyzed thematically. Results: Two main themes emerged: (1) improving theoretical content and (2) rethinking practical lessons and clinical training. A lack of knowledge about mental health, pharmacology, or critical care has been found; in addition, it was highlighted, among others, the need to improve communication skills in difficult and conflictive situations. Conclusions: Considering the participants’ perception of deficiency in some aspects of most of the competences established by the European Federation of Nurses Association, further research has been suggested to include other stakeholders’ views. MDPI 2019-11-04 2019-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6862868/ /pubmed/31690034 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214284 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article López-Entrambasaguas, Olga María Martínez-Yebenes, Rocío Calero-García, María José Granero-Molina, José Martínez-Linares, José Manuel Newly Qualified Nurses’ Perception of Their Competency Achievement on Leaving University: A Qualitative Study |
title | Newly Qualified Nurses’ Perception of Their Competency Achievement on Leaving University: A Qualitative Study |
title_full | Newly Qualified Nurses’ Perception of Their Competency Achievement on Leaving University: A Qualitative Study |
title_fullStr | Newly Qualified Nurses’ Perception of Their Competency Achievement on Leaving University: A Qualitative Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Newly Qualified Nurses’ Perception of Their Competency Achievement on Leaving University: A Qualitative Study |
title_short | Newly Qualified Nurses’ Perception of Their Competency Achievement on Leaving University: A Qualitative Study |
title_sort | newly qualified nurses’ perception of their competency achievement on leaving university: a qualitative study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862868/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31690034 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214284 |
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