Nursing training at bachelor’s level: The process for developing a shared vision

Experiences and foreign points of view
By Gora da Rocha, Chantal Regat-Bikoï, Chantal Montreuil, Odette Doyon
English

The development and the implementation of a project in nursing training at bachelor’s level is related to the recommendations published in the new curriculum framework (PEC 2012) of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland. Considering the issues raised by the professors concerning the fundamentals in nursing science to be taught at bachelor’s level, in line with a master’s and doctorate in nursing, the management of the HEDS institution has given a mandate to two master’s students in nursing to brainstorm with professors to develop and improve a plan of action for nursing training. By relying on a rigorous methodology based on a systemic approach, interviews with national and international nursing experts, nursing faculty deans, and professors concerned by those recommendations, two priorities for action were able to be highlighted: incorporate a conception of the nursing discipline within the faculty of nursing and set up the curriculum according to the conceptual model chosen. This original project has allowed an important change for the renewal of a shared vision of nursing science education at three levels: the teachers’ educational practices, the curriculum, and the institution.

Keywords

  • nursing science
  • education
  • project methodology
  • change
  • systemic approach
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