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COURTENAY, Molly, HAWKER, Clare, GALLAGHER, Rose, CASTRO‐SANCHEZ, Enrique, GOULD, Dinah J., AL-SALTI, Faten, BATE, Jennifer, COOPER, Daniel, COOPER, Rebecca, CRAIG, Rebecca, DICKENSON, Rebecca, FALLON, Debbie, MCLEOD, Sharon, MORROW, Kate, NESS, Valerie, NICHOLS, Andrew, O'REILLY, Sarah, PARTINGTON, Sarah, SEVENOAKS, J. Claire, SUNTER, Matthew, TURNER, Jane, UNDERHILL, Liz W. and WEAVER, Sarah L. (2024). The application of antimicrobial stewardship knowledge to nursing practice: A national survey of United Kingdom pre‐registration nursing students. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
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Abstract
Aim: To assess student nurses understanding and skills in the application of antimicrobial stewardship knowledge to practice. Design: Quantitative. Methods: Cross‐sectional survey. Results: Five hundred and twenty three student nurses responded across 23 UK universities. Although students felt prepared in competencies in infection prevention and control, patient‐centred care and interprofessional collaborative practice, they felt less prepared in competencies in which microbiological knowledge, prescribing and its effect on antimicrobial stewardship is required. Problem‐based learning, activities in the clinical setting and face‐to‐face teaching were identified as the preferred modes of education delivery. Those who had shared antimicrobial stewardship teaching with students from other professions reported the benefits to include a broader understanding of antimicrobial stewardship, an understanding of the roles of others in antimicrobial stewardship and improved interprofessional working. Conclusion: There are gaps in student nurses' knowledge of the basic sciences associated with the antimicrobial stewardship activities in which nurses are involved, and a need to strengthen knowledge in pre‐registration nurse education programmes pertaining to antimicrobial management, specifically microbiology and antimicrobial regimes and effects on antimicrobial stewardship. Infection prevention and control, patient‐centred care and interprofessional collaborative practice are areas of antimicrobial stewardship in which student nurses feel prepared. Interprofessional education would help nurses and other members of the antimicrobial stewardship team clarify the role nurses can play in antimicrobial stewardship and therefore maximize their contribution to antimicrobial stewardship and antimicrobial management. Implications for the Profession: There is a need to strengthen knowledge from the basic sciences, specifically pertaining to antimicrobial management, in pre‐registration nurse education programmes. Patient or Public Contribution: No patient or public contribution. Impact: What Problem Did the Study Address?: Nurses must protect health through understanding and applying antimicrobial stewardship knowledge and skills (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2018); however, there is no research available that has investigated nurses understanding and skills of the basic sciences associated with the antimicrobial stewardship activities in which they are involved. What Were the Main Findings?: There are gaps in student nurses' knowledge of the basic sciences (specifically microbiology and prescribing) associated with the antimicrobial stewardship activities in which nurses are involved. Problem‐based learning, and activities in the clinical setting, were reported as useful teaching methods, whereas online learning, was seen as less useful. Where and on Whom Will the Research Have an Impact?: Pre‐registration nurse education programmes. Reporting Method: The relevant reporting method has been adhered to, that is, STROBE.
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| Additional Information: | ** Article version: VoR ** From Wiley via Jisc Publications Router ** Licence for VoR version of this article: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **Journal IDs: issn 0309-2402; issn 1365-2648 **Article IDs: publisher-id: jan16195; society-id: jan-2023-3171.r1 **History: published_online 25-04-2024; accepted 06-04-2024; rev-recd 21-03-2024; submitted 15-12-2023 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | biological subjects, nurse roles, nurse education, quantitative approaches |
| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16195 |
| SWORD Depositor: | Colin Knott |
| Depositing User: | Colin Knott |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2024 09:48 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2024 10:00 |
| URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/33632 |
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