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Essential competencies in nursing education for prevention and care related to unintended pregnancy
Objectives:
To identify the essential competencies for prevention and care related to unintended pregnancy to develop program outcomes for nursing curricula.
Design:
Modified Delphi study.
Setting:
National.
Participants:
Eighty-five nurse experts, including academic faculty and advanced practice nurses providing sexual and reproductive health care in primary or specialty care settings.
Methods:
Expert panelists completed a three-round Delphi study using an electronic survey.
Results:
Eighty-five panelists completed the first round survey, and 72 panelists completed all three rounds. Twenty-seven items achieved consensus of at least 75% of the experts by the third round to comprise the educational competencies.
Conclusion:
Through an iterative process, experts in prevention and care related to unintended pregnancy reached consensus on 27 core educational competencies for nursing education. The competencies provide a framework for curricular development in an important area of nursing education.
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