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Students' perspectives on basic nursing care education.

Getty Huisman-de Waal¹, Rebecca Feo², Hester Vermeulen¹

¹Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ Healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Journal of Clinical Nursing

|February 6, 2018

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Nursing students learn basic care more in clinical settings than in theory, with vocational students gaining more knowledge than bachelor students. Education needs to better integrate essential basic nursing care, nutrition, and communication skills.

Area of Science:

Nursing Education Research
Healthcare Professional Training

Background:

Basic nursing care is fundamental but often inadequately taught and delivered.
There are concerns regarding the effectiveness of nursing students' education in basic care delivery.
Understanding how students learn basic care in clinical practice is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate nursing students' perceptions of their education in basic nursing care.
To specifically examine education related to nutrition and communication within basic nursing care.
To compare learning experiences between theoretical education and clinical placements.

Main Methods:

A descriptive study utilizing an online questionnaire.
Involved nursing students from vocational and bachelor programs in the Netherlands.

Keywords:

basic nursing care communication fundamentals of care nursing curricula nursing education nursing students nutrition

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Assessed perceptions of basic care education, focusing on nutrition and communication.

Main Results:

Most students reported greater learning of basic care during clinical placements versus theoretical education.
Vocational students reported more learning in both theoretical and clinical settings compared to bachelor students.
Few students received theoretical education on nutrition protocols; vocational students reported more communication training.

Conclusions:

Basic nursing care appears underemphasized in nursing curricula, particularly in theoretical components for bachelor students.
Enhancing basic care education can improve patient outcomes, satisfaction, and reduce healthcare costs.
There is a clear opportunity to strengthen the focus on basic nursing care within Dutch nurse education programs.