TeamSTEPPS Curricular-Wide Integration: Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Healthcare Teamwork
• Patient Safety

Background:

• Effective interprofessional collaboration is crucial for safe patient care.
• Nurses play a vital role in healthcare team dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

• To assess the impact of a comprehensive Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS) curriculum on nursing students' teamwork knowledge and attitudes.
• To understand student perceptions of TeamSTEPPS integration within their baccalaureate program.

Main Methods:

• A quasi-experimental, mixed-methods design was employed.
• The experimental group received curricular-wide TeamSTEPPS training.
• The control group did not receive TeamSTEPPS training.

Main Results:

• Students in the experimental group demonstrated significantly higher teamwork knowledge post-training compared to the control group.
• The curricular-wide integration of TeamSTEPPS was met with positive student reception.

Conclusions:

• Integrating TeamSTEPPS teamwork training across a baccalaureate nursing curriculum is feasible and beneficial.
• This approach enhances nursing students' teamwork knowledge and skills, essential for safe patient care.
• TeamSTEPPS offers a potential evidence-based strategy for improving interprofessional teamwork in nursing education.