TY - JOUR
T1 - Delivery of antimicrobial stewardship competencies in UK pre-registration nurse education programmes: a national cross-sectional survey
AU - Courtenay, M.
AU - Castro-Sánchez, E.
AU - Gallagher, R.
AU - Gould, D.
AU - Hawker, C.
AU - Hennefer, D.
AU - Liptrott, C.
AU - Cooper, D.
AU - Smith, E. J.
AU - Craig, R.
AU - Halewood-Muse, G.
AU - Aires, P.
AU - Hinkin, J.
AU - Holmes, A.
AU - Ness, V.
AU - Merriman, C.
AU - Whatley, L.
AU - Beresford, S.
AU - Bate, J.
AU - Jones, T.
AU - Morrow, K.
AU - Evans, P.
AU - McLeod, S.
AU - Sevenoaks, J. C.
AU - Manning, S.
AU - O'Reilly, S.
AU - Ellis, E.
AU - Nichols, A.
AU - Fallon, D.
AU - Okeah, B. O.
AU - Huws, J.
AU - Hale, A.
AU - Underhill, L.
AU - Buckley, A.
AU - Codona, F.
AU - Monks, S.
N1 - Copyright © 2021 The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/11/24
Y1 - 2021/11/24
N2 - Background: Registered nurses perform numerous functions critical to the success of antimicrobial stewardship, but only 63% of pre-registration nursing programmes include any teaching about stewardship. Updated nursing standards indicate that nurses require antimicrobial stewardship knowledge and skills. Aim: To explore the delivery of key antimicrobial stewardship competencies within updated pre-registration nursing programmes. Methods: This study had a cross-sectional survey design. Data were collected between March and June 2021. Findings: Lecturers from 35 UK universities responsible for teaching antimicrobial stewardship participated in this study. The provision of antimicrobial stewardship teaching and learning was inconsistent across programmes, with competencies in infection prevention and control, patient-centred care and interprofessional collaborative practice taking precedent over competencies pertaining to the use, management and monitoring of antimicrobials. Online learning and teaching surrounding hand hygiene, personal protective equipment and immunization theory was reported to have increased during the pandemic. Only a small number of respondents reported that students shared taught learning with other healthcare professional groups. Conclusion: There is a need to ensure consistency in antimicrobial stewardship across programmes, and greater knowledge pertaining to the use, management and monitoring of antimicrobials should be included. Programmes need to adopt teaching strategies and methods that allow nurses to develop interprofessional skills in order to practice collaboratively.
AB - Background: Registered nurses perform numerous functions critical to the success of antimicrobial stewardship, but only 63% of pre-registration nursing programmes include any teaching about stewardship. Updated nursing standards indicate that nurses require antimicrobial stewardship knowledge and skills. Aim: To explore the delivery of key antimicrobial stewardship competencies within updated pre-registration nursing programmes. Methods: This study had a cross-sectional survey design. Data were collected between March and June 2021. Findings: Lecturers from 35 UK universities responsible for teaching antimicrobial stewardship participated in this study. The provision of antimicrobial stewardship teaching and learning was inconsistent across programmes, with competencies in infection prevention and control, patient-centred care and interprofessional collaborative practice taking precedent over competencies pertaining to the use, management and monitoring of antimicrobials. Online learning and teaching surrounding hand hygiene, personal protective equipment and immunization theory was reported to have increased during the pandemic. Only a small number of respondents reported that students shared taught learning with other healthcare professional groups. Conclusion: There is a need to ensure consistency in antimicrobial stewardship across programmes, and greater knowledge pertaining to the use, management and monitoring of antimicrobials should be included. Programmes need to adopt teaching strategies and methods that allow nurses to develop interprofessional skills in order to practice collaboratively.
KW - Antimicrobial resistance
KW - Antimicrobial stewardship
KW - Antimicrobial stewardship competencies
KW - National cross-sectional survey
KW - Pre-registration nurse education programmes
KW - Anti-Infective Agents/therapeutic use
KW - Antimicrobial Stewardship
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Humans
KW - United Kingdom
KW - Education, Nursing/methods
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122585995&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.09.027
DO - 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.09.027
M3 - Article
C2 - 34838589
AN - SCOPUS:85122585995
SN - 0195-6701
VL - 121
SP - 39
EP - 48
JO - Journal of Hospital Infection
JF - Journal of Hospital Infection
ER -