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Journal article
Future-Proofing Nursing Education: An Australian Perspective
Sage Open, Vol.4(4), pp.1-11
2014
Abstract
The relevance of pre-registration programs of nursing education to current and emerging trends in healthcare and society could have a significant future impact on the nursing profession. In this article, we use a PESTEL (politics, economics, society, technology, environment, and law) framework to identify significant current and future priorities in Australian healthcare. Following the PESTEL analysis, we conduct a review of the curriculum content of current Australian undergraduate preregistration nursing curricula. The data were analyzed to determine how nursing curricula were aligned with the priorities identified in the PESTEL analysis. Findings suggest that preparation-practice gaps are evident in nursing curricula as the broad priorities identified were poorly reflected in undergraduate pre-registration programs. The study recommended (a) the establishment of a nationally consistent mechanism to identify current and emerging trends in healthcare and higher education, and (b) an evidence-based framework that enhances forward planning in the design of undergraduate pre-registration nursing curricula.
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- Title
- Future-Proofing Nursing Education: An Australian Perspective
- Authors
- Nicholas Ralph (Corresponding Author) - Monash UniversityMelanie Birks - James Cook UniversityYsanne Chapman - Monash UniversityKaren Francis - Charles Sturt University
- Publication details
- Sage Open, Vol.4(4), pp.1-11
- Publisher
- Sage Publications, Inc.
- Date published
- 2014
- DOI
- 10.1177/2158244014556633
- ISSN
- 2158-2440
- Copyright note
- Creative Commons CC BY: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/openaccess.htm).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991087294802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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