Lee S E, Dathinten V Susan, Do H
Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Int Nurs Rev. 2020 Dec;67(4):512-518. doi: 10.1111/inr.12630. Epub 2020 Oct 2.
This study investigated how patient safety is currently taught in pre-registration nursing programmes across South Korea and explored nurse educators' perspectives on curriculum change.
Pre-graduate education plays a critical role in preparing nurses with the requisite patient safety competencies. However, little is known about how patient safety education is addressed in South Korean nursing schools or the perspectives of nurse educators regarding patient safety education and a need for change.
This descriptive study used data collected during a 2019 accreditation workshop provided by the Korean Accreditation Board of Nursing Education. A paper-and-pencil survey was completed by 80 nurse educators working in 16 regions throughout Korea.
A little consistency was found in approaches to teaching patient safety. Patient safety topics are addressed throughout various nursing courses, and patient safety education is limited in hours of instruction and breadth of content. A majority of respondents indicated that additional supports are needed, including a national standardized curriculum for patient safety education.
A new approach to teaching patient safety is needed in Korean pre-registration nursing education. Overall, patient safety education is limited and provided through a fragmented approach with little attention to systems, workplace design or human issues that are necessary for developing the critical reasoning and skills to support patient safety.
The accrediting and regulatory bodies in South Korea should work together to develop and implement explicit standards of patient safety education and patient safety competencies for nursing students. Development of a standardized national curriculum is essential for providing a consistent, systematic and comprehensive approach to patient safety education in nursing programmes.
本研究调查了韩国各地预注册护理项目中目前如何教授患者安全，并探讨了护士教育工作者对课程改革的看法。
研究生前教育在培养具备必要患者安全能力的护士方面起着关键作用。然而，对于韩国护理学校如何开展患者安全教育，或者护士教育工作者对患者安全教育及变革需求的看法，我们知之甚少。
本描述性研究使用了韩国护理教育认证委员会在2019年认证研讨会上收集的数据。韩国16个地区的80名护士教育工作者完成了一份纸质调查问卷。
在患者安全教学方法上几乎没有发现一致性。患者安全主题在各种护理课程中都有涉及，但患者安全教育在教学时长和内容广度上都很有限。大多数受访者表示需要更多支持，包括制定全国统一的患者安全教育标准课程。
韩国预注册护理教育需要一种新的患者安全教学方法。总体而言，患者安全教育有限，且采用的是零散的方式，很少关注培养支持患者安全所需的批判性推理和技能所必需的系统、工作场所设计或人为问题。
韩国的认证和监管机构应共同努力，为护理专业学生制定和实施明确的患者安全教育标准和患者安全能力要求。制定标准化的国家课程对于在护理项目中提供一致、系统和全面的患者安全教育方法至关重要。
