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  • Final year nursing student's exposure to education and knowledge about sepsis: A multi-university study

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    Embargoed until: 2021-12-11
    Author(s)
    Harley, Amanda
    Massey, Debbie
    Ullman, Amanda J
    Reid-Searl, Kerry
    Schlapbach, Luregn J
    Takashima, Mari
    Venkatesh, Bala
    Datta, Rachit
    Johnston, Amy NB
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Takashima, Mari
    Ullman, Amanda J.
    Johnston, Amy N.
    Massey, Debbie L.
    Year published
    2020
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    BACKGROUND: Sepsis is a leading cause of death and disability in adults and children. Evidence suggests that early recognition and management can significantly improve patient outcomes, therefore education of healthcare workers around sepsis is critical. Little is known about the preparation of final year nursing students regarding recognition and response to sepsis. OBJECTIVES: To explore Australian final year nursing student's exposure to and knowledge of sepsis, and their awareness of the importance of early recognition, escalation and management of patients with sepsis. METHODS: An online 17-question survey was developed, ...
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    BACKGROUND: Sepsis is a leading cause of death and disability in adults and children. Evidence suggests that early recognition and management can significantly improve patient outcomes, therefore education of healthcare workers around sepsis is critical. Little is known about the preparation of final year nursing students regarding recognition and response to sepsis. OBJECTIVES: To explore Australian final year nursing student's exposure to and knowledge of sepsis, and their awareness of the importance of early recognition, escalation and management of patients with sepsis. METHODS: An online 17-question survey was developed, validated and then used to evaluate final year nursing students' awareness and knowledge about sepsis. DESIGN: Multi-site, cross-sectional, study. SETTINGS: Data were prospectively collected from final year nursing students from five university (graduate entry and undergraduate) programmes from four Universities in Queensland, Australia. RESULTS: Response rate of 22% (237/1075 eligible students responded). Final year nursing students possessed limited knowledge about sepsis (mean scores = 3.8/9; SD = 1.6), and very limited knowledge of paediatric sepsis (median 1[interquartile range 0-1]). Many participants (54%; 128/237) had heard of sepsis prior to commencing their nursing studies, however only 22% (53/237) reported formal dedicated educational units on sepsis. Sepsis education was delivered primarily through didactic lectures (32%; 77/237) and often as part of courses encompassing acute care (38%; 91/237). Only 6% (14/237) of participants recalled exposure to education dedicated to paediatric sepsis. CONCLUSIONS: The knowledge of final year nursing students in relation to recognising, escalating and managing sepsis was limited. There is an urgent need to design education which adequately and safely prepares nurses for the challenges they face when caring for patients with sepsis, particularly paediatric sepsis. Accrediting bodies should consider mandating inclusion of sepsis education as part of all nursing programmes.
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    Journal Title
    Nurse Education Today
    Volume
    97
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104703
    Copyright Statement
    © 2020 Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
    Subject
    Specialist Studies in Education
    Nursing
    Curriculum and Pedagogy
    Knowledge
    Management
    Paediatric
    Recognition
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/400626
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