Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing: nesting a fast-track to traditional generic program, teachings from nursing education in Burkina Faso
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- 作者：Idrissa Beogo ; Chieh-Yu Liu ; Colile P. Dlamini ; Marie-Pierre Gagnon
- 关键词：Burkina Faso ; Nursing education ; Nested fast ; track ; Accelerated program ; Pre ; registered ; Post ; registered
- 刊名：BMC Nursing
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：14
- 期：1
- 全文大小：498 KB
- 刊物主题：Nursing;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1472-6955
文摘
Background Nursing education has evolved over time to fit societies’ increasing care needs. Innovations in nursing education draw thorny debates on potential jeopardy in the quality, safety, and efficacy of nurse graduates. Accelerated nursing education programs have been among landmark strategic changes to address the persistent bedside nurse shortage. Despite the dearth of empirical studies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the National School of Public Health of Burkina Faso has developed a State Diploma Nursing (SDN) fast-track program. With innovative features, the program is nested into the traditional SDN program. This study investigates preliminary outcomes of the implemented policy using the initial cohort that went through the program. Comparison of the traditional generic program and the fast-track one is drawn to inform nursing education policy.