Tuning Nursing Educational in an Italian academic context
Tuning Nursing Educational in an Italian academic context
Background
The European Union Bologna Process has laid the foundation for a common European competence-based educational framework. In many countries, nursing education is in transition from vocational to higher education, with many diverse systems. The competence-based approach provided by the project Tuning Educational Structures offers a common and coherent framework able to facilitate the implementation of the principles underpinning the Bologna Process reform.
Objectives
This study aimed to ascertain the relevance that Italian nursing university lecturers attributed to the 40 competences of the Italian version of the nursing Bachelor's and Master's Degrees. These competences were developed through adoption of the Tuning Methodology in the nursing context.
Setting
The study was conducted in the 4 universities of one region of Italy which offer nursing Bachelor's and Master's Degrees.
Participants
A total of 164 Italian university nursing lecturers.
Methods
Using a four point scale, a cross sectional survey was conducted from March 2011 to April 2012. Participants evaluated each competence according to its relevance for Bachelor's or Master's Education. Frequency analysis was conducted.
Results
The significance for each competence of Tuning was rated very high by Italian lecturers and appeared to overlap partially with the original European study. In Italy, the most relevant competences for Bachelor's Degree were the skills associated with the use of appropriate interventions, activities and skills in nursing and the skills associated with nursing practice and clinical decision-making. For Master's Degree, leadership, management and team competences were the most important.
Conclusions
The Tuning Nursing Project was accepted by the Italian lecturers. The competence-based approach was considered by Italian lectures as a support enabling to reflect on the current Italian nursing education cycles of study and to ensure shared visions and common approaches between Italian and European lecturers.
nursing competences, nursing education, italian validation, nursing student, tuning nursing project
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Marchetti, Anna
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Venturini, Giulia
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Virgolesi, Michele
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Gobbi, Mary
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Rocco, Gennaro
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Pulimeno, Ausilia Maria Lucia
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Stievano, Alessandro
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Piredda, Michela
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De Marinis, Maria Grazia
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Marchetti, Anna
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Venturini, Giulia
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Virgolesi, Michele
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Gobbi, Mary
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Rocco, Gennaro
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Pulimeno, Ausilia Maria Lucia
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Stievano, Alessandro
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Piredda, Michela
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De Marinis, Maria Grazia
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Marchetti, Anna, Venturini, Giulia, Virgolesi, Michele, Gobbi, Mary, Rocco, Gennaro, Pulimeno, Ausilia Maria Lucia, Stievano, Alessandro, Piredda, Michela and De Marinis, Maria Grazia
(2015)
Tuning Nursing Educational in an Italian academic context.
Nurse Education Today, .
(doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2015.04.016).
(PMID:26003499)
Abstract
Background
The European Union Bologna Process has laid the foundation for a common European competence-based educational framework. In many countries, nursing education is in transition from vocational to higher education, with many diverse systems. The competence-based approach provided by the project Tuning Educational Structures offers a common and coherent framework able to facilitate the implementation of the principles underpinning the Bologna Process reform.
Objectives
This study aimed to ascertain the relevance that Italian nursing university lecturers attributed to the 40 competences of the Italian version of the nursing Bachelor's and Master's Degrees. These competences were developed through adoption of the Tuning Methodology in the nursing context.
Setting
The study was conducted in the 4 universities of one region of Italy which offer nursing Bachelor's and Master's Degrees.
Participants
A total of 164 Italian university nursing lecturers.
Methods
Using a four point scale, a cross sectional survey was conducted from March 2011 to April 2012. Participants evaluated each competence according to its relevance for Bachelor's or Master's Education. Frequency analysis was conducted.
Results
The significance for each competence of Tuning was rated very high by Italian lecturers and appeared to overlap partially with the original European study. In Italy, the most relevant competences for Bachelor's Degree were the skills associated with the use of appropriate interventions, activities and skills in nursing and the skills associated with nursing practice and clinical decision-making. For Master's Degree, leadership, management and team competences were the most important.
Conclusions
The Tuning Nursing Project was accepted by the Italian lecturers. The competence-based approach was considered by Italian lectures as a support enabling to reflect on the current Italian nursing education cycles of study and to ensure shared visions and common approaches between Italian and European lecturers.
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 April 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 15 May 2015
Keywords:
nursing competences, nursing education, italian validation, nursing student, tuning nursing project
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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Local EPrints ID: 377437
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/377437
ISSN: 0260-6917
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Anna Marchetti
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Giulia Venturini
Author:
Michele Virgolesi
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Mary Gobbi
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Gennaro Rocco
Author:
Ausilia Maria Lucia Pulimeno
Author:
Alessandro Stievano
Author:
Michela Piredda
Author:
Maria Grazia De Marinis
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