TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating the efficacy of an integrated curriculum on adolescent health and development for pre-service nursing education in Hong Kong
AU - Lee, Regina Lai Tong
AU - Wong, Thomas K.S.
AU - Al-Gasseer, Naeema
AU - Wu, Sau Ting Cynthia
AU - Chan, Sunshine S.S.
AU - Ko, Stanley K.K.
AU - Chan, Tony M.F.
PY - 2006/5/1
Y1 - 2006/5/1
N2 - Background: An integrated adolescent curriculum on health and development (ADH) was implemented in a pre-service nursing programme in a university. Aim: This study examined the efficacy of an ADH curricular framework in improving the competency variables of student nurses in delivering ADH services. Method: The design of the study was quasi-experimental with the systematically designed ADH training curriculum as an intervention. Pre- and post-tests incorporating an experimental group and a control group for a sample of 101 student nurses were used. Findings: Reports from 50 student nurses in the experimental group indicated that there was a significant increase from the pre-test to the post-test phase in the total score for the variables in the ADH Competency Checklist (Z = - 5.71, p < 0.001) and its four subscales: the professional development subscale (Z = - 5.37, p < 0.001), the psychosocial and physical well-being subscale (Z = - 5.66, p < 0.001), the health behaviours and lifestyles subscale (Z = - 5.07, p < 0.001), and the identity and reproductive health subscale (Z = - 4.86, p < 0.001). Significant changes were detected in the ADH competency variables for the control group in the post-test phase. Conclusion: The findings reveal that the systematic integration of ADH in the nursing curriculum had the positive impact of increasing the competency of student nurses for the examined variables.
AB - Background: An integrated adolescent curriculum on health and development (ADH) was implemented in a pre-service nursing programme in a university. Aim: This study examined the efficacy of an ADH curricular framework in improving the competency variables of student nurses in delivering ADH services. Method: The design of the study was quasi-experimental with the systematically designed ADH training curriculum as an intervention. Pre- and post-tests incorporating an experimental group and a control group for a sample of 101 student nurses were used. Findings: Reports from 50 student nurses in the experimental group indicated that there was a significant increase from the pre-test to the post-test phase in the total score for the variables in the ADH Competency Checklist (Z = - 5.71, p < 0.001) and its four subscales: the professional development subscale (Z = - 5.37, p < 0.001), the psychosocial and physical well-being subscale (Z = - 5.66, p < 0.001), the health behaviours and lifestyles subscale (Z = - 5.07, p < 0.001), and the identity and reproductive health subscale (Z = - 4.86, p < 0.001). Significant changes were detected in the ADH competency variables for the control group in the post-test phase. Conclusion: The findings reveal that the systematic integration of ADH in the nursing curriculum had the positive impact of increasing the competency of student nurses for the examined variables.
KW - Adolescent health
KW - Competency
KW - Integrated nursing curriculum
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.10.008
DO - 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.10.008
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 16343698
VL - 26
SP - 286
EP - 297
JO - Nurse Education Today
JF - Nurse Education Today
SN - 0260-6917
IS - 4
ER -