How to write meaningful standards: establishing a standards for clinical skills of adult nursing department faculty of nursing, Mansoura university- Egypt

ABSTRACT

There are many challenges found in the educational system of the Faculty of Nursing. One of these challenges is a learning programme that is not well established by some of the faculty departments. Neither the under graduates students nor the faculty staff have updated or develop the competencies of nursing students' skills due to lack of standard. In order to ensure quality, standards must be established to control practice which then can control and guarantees quality of care. Standards once set, enable the nursing teachers to use them to identify deficiencies in the performance as in the outcomes of nursing care It can also compare the service presently provided with the service required. Standards can be written in a procedure format. This implies that all procedures should contain structure, process and outcome standards. In the assessment of student and staff performance, the result shows that the students and staff nurses are in need to enhance their skills to meet accreditation standards. As a result, the authors aimed to write a standard for clinical skills and procedures for the second year adult care nursing department. Questionnaire Format and Structured Interview sheet was developed by the researchers to update clinical procedures used for adult nursing students. Standards for second year clinical procedures developed. The study recommended to implement the developed standards, and other standards should be developed for all procedures in all scientific departments in Nursing Faculties