Are We Stepping Back? Findings From an Italian Study on Post-Pandemic Changes in Nursing Education

IF 3.8 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

International Nursing Review Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI:10.1111/inr.70027

Erika Bassi, Alberto Dal Molin, Stefania Chiappinotto, Anna Brugnolli, Federica Canzan, Marco Clari, Maria Grazia De Marinis, Valerio Dimonte, Paola Ferri, Loreto Lancia, Roberto Latina, Zeno Gabriele Poli, Teresa Rea, Luisa Saiani, Federico Fonda, Alvisa Palese

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Abstract

Aim

To describe (a) recommended changes implemented and their perceived effectiveness at the country level, (b) changes discontinued in the post-pandemic era with reasons, and (c) research priorities in nursing education for the next five years.

Background/Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed several nursing education transformations. However, no studies have documented changes still prevalent in the post-pandemic era.

Design

A national cross-sectional study following the STROBE guidelines.

Methods

All Italian nursing programs (n = 241) were targeted. Eight major and 21 subrecommendations indicating changes expected were included in the online survey to measure their implementation, their perceived effectiveness and status at the time of the survey, discontinuation reasons, and the research priorities. Descriptive and content analyses were used.

Results

113 (45.5%) nursing programs participated reflecting the education received by >70% of Italian nursing students. All recommended changes have been implemented from 60.2% to 100% nursing programs, resulting in a perceived effectiveness from 4.29 (confidence interval [CI] 95%, 4.07–4.51) to 6.37 (CI 95%, 6.19–6.56) out of 7. A few recommendations were still applied at the time of the survey, while several were discontinued (from 4.8% to 61.9%) because, in order, of concern regarding their effectiveness, university/law dispositions, traditional methods reimplemented, technical/logistic difficulties and students’ requests. Digital solutions’ impact on nursing education was identified as a research priority.

Conclusion

After the multifaced changes triggered by the pandemic, the pace of transformation of nursing education seems to have been decelerated.

Implications for nursing

The potential regressive pattern that has emerged, wherein the previous model of nursing education is repristinated, calls for immediate action, which is also in line with the research priorities.

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我们在后退吗？意大利一项关于大流行后护理教育变化的研究结果

目的描述(a)建议实施的变革及其在国家一级的有效性，(b)大流行后时代停止的变革及其原因，以及(c)未来五年护理教育的研究重点。2019冠状病毒病大流行推动了护理教育的若干变革。然而，没有研究证明大流行后时代仍然普遍存在变化。设计一项遵循STROBE指南的全国性横断面研究。方法选取241个意大利护理项目。在线调查包括8项主要建议和21项表明预期变化的次级建议，以衡量其实施情况、调查时的感知有效性和状态、中止原因和研究重点。采用描述性和内容分析。结果参与护理专业113个（45.5%），反映了意大利护理专业学生70%的受教育程度。所有建议的改变都已从60.2%实施到100%的护理方案，导致感知有效性从4.29（置信区间[CI] 95%， 4.07-4.51）到6.37 (CI 95%, 6.19-6.56)（7分）。在进行调查时，仍有一些建议被采用，而有一些建议被取消（从4.8%降至61.9%），原因是考虑到这些建议的有效性、大学/法律的倾向、重新采用传统方法、技术/后勤困难和学生的要求。数字化解决方案对护理教育的影响被确定为研究重点。结论在疫情引发的多方面变化之后，护理教育的转型步伐似乎有所放缓。潜在的倒退模式已经出现，其中以前的护理教育模式被重新定义，要求立即采取行动，这也符合研究的优先事项。

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International Nursing Review 医学-护理

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