Stakeholders' perspective about their engagement in developing a competency based nursing baccalaureate curriculum: A qualitative study.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stakeholder engagement is the basis of an emerging and innovative educational model called competency based education. However, although several studies have analysed the stakeholders' perspective in nursing, few studies have analysed the stakeholders' perspective in competence based curriculum design. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyse the opinions and perspectives of stakeholders about the development of a competency based baccalaureate nursing curriculum with stakeholder engagement. METHODS A phenomenological study was conducted. This method combines descriptive features (Husserlian) and interpretive phenomenology (Gadamerian) The interviews were ended when data saturation was achieved, specifically the redundancy of themes. RESULTS The content analysis identified three main categories: (1) a "bridge" that merges education and the work context, (2) stakeholder engagement a contentious issue; and (3) stakeholder engagement structuring a methodology. CONCLUSIONS Through the stakeholder engagement, university could have a constant interaction between the didactics and professional practice and could improve professional identity and job satisfaction among nurses.
Journal of professional nursing official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing