2022 Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 170-178
To efficiently provide high-quality nursing care at a time where patients' needs are becoming more complex, nurses must acquire knowledge and skills in nursing management. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce content on nursing management during basic nursing education. This study aimed to identify which nursing management content should be included in basic nursing education, based on the perceptions of experts including nurse managers and researchers. A Delphi Study was conducted, and data were collected using a Web-based survey. The questionnaire covered 59 topics based on existing curricula and literature and were selected by members of the Education Committee of the Japan Academy of Nursing Administration and Policies (JANAP). A total of 134 directors, auditors, and councilors of JANAP were asked to report the importance of each topic on a 5-point Likert scale. The criteria for including topics were a median higher than 4, an IQR less than 1, and the percentage of items rating 4 or above 75%. After three Delphi rounds, 32 topics of learning content were selected. These included management skills and the professionalism with which new graduate nurses should provide care for patients. It would be necessary to discuss the continuity of nursing management education from students to new graduate nurses.
