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. 2023 Sep 14;22(1):315.
doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01482-8.

The contribution of interprofessional education in developing competent undergraduate nursing students: integrative literature review

Nombulelo Esme Zenani  1 , Leepile Alfred Sehularo  2 , Gopolang Gause  2 , Precious Chibuike Chukwuere  3
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The contribution of interprofessional education in developing competent undergraduate nursing students: integrative literature review

Nombulelo Esme Zenani et al. BMC Nurs. .

Abstract

Background: Effective interprofessional team collaboration is one of the necessary domains for successful interprofessional collaborative practices in healthcare (IPCP), which is crucial for the delivery of safe and quality healthcare services. Therefore, understanding the contribution of interprofessional education in nursing students is vital to improving collaboration practices in nursing students, in preparation for the dynamics that await after registration in practice amongst the interprofessional team. Thus, the aim of the study was to summarise the contribution of interprofessional education in nursing education in developing competent undergraduate nursing students.

Design: The integrative literature review design as described by Whittemore and Knafl was adopted for the review. The review consists of five steps, namely, problem identification, literature search, data analysis, data interpretation, and the last step was data presentation. Three databases were searched for the articles, namely CINHAL, Scopus, and Science Direct. Articles were retrieved using Search terms such as "Competence," "Contribution,", "Development," "Interprofessional education" and "Undergraduate nursing students" retrieved Articles published between 2018 and 2022 were selected.

Results: Three themes emerged from the review, namely the promotion of patient safety in nursing practice, the socialisation of nursing students in interprofessional collaboration, and the promotion of the development of professional identity.

Conclusion: This study is the first step in determining the contributions of early interprofessional education to nursing education. It could set the stage for further studies that examine strategies the undergraduate nursing curriculum can adopt and develop sound interprofessional competencies that promote patient safety and quality healthcare by nursing students.

Impact: The developers of the nursing curriculum and nursing educators can use the results in developing a curriculum that includes interprofessional education with the aim of improving the quality of teaching and learning that advances competent and safe nursing students.

Keywords: Competence; Contribution; Developing; Interprofessional education; Nursing education; Undergraduate nursing students.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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