A National Survey of Faculty Perceptions of Nutrition in Nursing Education.
Journal
The Journal of nursing education
ISSN: 1938-2421
Titre abrégé: J Nurs Educ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7705432
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Oct 2020
01 Oct 2020
Historique:
received:
10
02
2020
accepted:
04
05
2020
entrez:
1
10
2020
pubmed:
2
10
2020
medline:
1
7
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Nurses are situated to provide nutrition education to patients, yet it is not established how prepared nurses are for this role. This study described faculty perceptions of nutrition education in Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs. This is a cross-sectional study of faculty from 4-year BSN programs. Participants completed an online questionnaire that asked about nutrition instruction at their school. Fifty surveys were returned, for a response rate of 35%. Most BSN programs required one (72.7%) or two (4.5%) nutrition courses. On average, students received 52.6 hours of nutrition instruction. Most (68.6%) schools reported more than 25 hours of nutrition education. Competing demands were frequently cited as barriers to providing nutrition education. Many schools met the expectation of 25 hours of nutrition education, based on the National Research Council. Many nursing curricula incorporated nutrition topics related to acute care, but training in chronic ambulatory nutrition was limited. [J Nurs Educ. 2020;59(10):566-569.].
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Nurses are situated to provide nutrition education to patients, yet it is not established how prepared nurses are for this role. This study described faculty perceptions of nutrition education in Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs.
METHOD
METHODS
This is a cross-sectional study of faculty from 4-year BSN programs. Participants completed an online questionnaire that asked about nutrition instruction at their school.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Fifty surveys were returned, for a response rate of 35%. Most BSN programs required one (72.7%) or two (4.5%) nutrition courses. On average, students received 52.6 hours of nutrition instruction. Most (68.6%) schools reported more than 25 hours of nutrition education. Competing demands were frequently cited as barriers to providing nutrition education.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Many schools met the expectation of 25 hours of nutrition education, based on the National Research Council. Many nursing curricula incorporated nutrition topics related to acute care, but training in chronic ambulatory nutrition was limited. [J Nurs Educ. 2020;59(10):566-569.].
Identifiants
pubmed: 33002162
doi: 10.3928/01484834-20200921-05
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
566-569Informations de copyright
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