Imperial College London
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Dr Enrique Castro Sánchez

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease

Honorary Lecturer
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3313 2072e.castro-sanchez Website

 
 
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8.N17Commonwealth BuildingHammersmith Campus

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@article{Courtenay:2019:10.1016/j.jhin.2019.08.001,
author = {Courtenay, M and Castro, Sanchez E and Gallagher, R and McEwen, J and Bulabula, A and Carre, Y and Du, Toit B and Figueiredo, RM and Gjerde, M and Hamilton, N and Jorgoni, L and Ness, V and Olans, R and Padovece, MC and Rout, J and van, Gulik N and Van, Zyl Y},
doi = {10.1016/j.jhin.2019.08.001},
journal = {Journal of Hospital Infection},
pages = {244--250},
title = {Development of consensus based international antimicrobial stewardship competencies for undergraduate nurse education},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2019.08.001},
volume = {103},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - BackgroundThere is growing recognition by national and international policy makers of the contribution nurses make towards antimicrobial stewardship. Although undergraduate education provides an ideal opportunity to prepare nurses for antimicrobial stewardship roles and activities, only two thirds of undergraduate nursing programmes incorporate any antimicrobial stewardship teaching and only 12% cover all the recommended antimicrobial stewardship principles. Nurses also report that they do not have a good knowledge of antibiotics, and many have not heard of the term antimicrobial stewardship.AimTo provide international consensus on the antimicrobial stewardship competency descriptors appropriate for undergraduate nurse education.MethodsA modified Delphi approach comprising two on-line surveys delivered to an international panel of fifteen individuals reflecting expertise in prescribing and medicines management in the education and practice of nurses; and antimicrobial stewardship. Data collection took place between February and March 2019.FindingsA total of 15 participants agreed to become members of the expert panel, of whom 13 (86%) completed round one questionnaire, and 13 (100%) completed round two. Consensus was achieved, with consistent high levels of agreement across panel members, on 6 overarching competency domains and 63 descriptors, essential for antimicrobial stewardship practice.ConclusionThe competency descriptors should be used to direct undergraduate nurse education, and the AMS practices of qualified nurses (including those working in new roles such as Nursing Associates) given the high levels of agreement reached on competency descriptors.
AU  - Courtenay,M
AU  - Castro,Sanchez E
AU  - Gallagher,R
AU  - McEwen,J
AU  - Bulabula,A
AU  - Carre,Y
AU  - Du,Toit B
AU  - Figueiredo,RM
AU  - Gjerde,M
AU  - Hamilton,N
AU  - Jorgoni,L
AU  - Ness,V
AU  - Olans,R
AU  - Padovece,MC
AU  - Rout,J
AU  - van,Gulik N
AU  - Van,Zyl Y
DO  - 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.08.001
EP  - 250
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 0195-6701
SP  - 244
TI  - Development of consensus based international antimicrobial stewardship competencies for undergraduate nurse education
T2  - Journal of Hospital Infection
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2019.08.001
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/72738
VL  - 103
ER  -
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