Validation of the integration of HIV and AIDS related nursing competencies into the undergraduate nursing curriculum in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorMarie-Modeste, Regis R.
dc.contributor.authorAdejumo, Oluyinka
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-21T09:26:43Z
dc.date.available2016-09-21T09:26:43Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Being in its fourth decade, HIV remains an epidemic that requires combined efforts for the global fight. The strategies planned and implemented in the fight against HIV include reversing and halting the spread of HIV, increasing health care access, and strengthening the health care system. South Africa has made the fight one of its top priorities, and has developed plans to increase the role of nurses in the management of HIV, demonstrating its willingness, commitment and progress in the fight against HIV. OBJECTIVE: This article presents the validation process conducted to confirm the integration and mapping of the HIV and AIDS related nursing competencies into the four-year Bachelor of Nursing programme at a university in South Africa. METHODS: This study adopted a constructivist paradigm, using a qualitative approach, applying the design step of the process model of curriculum development, to validate the integration of the mapped HIV and AIDS related nursing competencies into the undergraduate nursing curriculum. RESULTS: For each competency, outcomes were developed for each year. Participants confirmed completeness of outcomes and appropriateness of the mapping of the HIV and AIDS related outcomes into the nursing curriculum, as well as the feasibility and practicability of the integration. CONCLUSION: Required resources for integration of HIV and AIDS related nursing competencies, such as human resources and nurse educators’ continued personal development were identified, as well as barriers to integration, and measures to eliminate them were discussed. The importance of integration of HIV and AIDS nursing competencies into the curriculum was reiterated.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationMarie Modeste, R. R. & Adejumo, O. (2015). Validation of the integration of HIV and AIDS related nursing competencies into the undergraduate nursing curriculum in South Africa, Curationis 38 (2): 1-11en_US
dc.identifier.issn0379-8577
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2425
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_US
dc.rights© 2015. The Authors. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi. org/10.4102/curationis. v38i2.1521
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectHIV and AIDSen_US
dc.subjectCompetencyen_US
dc.subjectValidationen_US
dc.titleValidation of the integration of HIV and AIDS related nursing competencies into the undergraduate nursing curriculum in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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