Kontakt 2024, 26(3):238-245 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2024.033

Nursing educators' concerns during the implementation of a core curriculumNursing - Original article

Rachel Kemelman1, 2, *, Daniela Cojocaru1
1 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Iasi, Romania
2 Ziv (Zefat) Academic Nursing School, Zefat, Israel

Background: An update of the nursing core curriculum was released in 2019 and revised to meet the challenges of the Israeli health system. The revision was based on the Advisory Committee's (2017) recommendations and outcomes of a Nursing Administration Inspection (2018). The implementation process of the nursing core curriculum has never been broadly evaluated in Israel. This study aimed to examine factors associated with concerns of nursing educators during the implementation process.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on a representative sample of nursing educators in Israel. 107 nursing educators answered two questionnaires distributed from November 2019 until September 2020: Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SOCQ) and a questionnaire designed for the current research. The statistical analysis included Pearson and Spearman correlations and multiple linear regressions.

Results: The findings revealed several associations regarding nursing and educational experience, familiarity, perception, and use of the current (2012) and new (2020) core curriculum, as well as organizational climate, with the nursing faculty members' concerns during innovation implementation. Training was positively related to the final stages of concern, supporting the effectiveness of educators' preparation in the implementation process.

Conclusion: A comprehensive approach to the core curriculum revision based on collaboration with educators and advance training on innovation involves the educators in the task and reduces their concerns during the implementation process.

Keywords: Implementation process; Nursing core curriculum; Nursing education; SOCQ
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The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

Received: February 4, 2024; Revised: May 14, 2024; Accepted: May 29, 2024; Prepublished online: June 6, 2024; Published: September 24, 2024  Show citation

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Kemelman R, Cojocaru D. Nursing educators' concerns during the implementation of a core curriculum. Kontakt. 2024;26(3):238-245. doi: 10.32725/kont.2024.033.
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