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EWMA Wound Curriculum for Nurses EQF Level 6
Sebastian Probst RN, DClinPrac, Professor of tissue viability and wound care. HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, School of Health Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland
Taking care of patients with an acute, chronic or palliative wound is complex. To recognise this complexity and to maximise patients’ and their families’ outcomes, clinicians should acquire appropriate evidence-based and best practice WOUND skills and knowledge. LUM
CURRICU S: FOR NURSE
Samantha Holloway RN, MSc. Reader. Centre for Medical Education. School of Medicine. Cardiff University Wales, UK
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Sara Rowan RN PgDip, MPhil. Lecturer. C3S – Clinical Scientific Support Services CRA for NAMSA Ltd, Selby UK
To achieve this goal, the European Wound Management Association (EWMA) has developed curricula for nurses that are in line with the curriculum on wound healing for physicians that has been approved by the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) (European Union of Medical Specialists, 2017). In 2017, EWMA published the Level 5 curriculum (Pokorna, Holloway, Strohal, & VerheyenCronau, 2017), with the goal of equipping nurses with the responsibility and autonomy to obtain skills and knowledge for exercise management and supervision in wound care activities where there is an unpredictable change. Nurses are also trained to review and develop their own and others’ performance. With the new curriculum Level 6 (Probst, Holloway, Rowan, & Pokorna, 2019), journal of the european wound management association
nurses will acquire advanced skills, demonstrating the mastery and innovation required to solve complex and unpredictable problems in wound care. They will also acquire advanced knowledge of wound care involving a critical understanding of its theories and principles. With these skills and knowledge, nurses should be able to manage complex technical or professional activities or projects, taking responsibility for decision-making in unpredictable work or study contexts and taking responsibility for managing the professional development of individuals and groups. The Level 6 curriculum is designed in a modular structure and includes 19 units (see table 1) of study with a minimum of 116 learning units of 45 minutes’ duration and 59 hours of self-directed
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Andrea Pokorná RN, PhD, Professor, Senior Lecturer, Medical Faculty, Masaryk University, Dept. of Nursing. Brno, Czech Republic. Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Department of quality of care assessment, Head of Department Prague, Czech Republic
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