International priorities for home care education, research, practice, and management: Qualitative content analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite growing demand for home care nursing, there is a growing home care workforce shortage, due in part to hospital-centric nursing curricula that lead students to undervalue of home care and community practice setting (Van Iersel et al., 2018a, 2018b).

Objectives

Articulate an international vision for the future of home care education, research, practice, and management shared by experienced home care nurses working in leadership roles.

Design

Qualitative content analysis.

Settings and participants

The sample included 50 home care professionals from 17 countries.

Methods

Home care nurse leaders (in education, research, practice, and management roles) were recruited through professional international nursing networks to participate in a str

SUBMITTER: Jarrin OF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6713276 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature