Educational courses on non-pharmacologic complementary interventions for nurses across Europe : The INES mapping pilot study

• Published in: Nurse Education Today
• Main Authors: van der Heijden, Marianne J.E., Busch, Martine, Gunnarsdottir, Thora Jenny, Lunde, Anita, Falkenberg, Torkel, van Dijk, Monique
• Other Authors: Cancer Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Complementary; Education; Integrative nursing; Non-pharmacological interventions; Nursing; Clinical Competence; Pilot Projects; Europe; Humans; Curriculum; Nursing/methods; Sleep Wake Disorders; Nursing (all); Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/3919; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105419

Funding Information: This study is part of a larger EU-funded project called the Integrative Nursing Education Series (INES). The INES project is a European consortium between the Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands; the van Praag Institute, the Netherlands; VIA University College, Denmark; the University of Iceland and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. The INES consortium aims to strengthen nurses' knowledge, attitudes, competencies and skills on complementary NPIs such as mindfulness, massage and relaxation exercises.This study is part of an EU funded project by Erasmus+ (KA203 Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education): ‘The Integrative Nursing Education Series’ (2019-1-NL01-KA203-060478). Funding Information: This study is part of an EU funded project by Erasmus+ (KA203 Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education): ‘The Integrative Nursing Education Series’ ( 2019-1-NL01-KA203-060478 ). Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors Background: Pharmacological interventions still form the mainstay of the management of pain, anxiety, sleep problems and discomfort. In Europe, an estimated 100 million people use complementary non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) for these conditions. In their pre-registration education, nurses do not generally learn about the various types of NPIs and how patients and health care professionals can include NPIs complementary to their standard care. Some nursing schools in Europe offer elective courses on NPIs, often relying on individual initiatives. Little is publicly available about the content of these programmes and how they relate to the current nursing curriculum for EU countries. Objectives: This pilot study aims to explore and map the field of nursing education with regard to complementary NPIs for nurses in Europe. Design: A web-based open-access questionnaire administered through the online survey tool LimeSurvey® was designed by the authors. Participants: The questionnaire was sent to a purposive sample of 49 experts on nurse education and complementary ...