Building a Stronger Future: Empowering Nurses to Design Modules for Integrated Curriculum in Nursing Education

Abstract

Background: The successful implementation of an integrated curriculum in nursing education has been hindered by challenges, primarily faculty resistance due to a lack of familiarity and expertise in integrated module designing. To address this crucial issue, it is essential to empower nurse educators with the necessary knowledge and skills to embrace and implement an integrated curriculum effectively. This project aimed to enhance participants' knowledge of integrated module designing in nursing education through a training workshop. Methodology and Findings: A pre-experimental single-group pretest-posttest design was employed to assess the participants' knowledge before and after the training workshop. The study involved thirty nurse educators from various cities in Pakistan. The effectiveness of the training workshop regarding integrated module designing was evaluated using the paired t-test, revealing a significant difference with a p-value of 0.001. The results indicate that the participants' knowledge increased significantly after attending the workshop. Recommendation: To further reinforce the integration of different subject areas, it is suggested that nursing colleges organize follow-up workshops for facilitating the successful implementation of an integrated curriculum in nursing education.