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Establishing National Academic
Reference Standards (NARS) for Nursing
Education in Egypt
By
Nursing Sector Committee
Supreme Council Of Universities
Quality in
Nursing
Education:
The Road to
Accreditation
Egyptian Government recognized the need
for improving quality of university education
standards and
strengthening nursing
education system to equip graduate nurses
with knowledge and Skills.
In line with international trends, availability of
qualified
&
competent
health
care
professionals is the key to delivery of quality
health care services.
Advanced practice in nursing has become
a dominant focus of graduate nursing
education over the past two decades.
SO
Nurses who do not keep upgrading their
skills will be left behind by work place
changes.
AND
Life long learning is the only answer for a
competitive future.
The NQAAC is working with the
Supreme Council of Universities in
Egypt to develop national reference
standards for 19 sectors covering all
higher education, the nursing sector
is one of them.
They will offer
institutions an external reference
point for their benchmarking.
National Academic Reference Standards
For Nursing Education Project #4
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NSC started this project 2005
Purposes:
To develop academic reference standards for
nursing education.
To enhance systematic growth of institution &
contribute to its outcome in the community.
To match between education as a system and
demands of community as a consumer in the
quality system.
Project Partners:
This project is a consortium b/w all faculties
of nursing affiliated to the different universities.
Faculties of Nursing of the following Universities:
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Alexandria
Cairo
Ain shams
Assiut
Zagazig
Menoufia
Tanta
1955
1965
1981
1982
1984
1986
1987
Cont. Faculties of Nursing
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Port said
Banha
Mansoura
Menia
Sohag
Ismailia
Helwan
Damanhour
1992
1993
1994
1995
2006
2006
2006
2007
Project Team
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Project Management Team:
Head, Nursing Sector Committee
Secretary General of NSC
Deans of Faculty of Nursing: Alex, Cairo,
Ain shams, Assiut & Suez Canal Universit.
Implementation Team:
2 staff members from each university.
Scope of the project
Educational quality
Helps to realize institutional
mission more effectively &
responds to expectations of
accrediting
organizations,
community needs and other
external stakeholders for
accountability
in
the
teaching /learning processes.
Objectives
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Raise awareness of beneficiaries regarding
importance of developing ARS.
Design data base of different types of
standards, national and international.
Develop the academic reference standards
Disseminate the endorsed standards to all
interest parties.
Implement developed reference standards.
Measure the efficacy of developed standard.
The focus of the project
• Set standards.
• Implement standards to ensure quality.
• Measure the efficacy of developed
standards.
Beneficiaries
 Teaching
staff
 Students and graduates
 Stakeholders
- Physicians & nurses in
health care organizations
- Professional organization and
community.
Methodology
Evaluation
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Implement
Assessment
Planning
Phase I: Assessment phase
NARS were drafted after reviewing sources:
Community needs.
 International educational standards web.
 Review of literature / nursing mission.
 Stakeholders consultation
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Assessment
Needs
Stakeholder
Sources
Literature
Mission
Websites
Phase II : Planning
Roles and Attributes of graduate
nurses were identified and ARS
developed after reviewing national
and international standards.
NARS were correlated with the role
of the nurse.
Distributed responsibilities of the different
faculties in developing ARS.
Domains
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Faculties groups
Knowledge and
Cairo University- Zagazig University- Menia
Understanding
University
Professional Skills/
Practice
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Intellectual Skills.
Professional Skills/
Practice .
Alexandria University- Mansoura UniversityMenofia University- Tanta University
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General and
Transferable Skills.
Ain Shams University- Benha UniversityAssuit University- Suez Canal University
Cont. phase II
Proposed standards reviewed by
management team and validated by
experts representing service and
education, stakeholders
(1st draft)
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In 2006, a review of developed NARS. for
BSc. Nurse by the implementation group
designated by SCU/NS representing 11
faculties of nursing affiliated to public
Egyptian Universities through workshops.
( 2nd draft )
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A final review of the NARS conducted by
the management team and experts.
( 3rd draft )
Phase III: Implementation
Faculty of Nursing
University of Mansoura
Workshop
24-25/02/2007
OB: Develop program specification
Participants:
Steering Committee
Method: Revision of own prog. Spec.
courses against NARS
NSC
Approval by Faculty Council 06/03/2004
Activities Implemented
 Symposium to raise awareness of the faculty
and stakeholders.
 Workshops for faculties.
 Preparation of Baseline data including
national and international standards.
 Domains of ARS identified & agreed upon by
 ARS draft
 Validity ascertained
 Print out of validated standards
NSC.
Cont. Activities not yet
implemented
Seminar/workshops to train faculty staff
members in different faculties on the use
and application of the proposed ARS. (on
the process, carried out at Mansoura Univ)
 Auditing tools to follow up standards
implementation.
 Report of the follow up & final report
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(one report has been submitted in September. 2006).
Dissemination
• Seminars and workshops
- Audience from within &
outside the nursing field.
- Stakeholders opinions, customers for
faculty graduates.
• Leaflets and pamphlets (e-mail).
• Deans of faculty of nursing Arab region
Quality control & monitoring
On going process in all
project stages.
Supervision of the program
activities
by
the
project
management team to control
the flow of work through the
project
implementation
by
checking whether action plan
and schedule for the project
implementation has been met.
Also,via periodic progress report
Output / Outcome
 Role of graduate nurses were identified and
agreed upon by NSC.
 Attributes of typical nursing graduate were
developed and agreed upon by NSC.
 Domains of ARS were agreed upon by NSC.
 A valid standards ready for implementation.
 Glossary for scientific terms has been developed.
 Guideline manual for implementation of ARS of
nursing education has been developed (under study).
Attributes of the graduate nurse
An Integral part of the multiple
roles of Graduate nurse to:
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Be a critical thinker
Practice within ethical & legal framework of
the profession
Be an effective communicator
Be a competent provider of health, a role
model and a responsible manager who
help consumers to achieve optimum levels
of care.
Role of
nurse
Provider of
Health Care
Communicator
Collaborator &
coordinator
Health
Educator
Advocacy
Professional
development
Research
Participant
1.Knowledge
and
Understanding
2. Intellectual
Skills
3. Professional
Skills/ Practice
4. General and
Transferable skills
Example: Health Care Provider
Domains
Standards
1.Knowledge &
Understanding
Utilize concepts and principles derived from the
course of study as a body of knowledge for practicing
in a variety of set ups
2. Intellectual
Skills
Synthesize knowledge derived from the scientific,
behavioral and nursing sciences for the development
of professional skills
3. Professional
Skills/ Practice
Use a range of assessment techniques to identify
physical, psychosocial and cultural needs/ problems.
4. General and
Transferable
skills
Work with consumer, (and his/her relatives/),
group/community/population to consider the range of
activities that are feasible/ acceptable in planning the
care including possibilities for referral.
Example: Health Care Provider
Domains
Standards
1.Knowledge &
Understanding
-Identify patient at risk to develop malnutrition.
-Identify complications of nutritional support and
nursing interventions for prevention of these
complications.
2. Intellectual
Skills
-Recognize nutritional alterations associated with
CVS, pulmonary and renal alterations.
-Compare between advantages, disadvantages of
enteral & parenteral feeding in critically ill patient.
3. Professional
Skills/ Practice
-Insert a NGT for critically ill patient.
-Administer enteral tube feeding.
4. General and
Transferable
skills
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team in designing
a nutrition program for critically ill patients.