Downing, Sandra, Dean, Judith, Mainey, Lydia, Balnaves, Mary-Claire, Peberdy, Lisa, Peacock, Ann, and Cappiello, Joyce (2020) Unintended pregnancy prevention and care education: are we adequately preparing entry-to-practice nursing and midwifery students? Australian Nursing Journal, 27 (1). pp. 32-33.

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Abstract

Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) demands an optimised workforce where nurses and midwives are able to provide the best quality care in accordance with their full scope of practice (World Health Organization 2020; Bender et al. 2016).

However, political, legislative, and educational barriers prevent nurses and midwives from working to their full scope in the area of unintended pregnancy prevention and care (UPPC) (Mainey et al. 2020).

One important contributing factor is the inadequate coverage of the subject in nursing and midwifery curricula (Mainey et al. 2020).

With unintended pregnancy and abortion affecting one-quarter of Australian women(Taft et al. 2018; Scheil et al. 2017), nursing and midwifery educators must seriously consider matching the scope of practice of graduating students to health needs of this population.

Item ID:	68842
Item Type:	Article (Commentary)
ISSN:	2207-1512
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2021 23:45
FoR Codes:	42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4205 Nursing > 420599 Nursing not elsewhere classified @ 100%
SEO Codes:	16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1603 Teaching and curriculum > 160399 Teaching and curriculum not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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