Implementation of Clinical Best Practice Guidelines Done by The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) in the Nursing Curriculum at Universidad de Chile

Abstract

Introduction: The research developed in the recent time in nursing, has generated knowledge that improve health care provided by professionals, has generated clinical guidelines and protocols in order to provide health professionals with the best evidence for clinical practice, seeing that it benefits mainly the patients requiring care, and the care-providing institutions by reducing their costs. To reach this goal it is essential in the ongoing training of health professionals and training institutions to include in their training programs such content. Objective: This article presents the experience of implementing four guides of good clinical practices elaborated by Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) in both training plans which in that moment the School of Nursing of Universidad de Chile was developing for the future professionals. Methodology: The methodology of implementation considered as reference the material elaborated by RNAO denominated “Resources for the Teaching”, which relies on models of development and progression of learning as the Patricia Benner model for the elaboration of the hypothesis of progression of the contents in the Nursing curriculum, as well as the Miller pyramid for the evaluation of the competences. Conclusions: It is expected that the students, once they finish their training, can count on these tools that allow them a professional performance giving nursing care based on the scientific evidence.[Silva-G A. Implementation of Clinical Best Practice Guidelines Done by The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) in the Nursing Curriculum at Universidad de Chile. MedUNAB 2015; 17(3): 182-189].