A 12-topic nursing antimicrobial stewardship course curriculum¶
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Description¶
The developed curriculum comprises 12 topics delivered in a nursing AMS course: AMS and nurses' role; basic microbiology; basic pharmacology and antibiotic classes; AMS strategies and policies; nurses' role in improving antimicrobial allergy labelling; infection prevention and control; optimal microbiology testing and drug level sampling; safe antimicrobial storage and administration; AMS in sepsis; AMS clinical pearls; patient education; and nursing empowerment in AMS. Topics were "intentionally arranged such that the course starts with foundational concepts" with topics requiring greater clinical judgment placed later to build knowledge and enable informed clinical reasoning.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- A lesson plan structured into eight components including topics, learning objectives, content outline, teaching strategies, educational materials, formative evaluation methods, modifications, and estimated delivery time
Constraints¶
- The curriculum was developed considering the scope of practice of the hospital's nurses and to meet the institution's needs, which may limit generalizability to different settings
Target Learners¶
- Registered nurses at a tertiary healthcare institution
Learning Goals¶
- Antimicrobial stewardship knowledge, clinical practice, and patient education skills
Claims¶
- Most nurses expressed satisfaction with the AMS course content and its relevance to everyday practice [+W]
- Nurses reported initiating discussions with prescribers on switching from intravenous to oral antimicrobials after taking the course [+W]
Related Designs¶
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Key Sources¶
- Aldawood Fatima Dawood, Shamas Nour, Alshamrani Majid. (2026). Designing an antimicrobial stewardship curriculum for nurses to strengthen knowledge and clinical practice. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-09314-4
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A 12-topic nursing antimicrobial stewardship course curriculum |
description |
The developed curriculum comprises 12 topics delivered in a nursing AMS course: AMS and nurses' role; basic microbiology; basic pharmacology and antibiotic classes; AMS strategies and policies; nurses' role in improvi... |
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by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-04 |
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1 — aldawood-fatima-dawood-2026 |
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