Entrustable professional activities in nursing: A concept analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) is a newly emerging concept. This paper aims at analyzing the concept of "EPAs" to clarify the meaning and to identify its components for optimum understanding of the concept for use in nursing education and future research.

Method

Three databases - ProQuest, Ovid, and PubMed- were retrieved, and Walker and Avant's concept analysis approach was used to analyze the concept of EPAs.

Results

Based on the analysis, three attributes of EPAs were defined, namely 1) EPAs should be restricted to a limited number of tasks; 2)reflect the experience curve; and 3) include acceptance of responsibility and accountability. The antecedent of EPAs is a holistic and integrated assessment approach. This will eventually lead to anticip

SUBMITTER: Al-Moteri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7424159 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature