title: Essential competencies in nursing education for prevention and care related to unintended pregnancy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the essential competencies for prevention and care related to unintended pregnancy to develop program outcomes for nursing curricula.
  
  
  METHODS
  Modified Delphi study.
  
  
  METHODS
  National.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-five nurse experts, including academic faculty and advanced practice nurses providing sexual and reproductive health care in primary or specialty care settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Expert panelists completed a three-round Delphi study using an electronic survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty-five panelists completed the first round survey, and 72 panelists completed all three rounds. Twenty-seven items achieved consensus of at least 75% of the experts by the third round to comprise the educational competencies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Through an iterative process, experts in prevention and care related to unintended pregnancy reached consensus on 27 core educational competencies for nursing education. The competencies provide a framework for curricular development in an important area of nursing education.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hewitt
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cappiello
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods*; D003479:Curriculum; D003697:Delphi Technique; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D049168:Pregnancy, Unplanned; D014481:United States
keywords: abortion; education competencies; nursing education; pregnancy; pregnancy prevention; unintended pregnancy