Abstract

Registered nurses in the United States (U.S.) are increasingly expected to demonstrate excellent nterprofessional collaboration skills. However, innovative approaches for inclusive curriculum design, ethods, and integration guidelines that implement interprofessional education (IPE) is significantly acking in prelicensure registered nursing education. This project aimed to design and implement nnovative IPE curriculum for prelicensure registered nursing education with an emphasis on inclusive nd safe learning. The impact of the curriculum on students’ perceptions of professional socialization, eadiness to function as members of an interprofessional team, and interprofessional collaboration skills were evaluated using a pre and posttest design from two validated instruments: the Interprofessional ocialization Valuing Scale (ISVS) and the Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale AITCS). Data were collected from 67 prelicensure registered nursing students. Results revealed the ISVS nd the AITCS scores showed statistically meaningful score increases, p < .001, d = 5.30, and p < .001, espectively. This project provides an effective, innovate approach using interprofessional education as a ay to provide education in meaningful, inclusive and safe learning environment.