Background: An update of the nursing core curriculum was released in 2019 and revised to meet the challenges of the Israeli health system. The revision was based on the Advisory Committee's (2017) recommendations and outcomes of a Nursing Administration Inspection (2018). The implementation process of the nursing core curriculum has never been broadly evaluated in Israel. This study aimed to examine factors associated with concerns of nursing educators during the implementation process. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on a representative sample of nursing educators in Israel. 107 nursing educators answered two questionnaires distributed from November 2019 until September 2020: Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SOCQ) and a questionnaire designed for the current research. The statistical analysis included Pearson and Spearman correlations and multiple linear regressions. Results: The findings revealed several associations regarding nursing and educational experience, familiarity, perception, and use of the current (2012) and new (2020) core curriculum, as well as organizational climate, with the nursing faculty members' concerns during innovation implementation. Training was positively related to the final stages of concern, supporting the effectiveness of educators' preparation in the implementation process. Conclusion: A comprehensive approach to the core curriculum revision based on collaboration with educators and advance training on innovation involves the educators in the task and reduces their concerns during the implementation process.
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- kurikulum MeSH
- organizační inovace MeSH
- průřezové studie MeSH
- průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
- rozšiřování inovací MeSH
- studium ošetřovatelství * metody MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Izrael MeSH
