BACKGROUND There is growing recognition by national and international policymakers of the contribution nurses make towards antimicrobial stewardship. Although undergraduate education provides an ideal opportunity to prepare nurses for antimicrobial stewardship roles and activities, only two-thirds of undergraduate nursing programmes incorporate any antimicrobial stewardship teaching and only 12% cover all the recommended antimicrobial stewardship principles. Nurses also report that they do not have a good knowledge of antibiotics, and many have not heard of the term antimicrobial stewardship. AIM To provide international consensus on the antimicrobial stewardship competency descriptors appropriate for undergraduate nurse education. METHODS A modified Delphi approach comprising two online surveys delivered to an international panel of 15 individuals reflecting expertise in prescribing and medicines management in the education and practice of nurses; and antimicrobial stewardship. Data collection took place between February and March 2019. FINDINGS A total of 15 participants agreed to become members of the expert panel, of whom 13 (86%) completed round 1 questionnaire, and 13 (100%) completed round 2. Consensus was achieved, with consistently high levels of agreement across panel members, on six overarching competency domains and 63 descriptors, essential for antimicrobial stewardship practice. CONCLUSION The competency descriptors should be used to direct undergraduate nurse education and the antimicrobial stewardship practices of qualified nurses (including those working in new roles such as Nursing Associates) due to the high levels of agreement reached on competency descriptors.

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发展基于共识的国际抗微生物管理能力，用于本科护士教育。

背景技术国家和国际政策制定者越来越认识到护士对抗菌素管理的贡献。尽管本科教育为护士做好抗菌管理职责和活动的准备提供了理想的机会，但只有三分之二的本科护理课程纳入了任何抗菌管理教学，只有12％涵盖了所有推荐的抗菌管理原则。护士还报告说，他们对抗生素不了解，而且许多人还没有听说过抗菌管理一词。目的针对适合本科护士教育的抗菌素管理能力描述标准达成国际共识。方法：一种改进的德尔菲方法，包括向国际15人小组提供的两项在线调查，反映了在护士的教育和实践中处方和药物管理方面的专业知识；和抗菌素管理。数据收集于2019年2月至3月之间进行。结果共有15名参与者同意成为专家小组成员，其中13名（86％）完成了第一轮问卷调查，13名（100％）完成了第二轮问卷调查。小组成员之间在六个总体胜任能力领域和63个描述符方面始终保持高度一致，这对于抗菌素管理实践必不可少。