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A systematic model to compare nurses' optimal and actual competencies in the clinical setting.
- Source :
- Journal of Advanced Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.); Feb2012, Vol. 68 Issue 2, p414-422, 9p, 2 Diagrams, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- meretoja r. & koponen l. (2012) A systematic model to compare nurses' optimal and actual competencies in the clinical setting. Journal of Advanced Nursing 68(2), 414-422. Abstract Aim. This paper is a report of a study to develop a model to compare nurses' optimal and actual competencies in the clinical setting. Background. Although future challenge is to focus the developmental and educational targets in health care, limited information is available on methods for how to predict optimal competencies. Method. A multidisciplinary group of 24 experts on perioperative care were recruited to this study. They anticipated the effects of future challenges on perioperative care and specified the level of optimal competencies by using the Nurse Competence Scale before and after group discussions. The expert group consensus discussions were held to achieve the highest possible agreement on the overall level of optimal competencies. Registered Nurses ( n = 87) and their nurse managers from five different units conducted assessments of the actual level of nurse competence with the Nurse Competence Scale instrument. Data were collected in 2006-2007. Results. Group consensus discussions solidified experts' anticipations about the optimal competence level. This optimal competence level was significantly higher than the nurses' self-reported actual or nurse managers' assessed level of actual competence. The study revealed some competence items that were seen as key challenges for future education of professional nursing practice. Conclusion. It is important that the multidisciplinary experts in a particular care context develop a share understanding of the future competency requirements of patient care. Combining optimal competence profiles to systematic competence assessments contribute to targeted continual learning and educational interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ACADEMIC medical centers
ANALYSIS of variance
CAREER development
CLINICAL competence
COMPARATIVE studies
CONTENT analysis
HOSPITAL personnel
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL personnel in-service training
NURSE administrators
NURSE anesthetists
NURSES
NURSING practice
NURSING career counseling
OPERATING room nursing
PERSONNEL management
RESEARCH funding
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SELF-evaluation
SURGEONS
SURVEYS
TEACHERS
QUALITATIVE research
JUDGMENT sampling
QUANTITATIVE research
VISUAL analog scale
NATIONAL competency-based educational tests
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03092402
- Volume :
- 68
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Advanced Nursing (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 70211036
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05754.x