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- Nurses’ clinical competency is a significant issue in various medical fields, with several factors having roles in paying attention to clinical competence among nurses, including rapid changes in healthcare systems, the need to provide safe and cost-effective services, improvement of the level of community health awareness, expectations for receiving higher quality services, and the desire of health organizations to use competent health workforce.
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Maintaining competence is a professional responsibility for nurses. Individual nurses are accountable for their practice, as outlined in the American Nurses Association's Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.
- Susan L. Bindon
- 2017
- Search Strategy
- Data Analysis
- Findings
- Organisational Culture Shapes The Conditions
- Supportive Environment as A Prerequisite
- Attitudes and Motivation Reflect Nurse’S Professional Values
- Nurses’ Perceptions of Barriers
- Perceived Impact on Practice as A CORE Value
A comprehensive systematic search of literature was subsequently conducted on Medline (OVID), PubMed and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Web of Science (Clarivate) and ERIC (ProQuest). The literature search was conducted by a librarian. The literature search was conducted in December 2019 and was limited to articl...
A total of 1675 records were identified, and following de-duplication, 1395 articles remained. All 1395 articles were screened. Articles had to address nurses’ CPD and continuing education, using qualitative oriented methods. After the first screening 72 articles remained. These articles were divided into three batches and were divided among the re...
From the metasynthesis we present five overarching themes, Organisational culture shapes the conditions, Supportive environment as a prerequisite, Attitudes and motivation reflect nurse’s professional values, Nurses’ perceptions of barriers and Perceived impact on practice as a core value. Each theme is further explained below with references to th...
Organisational culture played an important role towards the professional development of staff. Organisational commitment and support to personal and professional development of its staff was seen as an indication that staff were valued [5, 15] Moreover, CPD initiatives contributed to attracting and retaining staff . Additionally, a culture that was...
An environment that supports learning was seen as a necessary prerequisite for CPD. Conditions had to include, flexible off-duty patterns to allow time for staff to study, availability of workplace learning, workloads were not excessive and CPD was fully funded or a shared responsibility between employer and staff [46, 52]. Other indicators of a su...
The value and importance of CPD was discussed in many of the studies. In some, CPD was perceived to be key in defining nurse professionalism [6, 15, 40, 47, 49]. Engaging in CPD was also viewed by new nurse graduates as an important element of their individual professionalisation in nursing [6, 15, 40]. In addition, CPD was perceived to be importan...
Poor staffing levels, heavy workloads, lack of funding, lack of study time and anti-intellectualism were some of the perceived barriers to CPD brought out by this review. Participants in the studies reviewed felt that a lack of organisational support, especially from their managers, was an indication that the organisation did not take professional ...
The impact of CPD on nursing practice was perceived as important and valuable in different ways. The impact could be both direct and indirect depending on the organisational culture [41, 45]. This mixed perception could be due to the complex nature of health care organisations which can make knowledge sharing difficult and that some CPD learning w...
- Mandlenkosi Mlambo, Charlotte Silén, Cormac McGrath, Cormac McGrath
- 2021
Nov 14, 2021 · Whether formal or informal, the purpose of CPD is to enable nurses and midwives to continually update and renew their knowledge and skills, enhance evidence-based practice and ultimately ensure that they are able to meet patient needs and service delivery in a constantly changing practice environment.
May 7, 2023 · Nurses must maintain their professional competences and evaluate and prioritize their clinical competence indicators to improve the healthcare system. Evaluation of clinical competence is particularly important in critical situations, which can improve patients’ condition.
- 10.1186/s12912-023-01330-9
- 2023
- BMC Nurs. 2023; 22: 156.
Jul 14, 2022 · The clinical competence of nurses should be maintained to ensure patient safety. Competence is the integration of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Nurse competency also improves the quality of nursing care and reduces the incidence of missed nursing care.
Jul 27, 2017 · 1. Discuss the importance of engaging in various types of NPD activities. 2. Describe the different requirements for NPD activities. 3. Identify barriers to participating in NPD activities.
Apr 1, 2020 · The resulting framework comprises seven domains representing nurses’ responsibilities for healthcare quality: (a) Management of the Environment; (b) Promotion of Safety; (c) Evidence Based Practice; (d) Medical and Technical Competence; (e) Person Centred Care; (f) Positive Interpersonal Behaviours; and (g) Clinical Leadership and Governance.
