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- Nursing competency includes core abilities that are required for fulfilling one's role as a nurse. Therefore, it is important to clearly define nursing competency to establish a foundation for nursing education curriculum.
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Competencies. Nurses and nursing organizations alike are committed to lifelong learning and continuing competence. Nurses benefit from personal enrichment and professional growth, and it is assurance for members of the public that they are receiving contemporary and high-quality care.
Registered nurses are clinicians who provide safe, competent, ethical, compassionate, and evidence-informed care across the lifespan in response to client needs. Registered nurses integrate knowledge, skills, judgment and professional values from nursing and other diverse sources into their practice.
This framework defines the core competencies required for safe, competent and ethical nurse practitioner practice. The core competencies are transferable across diverse practice settings and client populations. As a result, the framework is fundamental to all nurse practitioner practice in Canada.
Mar 28, 2018 · Nursing competency includes core abilities that are required for fulfilling one's role as a nurse. Therefore, it is important to clearly define nursing competency to establish a foundation for nursing education curriculum.
- Mika Fukada
- 2018
The common defining attributes of competency were knowledge, self-assessment and dynamic state. Competency in nursing practice had many reported positive consequences that include but are not limited to improved patient, nurse and organisational outcomes.
In 2017 the Canadian Council of Registered Nurse Regulators (CCRNR) initiated the revisions of the Entry-Level Competencies of Registered Nurses in Canada (the “ELCs”). A working group comprised of 11 jurisdictions representing registered nurse (RN) regulators in Canada led this initiative.
A consistent definition of competence in nursing is needed considering the significance to nursing professional development. The author bridges the gap between previous concept analyses of competence by creating an overarching model, while discussing the relationship to quality of nursing care.