(1) Background: The nurse manager competency model is widely used in hospitals in the management of nursing human resources. This study aimed to construct a scientific and practical model of nurse manager competency, which can be used as a tool by hospitals to select nurse managers. (2) Methods: The nurses’ competency indicators were first collected through a literature review and behavioral event interview, and the preliminary screening of competency elements was based on the Delphi method. Then, questionnaires and statistical analyses were used to determine the elements of the model. The reliability was determined using Cronbach’s alpha. Factor analysis was used to delineate the dimensions of the model. (3) Results: The results of the factor analysis show that the 22 competency elements were grouped into the four dimensions of leadership and management ability, personal traits, professional quality, and professional ability. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the four dimensions ranged from 0.745 to 0.885, which indicated a high level of reliability. The result of the factor analysis indicated a high structural validity and fitting effect. (4) Conclusions: Our study indicates that the nurse manager competency model of tertiary general hospitals is an instrument with fair reliability and validity that fully reflects the characteristics of nurses in Chinese public hospitals.

Aims: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) face various physical and mental limitations resulting from different renal replacement therapy (RRT) modalities. Renal transplantation (Tx) is considered as the treatment that impacts most on health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This study aimed to analyze and compare the HRQOL, depressive symptoms and stress in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD) and Tx.Methods: A single-center cross-sectional sample of 32 HD patients, 22 PD patients and 147 Tx patients participated in our questionnaire survey. Measurements for this study included the MOS 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Perceived Stress Scale 14 (PSS-14). Multivariate regression models, including a linear regression model and an ordinal logistic regression model, were employed to analyze health differences among patients undergoing HD, PD and Tx.Results: Tx patients showed better results of PCS (P=0.002) and PSS-14 (P=0.046), compared to HD patients. There was no significant difference among three different RRT modalities regarding the scores of MCS, while the Tx group significantly suffered from milder depressive symptoms than the other two groups (P<0.001). The scores of PCS were associated with age, and the scores of PSS-14 were associated with RRT modality, education level and type of insurance. The variables associated with severity of depressive symptoms were occupation status and RRT modality.Conclusions: Tx patients had better HRQOL and psychological well-being. RRT modality, education level and type of insurance were significant factors of psychological well-being of ESRD patients. Multiple measures performed to examine the psychological well-being of ESRD patients need to be developed.