Competency assessment tools: An exploration of the pedagogical issues facing competency assessment for nurses in the clinical environment

Franklin, Natasha; Melville, Paula

doi:10.1016/j.colegn.2013.10.005

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“…) and is associated with several variables, as seen in this review. Therefore, longitudinal research following competence development over time is required (Franklin & Melville ).…”

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“…, Walsh et al . , Yanhua & Watson , Franklin & Melville ). Specific instruments have been developed for particular fields, e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the last decade, more instruments have also been released for practicing nurses. Both specific and generic instruments have been identified (Meretoja & Leino-Kilpi 2001, Watson et al 2002, Walsh et al 2009, Yanhua & Watson 2011, Franklin & Melville 2015. Specific instruments have been developed for particular fields, e.g.…”

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Nurse Competence Scale: a systematic and psychometric review

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Leino‐Kilpi

Numminen

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“…) and is associated with several variables, as seen in this review. Therefore, longitudinal research following competence development over time is required (Franklin & Melville ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…, Walsh et al . , Yanhua & Watson , Franklin & Melville ). Specific instruments have been developed for particular fields, e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Nurse Competence Scale: a systematic and psychometric review

Flinkman

Leino‐Kilpi

Numminen

et al. 2016

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Developing and measuring competencies are highly relevant issues in critical care nursing globally (Lakanmaa et al ., ; Williams et al ., ). Measuring competence as a broad concept is a complex task with many challenges (Flinkman et al ., ; Franklin and Melville, ); thus, there is a need to focus on concrete and contextual clinical skills (Windsor et al ., ). Measuring patient observation skills provides a concrete insight into CCNs' competence (Lakanmaa et al ., ), and information can be used in developing education and training.…”

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Critical care nurses' self‐assessed patient observation skills: a cross‐sectional survey study

Alastalo

Salminen

Jeon

et al. 2019

Nursing in Critical Care

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Background Observing a patient's clinical condition is an important responsibility of critical care nurses and an essential component of their competence. Critical care nurses' patient observation skills contribute to patient safety and quality of care. These observation skills have not been assessed or measured previously. Aim The aim of this study was to measure the self‐assessed level of critical care nurses' patient observation skills and to explore the factors associated with these skills. Study design This was a multicentre cross‐sectional survey conducted in Finland. Methods The sample consisted of critical care nurses working at Finnish university hospitals. The data were collected between September 2017 and January 2018 using an instrument developed for the study – Patient Observation Skills in Critical Care Nursing (visual analogue scale 0–100). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. Results A total of 372 critical care nurses (49%) responded. Finnish critical care nurses assessed their patient observation skills overall as excellent. The bio‐physiological foundation was assessed as good, whereas skills in using observation methods and skills in recognizing changing clinical condition were assessed as excellent. Education for special tasks in intensive care units, information searching in scientific journals, working experience in critical care nursing and critical care nurses' perception of critical care as a preferred field of nursing were factors promoting patient observation skills. Conclusions and relevance to clinical practice The study provided a novel instrument for measuring critical care nurses' patient observation skills. The instrument may be used as an assessment tool in clinical practice and education. Developing orientation and on‐the‐job training in intensive care units are essential in assuring critical care nurses' adequate patient observation skills. Patient observation skills could be developed during nursing education by providing students with opportunities for clinical training and applying patient cases in virtual learning environments.

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“…[2] The relationship between these terms is unclear [3] not only in nursing but also in other fields of health. Past studies [4,5] have comprehensively explored the concept of these terms within nursing. Competence is defined as the ability to perform a task with desirable outcomes.…”

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Measurement of clinical nurse performance: Developing a tool including contextual items

Kahya

Oral

2018

JNEP

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Assessment of nurse performance plays an important role in guaranteeing high quality clinic care to achieve desired patient outcomes. Many tools measuring nurse performance in clinical settings have different dimensions of nurse skills. The objective of this research is to develop and test a new performance assessment tool incorporating applicable task and contextual performance items to measure clinical nurse's performance. Thirty-eight performance items were derived from previously cited literature and some tools that were in use. A questionnaire containing all items under eight categories was designed to reveal the appropriateness levels of the items. It was distributed to 233 clinical nurses from different hospitals in one city, who were asked to score them on a seven-point scale. The results indicate that although clinical skill and professional skill are the most important categories, the most scored item is "Working systematically" (mean = 6.07, s.d. = 0.89) in contextual category.

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Competency assessment tools: An exploration of the pedagogical issues facing competency assessment for nurses in the clinical environment

Cited by 66 publications

References 26 publications

Nurse Competence Scale: a systematic and psychometric review

Nurse Competence Scale: a systematic and psychometric review

Critical care nurses' self‐assessed patient observation skills: a cross‐sectional survey study

Measurement of clinical nurse performance: Developing a tool including contextual items

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