Competency Based Nursing Curriculum: Establishing the Standards for Nursing Competencies in Higher Education

Abstract

Competency is the basic standard for all healthcare professionals when providing care to recipients. The practice of good nursing begins primarily in the study of the nursing program and in the preparation of a nurse with high efficiency in nursing skills. This paper presents the concept of nursing competencies for Saudi nursing and its importance in implementing the national transition program 20/30, and the nursing competencies framework related to the graduate of the Bachelor of Nursing and the methods used in response to the needs of the academic and educational environment, and the stages to develop a competency-based approach.

The Effect of Instructional Intervention about Competency-Based Nursing Education on academic’s knowledge, planning skills, and their acceptance during COVID Pandemic.

“…Hence, qualifies nurses will face any healthcare risks competently and the credit hours system will be more supportede, specially, by licensure boards by CBNE in recruitment and license exams. (Salem et al, in 2018and Ramos-Morcillo in 2020, Fukada 2018, Pijl-Zieber et al, 2013, Salman et al, 2020 Furthermore, and oppositely to the current study finding, Wallace in 2021 highlighted that particularly, in Egypt and Africa, nursing educators found an apparent obstacle in offering adequate facilities and equipment's in clinical nursing practice with CBNE. Most hospitals have a severe shortage of training requirements.…”

“…Mainly, with CBNE as a valuable direction for nursing practice, nurse educators have to be initiative, motivated and gratified and be sure that CBNE is a methodology for dealing with COVID emergency, not a source of fear or anxiety. (Harerimana and Beer 2013, Satoh et al, 2020, Ramos-Morcillo 2020, Wallace in 2021 Dissimilarly with the previous results and discussions , Salem et al, in 2018 andRamos-Morcillo in 2020declared that the nurse educators have some stresses and sufferings due to integration of CBNE quality requirements and safety of themselves and students in nursing practice, mainly during clinical risk time. These stresses may affect negatively on their attitude to follow and adhere to CBNE methodology effectively, particularly with COVID restrictions.…”

“…Those competencies are highly required to enable nurses to carry out their vital roles such as health promoters, educators, counselors, care coordinators, case managers, and researchers. (Bates 2020, Jung et al, 2020 Salem et al, 2018 Nowadays, incorporating, carrying out, and evaluating CBNE nationally and internationally, is a hope in nursing colleges. In line with Fastre et al, in 2014, it is important to give the nurse students the assessment criteria and the learning skills during their training with specific performance criteria.…”

“…Therefore, in Egypt, the ministry of higher education put a clear vision to incorporate CBNE in the nursing curricula that allow nursing students to demonstrate mastery in nursing practice and professional competencies through their work performance and against any healthcare risks. , Salem et al, 2018, Western Governor's University 2016, Englander et al, 2013, Ramos et al, 2020, Dashash et al, 2020 The ministry of higher education obligated all universities to start incorporation of CBE planning in all courses in Bachelor programs in 2018-2020. The COVID-19 pandemic situation started in 2019-2020, parallel with the starting point of CBE, in Egypt, which is a valuable and beneficial coincidence.…”

Approach to Developing a Core Competency Framework for Student Nurses in Saudi Arabia: Results from Delphi Technique

“…In developing countries in particular, traditional didactic teaching is a mainstay of nursing education, while task and apprentice-based models and the service role of nursing are still widely emphasized, according to [ 20 ]. This is certainly the case in the Middle East, where current nursing curricula are focused on these traditional criteria, a situation which Salem and Aboshaiqah [ 21 ] advise must be transformed if nurses are to meet the complex healthcare needs of patients today in the rapidly changing demographic landscape.…”