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COMPETENCY STANDARDS SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CORE COMPETENCY

STANDARDS:
The Core Competency Standards will serve as a
unifying framework for Nursing Education,
regulation and practice. Specifically it will serve as:

TECHNICAL
SKILLS + BEHAVIORAL
SKILLS = COMPETENCE  Guide in developing curriculum in nursing.
 Framework in developing test syllabus for entrants
into the nursing profession.
 Tool for performance evaluation among nurses.
 Basis for advanced practice and specialization.
 Framework for developing a training curriculum of
nurses.
 Yardstick for unethical and unprofessional practice
of Nursing.

THE CORE COMPETENCY FOR THE ENTRY-LEVEL


1. SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING CARE
[ TERMINAL COMPETENCIES ]
There are eleven (11) core competency areas for nursing INDICATORS:
practice that were identified which include the following:
 Demonstrates knowledge based on the health illness
 Safe and Quality Nursing Care
status of individuals and groups
 Management of Resources & Environment
 Provides sound decision making in the care of
 Health Education individuals/ groups considering their beliefs and values.
 Legal Responsibility  Promotes safety and comfort of patients
 Ethico-Moral Responsibility  Sets priorities in Nursing care based on patient’s needs
 Personal and professional Development  Ensures continuity of care
 Quality Improvement  Administers medications and other health therapeutics
 Research  Utilizes the Nursing Process as framework for nursing
 Record Management  Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with patients
 Communication and other members of the health team
 Collaboration and Teamwork  Evaluates progress toward expected outcomes
 Responds to the urgency of the patient’s condition
2. MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES AND 3. HEALTH EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENT

INDICATORS:
 Assess the learning needs of the patient
INDICATORS:
and family
 Develops health education plan based on
 Organize workload to facilitate patient assessed and anticipated needs.
care.  Develops learning materials for health
 Utilizes resources to support patient care. education.
 Ensures functioning of resources  Implements health education plan
 Maintains a safe environment  Evaluates the outcome of health education

4. LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY 5. ETHICO-MORAL RESPONSIBILITY

INDICATORS: INDICATORS:
 Adheres to practices in accordance
with the nursing law and other  Respect the rights of individuals/
relevant legislation including group
contracts, informed consent.  Accepts responsibility and
 Adheres to organizational policies accountability for own decision and
and procedures, local and national actions
 Documents care rendered to patients  Adheres national and international
code of ethics for nurses.

6. PERSONAL AND 7. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INDICATORS:
INDICATORS:
 Gathers data for quality improvement
 Pursues continuing education
 Participates in nursing audits
 Identifies own learning needs
 Identifies and reports variances
 Gets involved in professional
organizations and civic activities.  Recommends solutions to identified
 Projects a professional image of the problems
nurse
 Possess positive attitudes towards
change and criticisms.
 Performs function according to
professional standards.
8. RESEARCH 9. RECORDS MANAGEMENT

INDICATORS: INDICATORS:

 Gathers data using different  Maintains accurate and updated


methodologies. documentation of patient care
 Recommends action for implementation  Records outcome of patient care.
 Disseminates results of research findings  Observes legal imperatives in recording
 Applies research findings in nursing and keeping.
practice

10. COMMUNICATION 11. COLLABORATION AND


TEAMWORK
INDICATORS:
INDICATORS:
 Establishes rapport with patients,
significant others and members of the  Establishes collaborative relationship with
health team. colleagues and other members of the
 Identifies verbal and non-verbal cues. health team
 Utilizes formal and informal channels.  Collaborates plan of care with other
 Responds to needs of individuals, family, members of the health team.
group and community.
 Uses appropriate information technology
to facilitate communication.
Thank You

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