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Validating competency at the bedside.

Dora Bradley1, Susan Huseman

  • 1Shawnee Mission Medical Center, 9100 West 74th Street, Shawnee Mission, KS 66204, USA. dora.bradley@shawneemission.org

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development : JNSD : Official Journal of the National Nursing Staff Development Organization
|August 5, 2003
PubMed
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Registered nurses face practice challenges, so educators developed an observed performance method to validate nursing competency. This innovative approach, initially for pain management, can assess other high-risk skills.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education
  • Healthcare Quality Improvement
  • Clinical Competency Assessment

Background:

  • Nursing practice is increasingly complex due to evolving equipment, staffing, patient acuity, time pressures, and regulatory demands.
  • Validating registered nurses' (RNs) competency is crucial for patient safety and quality care.
  • Existing methods may not adequately address the dynamic challenges faced by nurses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe an innovative approach for validating registered nurses' competency in a hospital setting.
  • To introduce a prototype for assessing high-priority and high-risk nursing skills.
  • To provide a replicable model for competency validation beyond the initial focus area.

Main Methods:

  • Development and implementation of an observed performance format for competency validation.

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  • Focus on a specific high-priority competency: pain management.
  • Utilizing a 380-bed hospital in the Midwest as the setting for the prototype.

    • Main Results:

    • The observed performance format provided a structured method for competency validation.
    • The pain management competency validation served as a successful prototype.
    • The approach demonstrated potential for broader application to other critical nursing skills.

    Conclusions:

    • An observed performance format is an effective strategy for validating nursing competency amidst evolving healthcare demands.
    • This innovative method can be adapted to assess various high-risk and high-profile competencies.
    • The validated prototype supports continuous improvement in nursing education and practice standards.