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Admiral nursing competency project: practice development and action research.

Jan Dewing1, Victoria Traynor

  • 1Practice Development, RCN Institute, Cavendish Square, London, UK. jan.dewing@rcn.org.uk

Journal of Clinical Nursing
|June 11, 2005
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A new competency framework was developed for Admiral Nurses, specialist dementia care nurses, to demonstrate their evolving skills and meet higher practice standards. This framework supports lifelong learning and cultural change in specialist nursing practice.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Healthcare Management

Background:

  • Admiral Nurses are specialist community-based dementia care nurses.
  • The project aimed to develop a competency framework for Admiral Nurses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To collaboratively develop a competency framework reflecting the Admiral Nursing Service needs.
  • To provide a structure for demonstrating evolving competency.
  • To enable nurses to evidence achievement of the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council's Higher Level Practice standard.

Main Methods:

  • Emancipatory action research and systematic practice development approaches were used.
  • Emphasis was placed on promoting enlightenment, critical reflection, and ownership.
  • Methods facilitated long-term commitment to the competency framework.

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Main Results:

  • A specialist nursing competency framework with eight core competencies and three levels was developed.
  • Guidance documentation was created for generating work-based evidence of competence.
  • Practitioners gained skills in researching their own practice and increased awareness of their team and organizational culture.

Conclusions:

  • Combining systematic practice development with action research achieved project aims and fostered skills for cultural change in practice.
  • The competency framework enables Admiral Nurses to demonstrate specialist practice and promotes lifelong learning.
  • The project highlights the collaborative potential for nurses in designing competency frameworks and the challenges involved.