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U.S. Army Professional Filler System nursing personnel: do they possess competency needed for deployment?
Felecia M Rivers1, Dana H Wertenberger, Katherine Lindgren
1U.S. Army Health Clinic, Katterbach, Germany, APO AE, 09250.
Military Medicine
|April 4, 2006
Summary
This study assessed U.S. Army nursing personnel
Area of Science:
- Military Health
- Nursing Readiness
- Professional Filler System
Background:
- Assessing nursing competency is crucial for military readiness.
- The Professional Filler System (PROFILS) requires personnel to be deployable.
- Existing readiness assessments may not fully capture nursing-specific competencies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the perceived nursing competency and deployment readiness of U.S. Army PROFILS personnel.
- To identify specific dimensions of nursing readiness that require improvement.
- To inform the development of targeted training programs.
Main Methods:
- A purposive sample of 131 U.S. Army PROFILS nurses (RN, LPN, CNA) participated.
- Participants completed the electronic Readiness Estimate and Deployability Index (READI).
- Descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA were used for data analysis.
Main Results:
- Readiness Estimate and Deployability Index (READI) scores were parallel across nursing skill levels.
- Significant differences were found in operational nursing competencies and personal/psychological readiness between facilities.
- Self-reported competencies varied across the six dimensions of the READI.
Conclusions:
- A standardized core competency tool is needed for focused training.
- Targeted interventions can enhance nursing personnel's deployment readiness.
- Addressing operational and psychological readiness is key for military nurses.
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