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  • Nursing
  • Healthcare Education
  • Professional Standards

Background:

  • Competencies are foundational for practice-based professions but may be insufficient for dynamic healthcare settings.
  • Advanced practice roles, like nurse practitioners, demand adaptability and skills for unpredictable situations.
  • Capability, encompassing skills, knowledge, values, and self-esteem, enables management of change and flexibility beyond mere competence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To discuss the application of a capability framework for advanced practice nursing standards and competencies.
  • To explore capability as a superior framework for advanced nursing practice standards.

Main Methods:

  • This paper is a discussion paper.
  • Explores 'capability' as a framework for advanced nursing practice standards.
  • Data were sourced from electronic databases.

Main Results:

  • Traditional health education focuses on competence, which may not suffice for advanced practice.
  • Capability offers a more holistic approach for developing advanced practitioners.
  • A capability framework is essential for meeting the demands of modern healthcare.

Conclusions:

  • As advanced practice nursing evolves, new methods for teaching and assessing experienced clinicians are crucial.
  • Embracing capability is vital for healthcare delivery to keep pace with increasing demand and continuous change.
  • A capability framework is imperative for advanced practice and education in healthcare.