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Nurse performance: strengths and weaknesses.

J C McCloskey1, B McCain

  • 1College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Nursing Research
|September 1, 1988
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Head nurses and staff nurses largely agree on nursing performance. Professional development skills were rated highly, while teaching and collaboration skills require improvement in nursing practice.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Healthcare Performance Measurement

Background:

  • Evaluating nursing performance is crucial for quality patient care.
  • Standardized instruments can aid in objective performance assessment.
  • Comparing perspectives of different nursing roles offers insights into practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare head nurse and staff nurse rankings of nursing skills.
  • To identify areas of agreement and disagreement in performance evaluations.
  • To determine which nursing skills are performed well and which need improvement.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized performance data from two studies using the same evaluation instrument.
  • Collected rankings from head nurses and staff nurses on 52 specific nursing skills.
  • Employed Spearman correlation coefficients to quantify agreement between different rater groups.

Main Results:

  • High agreement was found between head nurse and staff nurse rankings (Spearman's r = .787 and .823).
  • Excellent agreement was observed between two sets of head nurse rankings (r = .896) and two sets of staff nurse rankings (r = .889).
  • Professional development skills were consistently ranked high, whereas teaching/collaboration skills were identified as areas needing improvement.

Conclusions:

  • Head nurses' and staff nurses' perceptions of performance are highly congruent.
  • Nursing professional development is a strength, but enhanced focus on teaching and collaboration skills is recommended.
  • The findings support the use of this instrument for evaluating nursing performance and guiding professional development.

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