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Simone Ohlin1, Sue King1, Mari Takashima2
1Central Queensland University, Queensland, Australia.
Nurse Education in Practice
|May 3, 2024
Summary
A new workplace performance tool clarifies the Enrolled Nurse (EN) role, aiding learning and safe practice. This criterion-based assessment tool helps differentiate EN responsibilities from other nursing roles.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Healthcare Workforce Development
- Professional Standards
Background:
- Nursing workforces internationally include regulated and unregulated staff, with two tiers of regulated nurses in Australia: Registered Nurses (RNs) and Enrolled Nurses (ENs).
- Educational preparation differences between RNs and ENs are often not clearly distinguished in practice, leading to role interchangeability.
- Clarifying roles is crucial for effective performance assessment, guiding further learning and ensuring safe patient care, especially with growing healthcare workforces.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a user-friendly workplace performance assessment tool specifically for Enrolled Nurses (ENs).
- To enhance clarity and focus learning by aligning the tool with EN standards of practice.
- To improve the differentiation of the EN role from other nursing positions.
Main Methods:
- A two-phase sequential, non-experimental design was employed.
- Phase one involved focus groups (n=48), an expert reference panel (n=8), and end-users (n=16) to create plain language statements.
- Phase two consisted of field testing these developed statements.
Main Results:
- A 30-item, criterion-based workplace performance tool was successfully developed.
- Principal component analysis revealed three key areas of EN practice: higher-order thinking and problem-solving, routine daily care activities, and personal/social attributes.
- The tool's statements were found to be organized around these core practice areas.
Conclusions:
- The developed assessment tool aids in identifying suitable learning activities and provides cues for discussing learning needs.
- Analysis of the tool helped discriminate broader elements of Enrolled Nurse workplace performance.
- Plain language statements and behavioral cues in assessment tools enhance the validity and consistency of evaluation, supporting workplace learning and role clarity for nurses.
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