Competency in nursing practice: a concept analysis
Objective Competency denotes the ability to execute a certain task or action with the necessary knowledge. Competency definitions and measurements are challenging for nursing and other professions due to their multidimensional aspects. This study aimed to clarify the concept of competency in nursing...
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| author | Majd T Mrayyan Abdullah Algunmeeyn Hamzeh Y Abunab Abdallah Abu Khait Mohammad J Rababa Sami Al-Rawashdeh Ahmed Abu Saraya |
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| description | Objective Competency denotes the ability to execute a certain task or action with the necessary knowledge. Competency definitions and measurements are challenging for nursing and other professions due to their multidimensional aspects. This study aimed to clarify the concept of competency in nursing practice and propose an accurate definition.Design Walker and Avant’s approach was used to elucidate the concept of competency in nursing practice.Data sources ScienceDirect, PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus and CINAHL were searched from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2021.Eligibility criteria We included studies with the keywords: “concept analysis”, “competence”, “competency” and “nursing”. The search was limited to full-text studies written in English that used theoretical and empirical approaches.Data extraction and synthesis We extracted the concept’s uses, defining attributes, and the consequences and antecedents of the concept.Results 60 articles were identified from the search process; after excluding duplicates and works unrelated to the study aim and context following the full-text screening, 10 articles were included in this concept analysis. The common defining attributes of competency were knowledge, self-assessment and dynamic state. Competency in nursing practice had many reported positive consequences that include but are not limited to improved patient, nurse and organisational outcomes.Conclusions Nurses can benefit from the result of this analysis in practice to implement professional care, in particular clinical contexts and situations to enhance patients’ health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9befce0c51d942fdbd92b4a969e046982023-06-02T02:00:07ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552023-06-0113610.1136/bmjopen-2022-067352Competency in nursing practice: a concept analysisMajd T Mrayyan0Abdullah Algunmeeyn1Hamzeh Y Abunab2Abdallah Abu Khait3Mohammad J Rababa4Sami Al-Rawashdeh5Ahmed Abu Saraya6Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, JordanFaculty of Nursing, Advanced Nursing Department, Isra University, Amman, JordanFaculty of Nursing, Basic Nursing Department, Isra University, Amman, JordanDepartment of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, JordanDepartment of Adult Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanDepartment of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, JordanDepartment of Adult Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanObjective Competency denotes the ability to execute a certain task or action with the necessary knowledge. Competency definitions and measurements are challenging for nursing and other professions due to their multidimensional aspects. This study aimed to clarify the concept of competency in nursing practice and propose an accurate definition.Design Walker and Avant’s approach was used to elucidate the concept of competency in nursing practice.Data sources ScienceDirect, PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus and CINAHL were searched from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2021.Eligibility criteria We included studies with the keywords: “concept analysis”, “competence”, “competency” and “nursing”. The search was limited to full-text studies written in English that used theoretical and empirical approaches.Data extraction and synthesis We extracted the concept’s uses, defining attributes, and the consequences and antecedents of the concept.Results 60 articles were identified from the search process; after excluding duplicates and works unrelated to the study aim and context following the full-text screening, 10 articles were included in this concept analysis. The common defining attributes of competency were knowledge, self-assessment and dynamic state. Competency in nursing practice had many reported positive consequences that include but are not limited to improved patient, nurse and organisational outcomes.Conclusions Nurses can benefit from the result of this analysis in practice to implement professional care, in particular clinical contexts and situations to enhance patients’ health.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/6/e067352.full |
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