Nurses’ clinical competency and its correlates: before and during the COVID-19 outbreak
Abstract Background Clinical competency is the ability to integrate knowledge, skills, attitudes and values into a clinical situation and it is very important in nursing education, clinical settings, nursing management, and crises. This study aimed to investigate nurses’ professional competence and...
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| author | Tian Hui Mohammad Ali Zakeri Yaser Soltanmoradi Neda Rahimi Sayed Mortaza Hossini Rafsanjanipoor Majid Nouroozi Mahlagha Dehghan |
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| description | Abstract Background Clinical competency is the ability to integrate knowledge, skills, attitudes and values into a clinical situation and it is very important in nursing education, clinical settings, nursing management, and crises. This study aimed to investigate nurses’ professional competence and its correlates before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We conducted this cross-sectional study before and during the COVID-19 outbreak and recruited all nurses working in hospitals affiliated to Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, southern Iran, so we included 260 and 246 nurses in the study before and during the COVID-19 epidemic, respectively. Competency Inventory for Registered Nurses (CIRN) was used to collect data. After inputting the data into SPSS24, we analysed them using descriptive statistics, chi-square and multivariate logistic tests. A significant level of 0.05 was considered. Results The mean clinical competency scores of nurses were 156.97 ± 31.40 and 161.97 ± 31.36 before and during the COVID-19 epidemic, respectively. The total clinical competency score before the COVID-19 epidemic was not significantly different from that during the COVID-19 epidemic. Interpersonal relationships (p = 0.03) and desire for research/critical thinking (p = 0.01) were significantly lower before the COVID-19 outbreak than during the COVID-19 outbreak. Only shift type had an association with clinical competency before the COVID-19 outbreak, while work experience had an association with clinical competency during the COVID-19 epidemic. Conclusion The clinical competency among nurses was moderate before and during the COVID-19 epidemic. Paying attention to the clinical competence of nurses can improve the care conditions of patients, and nursing managers should improve the clinical competence of nurses in different situations and crises. Therefore, we suggest further studies identifying factors improving the professional competency among nurses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee659d32ee95445da9869d3f0a03c1d72023-05-07T11:09:55ZengBMCBMC Nursing1472-69552023-05-012211910.1186/s12912-023-01330-9Nurses’ clinical competency and its correlates: before and during the COVID-19 outbreakTian Hui0Mohammad Ali Zakeri1Yaser Soltanmoradi2Neda Rahimi3Sayed Mortaza Hossini Rafsanjanipoor4Majid Nouroozi5Mahlagha Dehghan6Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan UniversitySocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical SciencesFaculty Member, School of Paramedicine, Department of Operating Room Technology, Rafsanjan University Medical of SciencesDepartment of Surgical Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery School, Rafsanjan University of MedicalSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical SciencesClinical Research Development Unit, Ali-Ibn Abi-Talib Hospital, Rafsanjan University of Medical SciencesNursing Research Centre, Kerman University of Medical SciencesAbstract Background Clinical competency is the ability to integrate knowledge, skills, attitudes and values into a clinical situation and it is very important in nursing education, clinical settings, nursing management, and crises. This study aimed to investigate nurses’ professional competence and its correlates before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We conducted this cross-sectional study before and during the COVID-19 outbreak and recruited all nurses working in hospitals affiliated to Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, southern Iran, so we included 260 and 246 nurses in the study before and during the COVID-19 epidemic, respectively. Competency Inventory for Registered Nurses (CIRN) was used to collect data. After inputting the data into SPSS24, we analysed them using descriptive statistics, chi-square and multivariate logistic tests. A significant level of 0.05 was considered. Results The mean clinical competency scores of nurses were 156.97 ± 31.40 and 161.97 ± 31.36 before and during the COVID-19 epidemic, respectively. The total clinical competency score before the COVID-19 epidemic was not significantly different from that during the COVID-19 epidemic. Interpersonal relationships (p = 0.03) and desire for research/critical thinking (p = 0.01) were significantly lower before the COVID-19 outbreak than during the COVID-19 outbreak. Only shift type had an association with clinical competency before the COVID-19 outbreak, while work experience had an association with clinical competency during the COVID-19 epidemic. Conclusion The clinical competency among nurses was moderate before and during the COVID-19 epidemic. Paying attention to the clinical competence of nurses can improve the care conditions of patients, and nursing managers should improve the clinical competence of nurses in different situations and crises. Therefore, we suggest further studies identifying factors improving the professional competency among nurses.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01330-9StudyNursingCOVID-19Professional competence |
| spellingShingle | Tian Hui Mohammad Ali Zakeri Yaser Soltanmoradi Neda Rahimi Sayed Mortaza Hossini Rafsanjanipoor Majid Nouroozi Mahlagha Dehghan Nurses’ clinical competency and its correlates: before and during the COVID-19 outbreak BMC Nursing Study Nursing COVID-19 Professional competence |
| title | Nurses’ clinical competency and its correlates: before and during the COVID-19 outbreak |
| title_full | Nurses’ clinical competency and its correlates: before and during the COVID-19 outbreak |
| title_fullStr | Nurses’ clinical competency and its correlates: before and during the COVID-19 outbreak |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nurses’ clinical competency and its correlates: before and during the COVID-19 outbreak |
| title_short | Nurses’ clinical competency and its correlates: before and during the COVID-19 outbreak |
| title_sort | nurses clinical competency and its correlates before and during the covid 19 outbreak |
| topic | Study Nursing COVID-19 Professional competence |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01330-9 |
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