Competencies of Professional Nurses in the Hospital

Authors

  • Natthawirot Choodum School of Nursing Panyapiwat Institute of Management
  • Sasinaporn Lohitthai Faculty of Nursing,Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University
  • Natthinee Chua Chomket Faculty of Nursing Thaksin University Phatthalung

Keywords:

Competencies of professional nurses, Hospital

Abstract

The Nursing Council has determined the main professional nurse competencies in order to increase the competency of professional nurses. The central competencies are defined for the purposes of promoting education, service, research, and professional advancement. Currently, the Nursing Council requires that all departments have the same 8 competencies. consisting of 1) ethical competence Ethics and law 2) nursing and midwifery practice competency 3) professional character competency 4) management leadership competency and quality development, 5) academic and research competencies 6) communication and relationship competencies, 7) technology and information competencies, and 8) social competencies.

This is because the hospital has many departments, so they have different expertise according to the capacity according to the department they are responsible for. Each hospital has different departments depending on the size of that hospital. This academic article contains content about nursing competency grading based on Benner and Bloom’s concepts. Nursing competencies in the Accident and Emergency Department Nursing performance in the intensive care unit Competency of nurses in the department of aging patients’ performance of the surgical patient department Nursing competencies in the outpatient department Competency of nurses in maternity department, delivery room competency of the pediatric department and the competency of nurses in the anesthesiology operating room department.

 

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Published

10-12-2023

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Choodum N, Lohitthai S, Chua Chomket N. Competencies of Professional Nurses in the Hospital. J Royal Thai Army Nurses [Internet]. 2023 Dec. 10 [cited 2024 Apr. 27];24(3):31-8. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JRTAN/article/view/260635

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