Nursing Competency for Caring leprosy patient

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe competency of nurse for caring leprosy client, using Delphi technique. Participants were 20 experts of caring leprosy  client including 5 leprologist ,11 clinical nurses specialist of caring leprosy client , 3 public health officers specialist of leprosy and 1 physiotherapist specialist of caring leprosy client. The Delphi technique consisted of 3 steps : 1^st step began with an open-end questions which all experts were asked to describe the competencies of nurses to care leprosy clients , 2^nd  step data from the first round were analyzed using content analysis and Conceptual framework for develop the rating scale questionnaire. All items in the questionnaire were ranked the level of competency by the prior panel of experts. In 3^rdstep , data were analyzed by using median and interquartile range to develop a new version of the questionnaire. The new questionnaire was sent to previous experts for confirming. Data were analyzed by using median and interquartile range to summarize the study.

            The competencies of  leprosy nurse were consisted of 5 domains as follow :

1. The screening in new case leprosy competency consists of 4 items.
2. The monitoring to detect disability in leprosy patient competency consists of 10 items.
3. The detection of disability and rehabilitation in leprosy patient competency consists of 13 items.
4. The education in leprosy patient and family  competency  consists of  4 
5. The consultation and encouragement in in leprosy patient and family competency  consists of  7 items.