A survey of clinical competence of new nurses working in emergency department in Iran: A descriptive, cross‐sectional study
Abstract Aims This article reports on a study investigating the self‐assessed clinical competence of new nurses working in emergency departments. Design A quantitative approach using descriptive cross‐sectional survey design was employed. Methods The clinical competency of the participants was asses...
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doaj-f4232f66defd4abbacae3f0fce2f75ac2020-11-25T03:06:50ZengWileyNursing Open2054-10582020-11-01761896190110.1002/nop2.579A survey of clinical competence of new nurses working in emergency department in Iran: A descriptive, cross‐sectional studyBehjat Vand Tamadoni0Shahla Shahbazi1Alehe Seyedrasooli2Neda Gilani3Leila Gholizadeh4Department of Medical‐Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz IranDepartment of Medical‐Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery and Sina Hospital Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz IranDepartment of Medical‐Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz IranDepartment of Statistics and Epidemiology Faculty of Health Tabriz university of medical sciences Tabriz IranIMPACCT Faculty of Health University of Technology Sydney Sydney NSW AustraliaAbstract Aims This article reports on a study investigating the self‐assessed clinical competence of new nurses working in emergency departments. Design A quantitative approach using descriptive cross‐sectional survey design was employed. Methods The clinical competency of the participants was assessed using the Competency Inventory for Registered Nurse questionnaire, which contains the seven dimensions of clinical care, leadership, interpersonal relations, legal/ethical, professional development, teaching/coaching and critical thinking/research aptitude. Data from 115 new nurses employed in emergency departments of nine selected university hospitals in the northwest of Iran were collected by the Competency Inventory for Registered Nurse (CIRN) from December 2018–May 2019 and analysed. Results The mean clinical competency for the total scale was 155.7 (SD 32.9), indicating a moderate competency. The most highly self‐rated competency was legal/ethical practice, and the least rated was critical thinking–research aptitude.https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.579competencyemergency departmentemergency nursingIrannurse competencenursing |
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A survey of clinical competence of new nurses working in emergency department in Iran: A descriptive, cross‐sectional study |
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Abstract Aims This article reports on a study investigating the self‐assessed clinical competence of new nurses working in emergency departments. Design A quantitative approach using descriptive cross‐sectional survey design was employed. Methods The clinical competency of the participants was assessed using the Competency Inventory for Registered Nurse questionnaire, which contains the seven dimensions of clinical care, leadership, interpersonal relations, legal/ethical, professional development, teaching/coaching and critical thinking/research aptitude. Data from 115 new nurses employed in emergency departments of nine selected university hospitals in the northwest of Iran were collected by the Competency Inventory for Registered Nurse (CIRN) from December 2018–May 2019 and analysed. Results The mean clinical competency for the total scale was 155.7 (SD 32.9), indicating a moderate competency. The most highly self‐rated competency was legal/ethical practice, and the least rated was critical thinking–research aptitude. |
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