Competencies for Practice in Renal Care: A National Delphi Study

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe essential competencies relevant for professional renal nursing in Sweden. A Delphi study with four rounds was conducted from November 2008 to April 2009. A national sample of renal nurses was used to achieve consensus about the core competencies required. The 43 competencies were reviewed for face validity by external experts representing general nursing, renal nursing, stakeholders and nephrologists. The core competencies were categorised in nine areas according to their structure; nursing and medical science, information and teaching, examinations and therapies, promoting health and preventing ill health, palliative care, safety and quality, care environment, research and development and management and cooperation in the patient care pathway. Altogether these categories represent a national description of competence in renal nursing.

Nurses experiences of using clinical competencies a qualitative study

“…3 A review of the literature found that published papers had developed competencies for nurses working in all areas of nephrology nursing, but none had reviewed their effectiveness (EDTNA/ERCA 2007, Dennison 2011, Lindberg et al 2012, Cowperthwaite et al 2012).…”

An iterative consensus‐building approach to revising a genetics/genomics competency framework for nurse education in the UK

“…Consensus approaches, particularly Delphi, and nominal group techniques have long been used in a variety of health settings to solve problems and reach agreement on challenging issues (Fink et al 1984) and to develop clinical guidelines (Murphy et al 1998). Delphi techniques have been commonly used to develop nursing competencies, for example, for renal nurses in Sweden (Lindberg et al 2012), emergency nurses in Australia (O'Connell & Gardner 2012) and family practice nurses in Canada (Moaveni et al 2011). Gibson and Soanes (2000) used the nominal group technique to develop clinical competencies for paediatric oncology nurses, whilst McCance et al (2012) used it in conjunction with a consensus conference to identify key performance indicators for nursing and midwifery.…”

“…Delphi techniques have been commonly used to develop nursing competencies, for example, for renal nurses in Sweden (Lindberg et al . ), emergency nurses in Australia (O'Connell & Gardner ) and family practice nurses in Canada (Moaveni et al . ).…”

The development of a set of core communication competencies for introductory communication courses

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