Improvement of Iranian nurses' competence through professional portfolio: A quasi‐experimental study

Bahreini, Masoud; Moattari, Marzieh; Shahamat, Shohreh; Dobaradaran, Sina; Ravanipour, Maryam

doi:10.1111/j.1442-2018.2012.00733.x

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“…Iranian nurses reported an increase in their competence scores from mean VAS score of 75·7 to 85·7 after a 1‐year programme ( P < 0·001), while the change was not statistically significant in a control group (Bahreini et al . ). Finnish forensic nurses reported higher competence scores (VAS mean 72·4 increased to 84·9, P < 0·05) after the intervention.…”

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Nurse Competence Scale: a systematic and psychometric review

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Numminen

et al. 2016

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Responsiveness was reported in three studies (Bahreini et al . , Delaney , Koskinen et al . , Delaney et al .…”

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Nurse Competence Scale: a systematic and psychometric review

Flinkman

Leino‐Kilpi

Numminen

et al. 2016

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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154

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“…This self-report scale has been shown to be valid and reliable for measuring the dimensions of nurse competence by several studies internationally (28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35). It is sensitive enough to distinguish the levels of nurse competence in different settings and variety of work experiences (26,30).…”

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“…It is sensitive enough to distinguish the levels of nurse competence in different settings and variety of work experiences (26,30). Persian translated form of NCS, adapted and validated within the context of Iranian hospitals, and used in several studies in Iran (31,32,36,37), will be administered to measure nurse competence level of selected nurses. This scale comprises 73 items in seven categories, including: helping role (7 items), teaching-coaching (16 items), diagnostic functions (7 items), managing situations (8 items), therapeutic interventions (10 items), ensuring quality (6 items), and work role (19 items).…”

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How Likely Is It for a Nurse Student to Become a Competent Nurse? A Protocol for Scale Development and Validation Using a Mixed Methods Study

Heydari¹,

Kareshki²,

Armat³

2016

Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis

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The aim of the paper was to develop and validate a scale for estimating the likelihood of a nurse student to become a competent nurse.Admitting students to nursing schools without assessing their personal characteristics has led to serious consequences, including low quality of nursing care. Early detection of students who are at risk of attrition or becoming non-competent nurses can save the time, money, and energy devoted to educating and training the future nurses.A mixed methods design will be employed. Using literature review and interviews with nurse students, clinical nurses, nurse experts, and nurse managers during the first qualitative phase, we will build a comprehensive item pool that has a focus on nurse students' personal characteristics. To increase the trustworthiness of interview findings, we will distinguish competent versus incompetent nurses by measuring their competence levels. In the second quantitative phase, the Nurse Competence Predicting Scale will be developed and tested for psychometric properties.We believe that Nurse Competence Predicting Scale may help in early identification of nurse students who are at risk of not acquiring expected nurse competencies on graduation or joining the workforce. In such cases, educational managers may take timely remedial interventions.Key words: nurse competence, personality characteristics, emotional intelligence, nurse student, mixed methods study, scale development, psychometric evaluation P ro f essi o n al c o n t ri buti o n B A CK GROU NDNurse competence has been extensively addressed in the literature in terms of safety and quality of nursing care (1-3). The competence of nurses directly influences the health status of patients, and could reduce morbidity, mortality, and undesirable outcomes (4-6).Evidence shows that caring professions necessitate particular personal and psychological characteristics, as well as essential knowledge and aptitude (7-9). Personality characteristics can strongly affect performance (10), educational achievements, job satisfaction, and ability of nurse students (11). Hence, some key personal characteristics are important in acquiring appropriate and effective nursing competence. On the other hand, these characteristics might only change desirably to as little as 30%, even in the excellent educational systems (12, 13). Therefore, applicants must be assessed for such attributes ideally before admission, to ensure that their personality matches with the job requisites (14).Nursing schools invest money, time, and energy to educate and train nurse students, expecting that they will join the health care workforce. In Iran, about 100 baccalaureate nursing programs are offered all over the country (15). According to the Iranian Ministry of Health report in 2008, at least 6.400 students on average graduate from the nursing faculties in Iran (16). Nursing faculty anticipates students who will be academically successful and become competent in their profession, so as to compassionately provide high quality care to their clien...

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“…학습포트폴리오 작성 활동을 통해 학생들은 자기주도학습 능력, 이론과 실제를 통합하는 능력이 향상되고, 교수자로 하여금 학생이 필요로 하는 것이 무엇인지 파악하는데 도움을 주며 [5,6,10,11], 학 습자 중심의 학습 유도 및 학습자의 자기성찰 촉진 [7,12], 학습과정 과 학습성과의 연결 [13], 학습자의 적극성 지지와 학습역량 개발 [14,15] …”

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Effects of Learning Activities on Application of Learning Portfolio in Nursing Management Course

Choi

Kim

2016

J Korean Acad Nurs

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Purpose: This study was conducted to examine effects of a learning portfolio by identifying the learning of nursing students taking a learning portfolio-utilized nursing management class. Methods: A non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. Participants were 83 senior students taking the nursing management course in one of the Departments of Nursing at 2 Universities. Experimental group (n=42) received a learning portfolio-utilized nursing management class 15 times over 15 weeks (3 hours weekly). Self-directed learning abilities, approaches to learning and learning flow of the participants were examined with self-report structured questionnaires. Data were collected between September 2 and December 16, 2014, and were analyzed using chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, independent t-test and ANCOVA with SPSS/PC version 21.0. Results: After the intervention the experimental group showed significant increases in self-directed learning abilities, deep approaches to learning and learning flow compared to the control group. However, no significant difference was found between groups for surface approaches to learning. Conclusion: Learning activities using the learning portfolios could be effective in cultivating the learning competency for growth of knowledge, technology and professionalism by increasing personal concentration and organization ability of the nursing students so that they can react to the rapidly changing environment.

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Improvement of Iranian nurses' competence through professional portfolio: A quasi‐experimental study

Cited by 17 publications

References 31 publications

Nurse Competence Scale: a systematic and psychometric review

Nurse Competence Scale: a systematic and psychometric review

How Likely Is It for a Nurse Student to Become a Competent Nurse? A Protocol for Scale Development and Validation Using a Mixed Methods Study

Effects of Learning Activities on Application of Learning Portfolio in Nursing Management Course

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