Integrative review of soft skills the desirable traits and skills in nursing practise

Abstract

Aim: To explore the value of soft skills in nursing practice.Background: While hard skills refer to the technical ability and the factual knowledge needed to do a job, soft skills allow you to more effectively use your technical abilities and knowledge pleasingly. These two skills are complementary but soft skills are a prerequisite in every profession where human interaction and teamwork are needed to succeed. This integrative review examined the literature on soft skills within the nursing domain and made suggestions.Methods: An integrative literature review was carried using four electronic databases. These databases were Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed, Medline on EBSCOhost and Google Scholar using keywords: soft skills, non-technical skills, nursing skills, nursing art and aesthetics. No dates were considered during the search of the literature. Full texts of relevant studies were retrieved after screening the titles and abstracts. Critical appraisal was undertaken, and the findings of the relevant studies were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Seventeen studies were included, and the findings suggest an urgent need for softs skills in the nursing domain. Five themes: denotation of soft skills in nursing; benefits of soft skills in nursing; need for soft skills in nursing; inculcating soft skills into nursing practice; and links between hard and soft skills emerged. Also, the findings show that soft skills are the cognitive and social capabilities that complete the technical skills of the nurse in the health care industry.Conclusions: Soft skills have become the oxygen needed to resuscitate the seemingly dying nursing care quality. Regulatory bodies should see the call to incorporate soft skills into the nursing curriculum as an urgent resuscitative call that needs attention.

Tingkat Pengetahuan Terhadap Ibu Hamil Resiko Tinggi Melalui Kompetensi Soft Skill dan Kinerja Petugas Kesehatan

“…Penelitian yang lain seperti juga dilakukan oleh Laari et al, (2021) memberikan hasil temuan yang sama dan mendukung temuan penelitian ini dengan kesimpulan penelitiannya bahwa pengetahuan yang dimiliki oleh petugas kesehatan dapat meningkatkan kemampuannya secara non tehnis dan itu menjadi sebuah modal besar bagi seorang bidan. Hal yang sama dalam penelitian ini bahwa bidan tidak sekedar memiliki pengetahuan sesuai dengan kompetensinya namun secara non teknis bidan telah menjadi partner dalam memberikan solusi bagi ibu hamil yang melakukan konsultasi, hal penting yang ditemukan dari penelitian ini bahwa kemampuan non teknis bidang yang paling utama adalah Adanya kerjasama yang dibangun di dalam menangani pasien, Komunikasi si dibangun gambar sehingga ibu hamil datang tempat memperoleh informasi sesuai dengan yang di butuhkan, sikap yang ramah diberikan oleh bidan dengan Memberikan jawaban dari apa yang ditanyakan oleh vaksin atau ibu hamil dan bidan dapat memberikan solusi terkait dengan apa ya saya alami terkait dengan proses kehamilan saya dan untuk selanjutnya sampai pada proses persalinan dan itu merupakan bentuk apresiasi yang diberikan oleh bidan terhadap ibu hamil.…”

Soft skills elements in structured clinical skill assessment: a qualitative study

“…4 Despite this acknowledgment, a survey of the current literature highlights that many higher education institutions including nursing maintain a stronger emphasis on subject-specific knowledge, skill development, and performance, commonly known as hard skills compared to soft skills. 3,5, 6 Several factors have been shown to influence the development of soft skills including demographic makers, professional body/accreditation requirements and academics' expectations or views.…”