Nurse Manager Competencies

Abstract

Building on a previous 1994 study, this descriptive study reflects on the evershifting sands of the nurse manager role. This national survey is based on the Katz (1955) conceptual framework of interrelated technical, human and conceptual competencies. An instrument developed by the investigator for determining important nurse manager competencies was validated using an expert panel of American Organization of Nurse Executive (AONE) Nurse Manager Fellows. The research used a web-based survey to collect information from hospital nurse managers who belong to AONE via a selfadministered competency instrument. Eighty one completed the online survey with complete data for a response rate of thirteen percent.

Nurse manager competencies

“…An understanding of, and proficiency in a specific kind of activity, particularly one involving methods, processes, procedures, or techniques. Chase (1994) instrument. Importance rating of categorical items.…”

“…25). Literature trends discussed in the 1990s by McGinnis and Donner (1997, pg.25) on the subject of nurse managers have resulted in four areas of focus: (1) the increase complexity and multifaceted nature of the nurse manager role (Baxter, 1993;Duchemin et al, 1994;Duffield, 1994;Mark, 1994;Mintzberg, 1994;Porter-O'Grady, 1995); (2) the influence of the nurse manager on the hospital environment (Evans, 1994;Horvath et al, 1994;Nakata & Saylor, 1994); (3) specific competencies that comprise the nurse manager role (Carroll & Adams, 1994;Chase, 1994, Dreisbach, 1994Duffield, 1992Duffield, , 1994Duffield et al, 1994); and , (4) management education and development (Evans, 1994;Henninger et al, 1994;Reimer et al, 1994;Spence Laschinger & Shamian, 1994;Sullivan et al, 1994). Similar trends have continued in addition to literature related to nurse manager impact on outcomes in the last decade (Shortell, Zimmerman, Rousseau, Giles, Wagner, Draper, et al, 1994;Ten Haaf, 2007).…”

“…In the early 1990s, AONE conducted a series of research and collaborative studies which resulted in the publication of the role and functions of the hospital nurse manager (AHA, 1992). Simultaneously, Chase (1994) conducted a descriptive study resulting in instrument development of competency statements. AONE's 1990 study was designed to delineate the current and future roles and responsibilities of the nurse manager and to gather data to identify institutional and educational strategies to support the role (AHA, 1992 was predicted that functions related to patient care standards would commonly be part of the nurse manager's role including: monitoring unit outcomes in relation to criteria provided by national accrediting and approval bodies, monitoring patient outcomes using standards, and identifying areas for patient care standards.…”

“…The ability to work effectively as a group member and to build cooperative effort within the team being lead. Chase (1994) instrument. Importance rating of categorical items.…”

“…Includes recognizing how the various functions of the organization depend upon on another, and how changes in any one part affect all the others; and it extends to visualizing the relationship of the individual business to the industry, the community, and the political, social, and economic forces of the nation as a whole. Chase (1994) instrument. Importance rating of categorical items.…”