Perceptions of chief nurse executive competencies

Importance of role competencies for Chinese directors of nursing based on the forces of magnetism

“…Based on a 60% frequency of response, the DONs and COOs offered these reasons: general management and health and nursing knowledge, human management skill and total organization view. In a sample of 92 DONs and 50 COOs, using a 12‐domain questionnaire, the DONs rated the following six domains as more essential than the COOs (Hansen 1993): leadership, organization, health care economics, personnel management, community and research. In a survey of 40 DONs and 56 colleagues whom the DONs identified as supporters, the top three skills essential to a DON’s effectiveness were health and nursing knowledge, human management skill and compromise and flexibility (Fosbinder et al.…”

“…The competency common to all four studies (Freund 1985, Wells et al. 1999, Hansen 1993, Fosbinder et al. 1999) was human resource management.…”

“…The strength of the studies was their use of samples consisting of DONs and COOs, which validated the perceptions of DON competencies. Only one study (Hansen 1993) used a conceptual framework to organize the role competencies of DONs. A gap exists in the research on DON role competencies.…”