11 CORE COMPETENCI ES

Derrada, Sarah Jane O. BSN701

CORE COMPETENCY STANDARDS FOR NURSING PRACTICE IN THE PHILIPPINES

1. Safe & quality nursing practice 2. Management of resources & environment 3. Health education 4. Legal responsibility 5. Ethico moral responsibility 6. Personal & professional development

7. Quality improvement 8. Research 9. Record management 10. Communication 11. Collaboration & teamwork

CORE COMPETENCY 1: Safe & quality nursing practice Demonstrate knowledge based on health/illness status of individual/ groups Indicators : Identifies health needs of patients/groups Explains patient/group status CORE COMPETENCY 2: Management of resources & environment Provides sound decision making in care of individual/groups

considering their beliefs, values Indicators : Problem identification Data gathering related to problem Data analysis Selection appropriate action Monitor progress of action taken CORE COMPETENCY 3: Health education Promotes patient safety and comfort Indicators : Performs age-specific safety measures and comfort measure in all aspects of patient care CORE COMPETENCY 4: Legal responsibility Priority setting in nursing care based on patients needs Indicators : Identifies priority needs of patients Analysis of patients needs Determine appropriate nursing care to be provided

CORE COMPETENCY 5: Ethico moral responsibility Ensures continuity of care Indicators : Refers identified problems to appropriate individuals/ agencies Establish means of providing continuous patient care CORE COMPETENCY 6: Personal & professional development

Administers medications and other health therapeutics Indicators : Conforms to the 10 golden rules in medication administration and health therapeutics 1. right patient 2. right drug 3. right time 4. right dose 5. right route 6. right patient education (about the drug) 7. right patient drug history 8. right (known) drug allergies 9. right drug (to drug) interaction 10. right documentation CORE COMPETENCY 7: Quality improvement Utilizes nursing process as framework for nursing. Performs comprehensive, systematic nursing assessment Indicators : Obtains consent Complete appropriate assessment forms Performs effective assessment techniques Obtains comprehensive client information Maintains privacy and confidentiality Identifies health needs

CORE COMPETENCY 8: Research Formulates care plan in collaboration with patients, other health team members Indicators : Includes patients, family in care planning States expected outcomes in nursing interventions Develops comprehensive patient care plan Accomplishes patient centered discharge plan

CORE COMPETENCY 9: Record management Implements NCP to achieve identified outcomes Indicators : Explain interventions to patient, family before carrying them out Implement safe, comfortable nursing interventions Acts according to clients health conditions, needs Performs nursing interventions effectively and in timely manner CORE COMPETENCY 10: Communication

Implements NCP progress toward expected outcomes Indicators : Monitors effectiveness of nursing interventions Revises care plan PRN CORE COMPETENCY 11: Collaboration & teamwork

Responds to urgency of patients condition Indicators : Identifies sudden changes in patients health conditions Implements immediate, appropriate interventions