Nurses Intern Self Evaluation of Their Practice Competency Level | ||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 4, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 33-43 PDF (354.93 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2014.148999 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amira Fathey Helmy1; Fouada Mohamed Shaban1; Hamed Mohamed Al Sharkawy2; Karima Ahmed El Sayed* 1 | ||
| 1Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||
| 2Pediatric Medicine ,Faculty of Medicine, Tanta Univeristy | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract: Background: Nurses intern need to possess professional behavior, critical thinking, illness and injury prevention, relationship and caring, and clinical skills competencies. Self-evaluation of their actual competency needs at the beginning of their professional practice is very important. Aim: to assess nurses intern selfevaluation of their practice competency level. Setting: The study was conducted at Tanta main University Hospital. Subjects: Sample was included 286 nursing interns during their internship year training in (7) intensive Care Units. Tool: The collection of data was achieved by using practice competency self-evaluation tool which is based on nursing practice standard. Results: The majority of nurses intern were evaluated themselves with a high competency level in dimensions of clinical skills, relationship and caring, and professional behavior competency. Conclusion: A highly significant correlation exist between each competency and others. Recommendations: It is important to promote self-evaluation for nurses intern during their internship year, periodical evaluation of the interns' competency, making feedback and enforcement of knowledge and skills is necessary. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| practice competency; self-evaluation | ||
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