Review the American Nurses Association (2021) definitions and concepts related to competence: “A competency is an expected level of performance that integrates knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment. Knowledge encompasses thinking, understanding of science and humanities, professional standards of practice, and insights gained from context, practical experiences, personal capabilities, and leadership performance. Skills include psychomotor, communication, interpersonal, and diagnostic skills. Ability is the capacity to act effectively. It requires listening, integrity, knowledge of one’s strengths and weaknesses, positive self-regard, emotional intelligence, and openness to feedback.” (American Nurses Association, 2021, p. 146).
In this paper, you will need to provide an explanation for how you have achieved the following key nursing competencies: patient-centered care, professional identity, spirit of inquiry, and nursing judgment. Additionally, you will address how you achieved the following competencies in your work in the program as you move into the final course of the program
Here are the competencies to address:
Competencies:
Use of a caring holistic approach to provide and advocate for safe quality care for patients and families in an environment that values the uniqueness, dignity, and diversity of patients. (Patient-centered care) Apply the nursing process to make nursing judgments, substantiated with evidence to provide safe, quality patient care across the lifespan. (Nursing Judgment) Use of principles of management and delegation to implement plans of care with members of the interprofessional team to achieve safe, quality patient outcomes. (Professional Identity) Apply principles of leadership and interprofessional collaboration to improve patient outcomes. (Professional Identity)
Integrated evidence-based findings and technology into the provision of patient-centered nursing care for patients. (Spirit of Inquiry)
Use specific detailed examples to explain and support how you achieved the competencies of patient-centered care and nursing judgment. (Spirit of Inquiry)
References
Provide a separate reference page with all sources cited within the text.
Use APA format (7th Edition) to cite any external sources used in the paper. The paper must be in APA format and include at least 3 professional peer-reviewed resources dated within the last 5 years.
when you write about this order you can use some of the previous job experience I have gained through the last 7 years working in the healthcare fields:
1-Nurse AID in a nursing home /4 years
2-Phlebotomy in a hospital setting/ 1 year
3-LPN-hospital setting med-surg floor/ current job