11 CORE COMPETENCIES

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

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 patient2. right drug3. right time4. right dose5. right route6. right patient education (about the drug)7. right patient drug history8. right (known) drug allergies9. right drug (to drug) interaction10. 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 client’s 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 patient’s condition

Indicators :○ Identifies sudden changes in patient’s health conditions○ Implements immediate, appropriate interventions