Nurses', midwives' and key stakeholders' experiences and perceptions on requirements to demonstrate the maintenance of professional competence.

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dc.contributor.authorCasey, Mary
dc.contributor.authorCooney, Adeline
dc.contributor.authorO'Connell, Rhona
dc.contributor.authorHegarty, Josephine
dc.contributor.authorBrady, Anne-Marie
dc.contributor.authorO'Reilly, Pauline
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Catriona
dc.contributor.authorHeffernan, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorFealy, Gerard
dc.contributor.authorMcnamara, Martin
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Laserina
dc.contributor.funderNursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-07T13:13:57Z
dc.date.available2016-11-07T13:13:57Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-28
dc.date.updated2016-10-26T17:12:52Z
dc.description.abstractAim: To present the qualitative findings from a study on the development of scheme(s) to give evidence of maintenance of professional competence for nurses and midwives. Background: Key issues in maintenance of professional competence include notions of self- assessment, verification of engagement and practice hours, provision of an evidential record, the role of the employer and articulation of possible consequences for non-adherence with the requirements. Schemes to demonstrate the maintenance of professional competence have application to nurses, midwives and regulatory bodies and healthcare employers worldwide. Design: A mixed methods approach was used. This included an online survey of nurses and midwives and focus groups with nurses and midwives and other key stakeholders. The qualitative data are reported in this study. Methods: Focus groups were conducted among a purposive sample of nurses, midwives and key stakeholders from January–May 2015. A total of 13 focus groups with 91 participants contributed to the study. Findings: Four major themes were identified: Definitions and Characteristics of Competence; Continuing Professional Development and Demonstrating Competence; Assessment of Competence; The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland and employers as regulators and enablers of maintaining professional competence. Conclusion: Competence incorporates knowledge, skills, attitudes, professionalism, application of evidence and translating learning into practice. It is specific to the nurse's/midwife's role, organizational needs, patient's needs and the individual nurse's/midwife's learning needs. Competencies develop over time and change as nurses and midwives work in different practice areas. Thus, role-specific competence is linked to recent engagement in practice.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationCasey, M., Cooney, A., O'Connell, R., Hegarty, J.-M., Brady, A.-M., O'Reilly, P., Kennedy, C., Heffernan, E., Fealy, G., McNamara, M. and O'Connor, L. (2016) ‘Nurses', midwives' and key stakeholders' experiences and perceptions on requirements to demonstrate the maintenance of professional competence’, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(3), pp. 653-664. doi: 10.1111/jan.13171en
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jan.13171
dc.identifier.endpage664
dc.identifier.issn1365-2648
dc.identifier.issued3
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Advanced Nursingen
dc.identifier.startpage653
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3248
dc.identifier.volume73
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltden
dc.rights© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of an article that appears in final form in the Journal of Advanced Nursing at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jan.13171/abstract. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.en
dc.subjectFocus groupsen
dc.subjectNurse practitionersen
dc.subjectPolicyen
dc.subjectProfessional regulationen
dc.subjectQualitative researchen
dc.titleNurses', midwives' and key stakeholders' experiences and perceptions on requirements to demonstrate the maintenance of professional competence.en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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