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The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes
— a modified Delphi study | | Author(s) | Miriam Ruth Stanyon, Sarah Elizabeth Goldberg, Anita Astle |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 46, no 4, July 2017 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, July 2017 |
| Pages | pp 582-588 |
| Source | https://academic.oup.com/ageing |
| Keywords | Nurses ; Care homes ; Training [welfare work] ; Competence ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Registered Nurses (RNs) working in UK care homes receive most of their training in acute hospitals. At present the role of care home nursing is underdeveloped and it is seen as a low status career. The present study looked at research to define core competencies for RNs working in UK care homes. A two-stage process was adopted, in which a systematic literature review and focus groups with stakeholders provided an initial list of competencies. The competency list was modified over three rounds of a Delphi process with a multi-disciplinary expert panel of 28 members. 22 competencies entered the consensus process, all of which were amended and six were split. 31 competencies were scored in round two, eight were agreed as essential, while one competency was split into two. 24 competencies were submitted for scoring in round three. In total, 22 competencies were agreed as essential for RNs working in care homes. A further 10 competencies did not reach consensus. The output of this study was an expert-consensus list of competencies for RNs working in care homes. This would be a firm basis on which to build a curriculum for this staff group. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170728227 A |
| Classmark | QTE: KW: QW: DPB: 64A |
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