Open AccessThe gerontological nurse specialist’s core competencies in China: A cross‐sectional study
Author(s) -
Chunlan Bai,
Lihui Pu,
Hongxiu Chen,
Xiuying Hu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.583
Subject(s) - gerontological nursing , core competency , nursing , cross sectional study , passion , psychology , core (optical fiber) , scale (ratio) , nurse educator , descriptive statistics , medicine , family medicine , nurse education , social psychology , materials science , physics , pathology , marketing , quantum mechanics , business , composite material , statistics , mathematics
Aim To describe the core competencies of gerontological nurse specialists and investigate the factors that contribute to the development of core competencies. Design A descriptive cross‐sectional study was conducted from August 2015–March 2016. Methods The descriptive study of gerontological nurse specialists’ core competencies used a self‐assessment instrument with three first‐level domains (attitude, skill and knowledge) and 9 s‐level dimensions. A total of 225 gerontological nurse specialists from ten provinces in China were selected by a convenience sampling method. Results The average core competency score of the gerontological nurse specialists was 3.78, in the middle level(3.30–4.17/5.00). Core competency was associated with gerontological nurse specialists’ age ( p = .005), professional title ( p = .017), hospital level ( p = .006) and passion for geriatric nursing ( p = .000). The average scores of attitude, skill and knowledge were 4.45, 4.02 and 4.18, respectively. All first‐level domains were related to age ( p ≤ .021) and passion for geriatric nursing ( p ≤ .008); knowledge and skill were associated with professional title ( p ≤ .045) and attitude and skill were associated with hospital level ( p ≤ .020).