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Towards a competency‐based framework for nursing management education
Author(s) -
Pillay Rubin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-172x.2010.01880.x
Subject(s) - nursing , nursing management , nurse education , medicine , core competency , business , marketing
Pillay R. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2010; 16 : 545–554
Towards a competency‐based framework for nursing management education Defining a competency‐based model for nursing management development will help to establish core competencies for nursing managers which will not only strengthen their practice and provide further learning and development opportunities, but will also provide the basis to focus training and professional development efforts. This paper identifies the competencies important for effective nursing management in the public and private health sectors. A total of 420 senior nursing managers in South Africa were surveyed using a self‐administered questionnaire. Respondents had to rate the importance of 51 competency items as it pertains to effective nursing management. S elf‐management, c ontrolling, h ealth/clinical, o rganizing, p eople management, p lanning and e thical/legal competencies were found the most valuable for optimal nursing management. These findings reflect the reality of the nursing management milieu and will be useful in the design and delivery of management development programmes aimed at enhancing nursing management capacity.