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新毕业护士的临床能力:混合方法的系统回顾
Author(s) -
Charette Martin,
McKenna Lisa G.,
Deschênes MarieFrance,
Ha Laurence,
Merisier Sophia,
Lavoie Patrick
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/jan.14487
Subject(s) - cinahl , psycinfo , competence (human resources) , critical appraisal , medline , medicine , psychology , empirical research , medical education , nursing , alternative medicine , psychological intervention , social psychology , pathology , philosophy , epistemology , political science , law
Aim To appraise and synthesize evidence of empirical studies reporting assessment of new graduate nurses’ clinical competence in clinical settings. Design Mixed methods systematic review. Data sources The search strategy included keywords relevant to: new graduate nurse; clinical competence; and competence assessment. The searched literature databases included CINAHL, MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and Web of Science. The search was limited to full‐text papers in English or French, published between 2010 –September 2019. Review Methods Inclusion criteria were: 1) empirical studies; 2) detailed method and complete results sections; 3) competence assessment in clinical settings; and 4) new graduate nurses (≤24 months). Two independent reviewers screened eligible papers, extracted data and used the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool framework for quality appraisal. Divergences were solved through discussion. Results About 42 papers were included in this review: quantitative ( N = 31), qualitative ( N = 7) and mixed methods ( N = 4). Findings suggest that new graduate nurses exhibit a good or adequate level of competence. Longitudinal studies show a significant increase in competence from 0–6 months, but findings are inconsistent from 6‐12 months. Conclusion There are a multitude of quantitative tools available to measure clinical competence. This suggests a need for a review of their rigor. Impact No recent reviews comprehensively synthesized the findings from new graduate nurses’ clinical competence. This review has found that new graduate nurses’ competence has been mostly assessed as good, despite the expectation that they should be more competent. Longitudinal studies did not always show a significant increase in competence. These findings can help nurse educators in providing more support to new graduate nurses throughout the transition period or design improved transition programme. This review also identified quantitative tools and qualitative methods that can be used for competence assessment.