11 key areas of resposibility by jay lapaz andres, rn
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11 KEY AREAS OF RESPOSIBILITY
BON Res.No. 112 s. 2005CMO No. 14 s. 2009
by: JAY LAPAZ ANDRES, RN, BSN, MAN ©
The nursing industry has established eleven key areas of responsibility that provide a framework for unifying NURSING EDUCATION, PRACTICE and REGULATION.
This comprehensive list of key areas and core competencies within each key area furnishes the industry with a STANDARDIZED measure that is used in all aspect of the nursing profession.
LEGAL BASES :
ARTICLE 3 Sec. 9 (c) of R.A. 9173 / Philippine Nursing Act of 2002
* Board shall monitor and enforce quality standards of nursing practice necessary to ensure the maintenance of EFFICIENT, ETHICAL and TECHNICAL, MORAL and PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS in the practice of nursing taking into account the health needs of the nation.
SIGNIFICANCE OF CORE COMPETENCY STANDARDS
• Unifying framework for nursing practice, education and regulation
• Guide in nursing curriculum development
SIGNIFICANCE OF CORE COMPETENCY STANDARDS
• Framework in developing test syllabus for nursing profession entrants
• Tool for nurses’ performance evaluation
SIGNIFICANCE OF CORE COMPETENCY STANDARDS
• Basis for advance nursing practice, specialization
• Framework for developing nursing training curriculum
SIGNIFICANCE OF CORE COMPETENCY STANDARDS
• Public protection from incompetent practitioners
• Yardstick for unethical, unprofessional nursing practice
The 11 Key Areas of Responsibilities
1. Safety and quality2. Management of Resources and Environment3. Health Education4. Legal Responsibility5. Ethico-Moral Responsibility6. Personal and Professional Development7. Quality Improvement8. Research9. Records Management10. Communication11. Collaboration and Teamwork
I. SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING CARE
COMPETENCY 1
•Demonstrate knowledge based on health/illness status of individual/groups.
COMPETENCY 2:
•Provides sound decision making in care of individual/groups considering their beliefs and values.
COMPETENCY 3:•Promote
patient safety and comfort
COMPETENCY 4:• Priority
setting in nursing care based on patients’ need
COMPETENCY 5:
• Ensures continuity of care
COMPETENCY 6: • Administers
medications and other health therapeutics
COMPETENCY 7:• Utilizes nursing process
as a framework for nursing.
• Performs comprehensive, systematic nursing assessment
COMPETENCY 8:• Formulates care
plan in collaboration with patients, other health team members
COMPETENCY 9:• Implements NCP
to achieve identified outcomes
COMPETENCY 10:• Implements NCP
progress toward expected outcomes
COMPETENCY 11:
• Responds to urgency of patients’ condition
II. MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT
COMPETENCY 1
• Organizes workload to facilitate patient care
COMPETENCY 2
• Utilizes resources to support patient care
COMPETENCY 3
• Ensures the functioning of resources
COMPETENCY 4
• Check the proper functioning of the equipment
COMPETENCY 5
• Maintains safe environment
III. HEALTH EDUCATION
COMPETENCY 1
• Assesses the learning needs of the patient and the family
COMPETENCY 2
• Develops health education plan based on assessed and anticipated needs
COMPETENCY 3
Develops learning material for health education
COMPETENCY 4
• Implements the health education plan
COMPETENCY 5
• Evaluates the outcome of health education
IV. LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
COMPETENCY 1
• Adheres to practice in accordance with the nursing law and other relevant legislation including contract and informed consent.
COMPETENCY 2
• Adheres to organizational policies and procedures, local and national.
COMPETENCY 3
• Document care rendered to patients.
V. ETHICO-MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
COMPETENCY 1
• Respect the rights of individual/groups
COMPETENCY 2
• Accepts responsibility and accountability for own decision and actions
COMPETENCY 3
• Adheres to the national and international code of ethics for nurses
VI. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COMPETENCY 1
• Identifies own learning needs
COMPETENCY 2
• Pursues continuing education.
COMPETENCY 3
• Gets involved in professional organizations and civic avtivities
COMPETENCY 4
• Projects a professional image of nurse
COMPETENCY 5
• Possesses positive attitude towards change and criticism
COMPETENCY 6
• Performs function according to professional standards
VII. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
COMPETENCY 1
• Gathers data for quality improvement
COMPETENCY 2
• Participates in nursing audit and rounds
COMPETENCY 3
• Identifies and reports variances
COMPETENCY 4
• Recommends solutions to identified problems
VIII. RESEARCH
COMPETENCY 1
• Gathers data using different methodologies
COMPETENCY 2
• Recommends actions for implementation
COMPETENCY 3
• Disseminates results of research findings
COMPETENCY 4
• Applies research findings in nursing practice
IX. RECORDS MANAGEMENT
COMPETENCY 1
• Maintains accurate and updated documentation of patient care
COMPETENCY 2
• Records outcome of patient care
COMPETENCY 3
• Observes legal imperatives in recording.
X. COMMUNICATION
COMPETENCY 1
• Establishes rapport with patients , significant others and members of the health team
COMPETENCY 2
• Identifies verbal and non-verbal cues
COMPETENCY 3
• Utilizes formal and informal channels
COMPETENCY 4
• Responds to needs of individuals, family, group and community
COMPETENCY 5
• Uses appropriate information technology to facilitate communication
XI. COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK
COMPETENCY 1
• Establishes collaborative relationship with colleagues and other members of the health team
COMPETENCY 2
• Collaborates plan of care with other members of the health team