Review the American Nurses Association (2021) definitions and concepts related to competence:
‘A competency is an expected level of performance that integrates knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment. Knowledge encompasses thinking, understanding of science and humanities, professional standards of practice, and insights gained from context, practical experiences, personal capabilities, and leadership performance. Skills include psychomotor, communication, interpersonal, and diagnostic skills. Ability is the capacity to act effectively. It requires listening, integrity, knowledge of one’s strengths and weaknesses, positive self-regard, emotional intelligence, and openness to feedback: (American Nurses Association, 2021, p. 146). In this paper, you will need to provide an explanation for how you have achieved the following key nursing competencies: patient-centered care, professional identity, spirit of inquiry, and nursing judgment. Additionally, you will address how you achieved the following competencies in your work in the program as you move into the final course of the program: NUR250 M7.5 Nurse Competencies Paperani g Template.doc 1
Here are the competencies to address:
Competencies: • Use of a caring holistic approach to provide and advocate for safe quality care for patients and families in an environment that values the uniqueness, dignity, and diversity of patients. (Patient-centered care) • Apply the nursing process to make nursing judgments, substantiated with evidence to provide safe, quality patient care across the lifespan. (Nursing Judgment) • Use of principles of management and delegation to implement plans of care with members of the interprofessional team to achieve safe, quality patient outcomes. (Professional Identity) • Apply principles of leadership and interprofessional collaboration to improve patient outcomes. (Professional Identity) • Integrated evidence-based findings and technology 4to the provision of patient-centered nursing care for patients. (Spirit of Inquiry) • J;