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| Title |
Sufficient competence in community elderly care? Results from a competence measurement of nursing staff
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| Published in |
BMC Nursing, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12912-016-0124-z |
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| Authors |
Pia Cecilie Bing-Jonsson, Dag Hofoss, Marit Kirkevold, Ida Torunn Bjørk, Christina Foss |
| Abstract |
Multi-morbidity, poly-pharmacy and cognitive impairment leave many old patients in a frail condition with a high risk of adverse outcomes if proper health care is not provided. Knowledge about available competence is necessary to evaluate whether we are able to offer equitable and balanced health care to older persons with acute and/or complex health care needs. This study investigates the sufficiency of nursing staff competence in Norwegian community elderly care. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 1016 nursing staff in nursing homes and home care services with the instrument "Nursing Older People - Competence Evaluation Tool". Statistical analyses were ANOVA and multiple regression. We found that nursing staff have competence in all areas measured, but that the level of competence was insufficient in the areas nursing measures, advanced procedures, and nursing documentation. Nursing staff in nursing homes scored higher than staff in home care services, and older nursing staff scored lower than younger nursing staff. A reason for the relatively low influence of education and training on competence could be the diffuse roles that nursing staff have in community elderly care, implying that they have poor standards against which to judge their own competence. Clearer role descriptions for all groups of nursing staff are recommended as well as general competence development in geriatric nursing care. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 3 | 50% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 3 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 126 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 126 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 23 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 10% |
| Researcher | 8 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 25 | 20% |
| Unknown | 40 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 29 | 23% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 6% |
| Psychology | 7 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 11% |
| Unknown | 49 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 February 2016.
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#1,527,825
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#29
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