All nurses cannot work in all jobs!
The innovation and
technological advances in the field of health, have meant that professionals in
Nursing have had to make a constant effort, efficiently managing their
knowledge to improve Care, Nursing Product and to answer the health needs of
the population.
All these coincide
with the change of model of undergraduate education, to allow us to enter the
European Higher Education Area, according to Bologna resolutions.
But there is a fault
of adaptation between professional generalist nursing competences and the
occupation in a specific field like Orthopaedics and Traumatology.
Elena Miguel is convinced
that nursing speciality in the Traumatology and Orthopaedics area of knowledge
needs to acquire a group of specific competences that guarantee a best practise
in the attendance job.
What is a Competence? It is the combination of necessary
knowledge, skills and attitude for successful occupation of a role or a certain
job.
What is the profile of Competences?
§ Combination of
Competences defined for a job.
§ Tool to search and
evaluate the information.
The word “Competence” began to develop into the
professional organizations at the end of 20th century, seen as a
“new” tool of strategic leadership in the business world. After leading by
results, managers who wanted to have good results had to think of the human
factor and they began to give importance to the persons who make up their
organization. The new age is known as “leadership by values”. Companies know
their big potentials are the people of their organization. For that, employers
must involve themselves with philosophy, view, mission and values of their
institution.
It is necessary the
Identification of Professional Competences of Nursing in Traumatology and Orthopaedics.
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Elena Miguel Poza Enfermera Coordinadora - Nursing Coordinator Email: elena@imtra.es
