Exploring expert cardiac home care nurse competence and competencies.
Consistent with cardiac national practice guidelines, many home care agencies employ expert cardiac nurses to practice in cardiac home care programs. Agencies have needed a tool for evaluating who is an expert at the time of hire, as well as delineating ongoing required competencies for expert cardiac nurses. This article presents a competence statement, sample competence evaluation questions, and competencies associated with expert cardiac nursing practice.
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Quality Continuum, Pontiac Michigan, USA. afrantz922@aol.com
D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic