title: Exploring expert cardiac home care nurse competence and competencies.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Quality Continuum, Pontiac Michigan, USA. afrantz922@aol.com
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Frantz
mesh_terms: 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