title: Achieving clarity in evaluation of community/public health nurse generalist competencies through development of a clinical performance evaluation tool.
abstract: Community/public health nursing practice is complex and based on interventions targeted at individuals, families, populations, and communities. Evaluating clinical practice involves a comparison of predetermined standards, such as those developed by American Nurses Association (ANA), against competencies associated with the practice of the specialty. In this study, 301 performance evaluation records from a locally developed clinical performance evaluation tool were examined for construct validity and reliability based on the ANA Standards for Community and Public Health Nursing.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, USA. kkaiser@unmc.edu
authors.forename: Katherine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Rudolph
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*