Advanced Practice Nurses Core Competencies

Core competencies in cancer genetics for advanced practice oncology nurses.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine core competencies in cancer genetics for advanced practice nurses (APNs) in oncology. DESIGN Survey. SAMPLE Expert panel of 9 nursing educators or researchers, 9 general genetics experts, 9 genetics experts with specialties in oncology, and 10 oncology APN nurse consumers (N = 37). METHODS Utilizing the Delphi Technique, two rounds of surveys were conducted...

Core competencies for UK occupational health nurses: a Delphi study

Background Occupational health nurses (OHNs) play a pivotal role in the delivery of occupational health (OH) services. Specific competency guidance has been developed in a number of countries, including the UK. While it is acknowledged that UK OHN practice has evolved in recent years, there has been no formal research to capture these developments to ensure that training and curricula remain up...

Entry-to-practice competencies for the registered nurses profession.

Informatics competencies for nurses at four levels of practice.

Valid and comprehensive nursing informatics (NI) competencies currently are lacking. Meanwhile, nursing leaders are emphasizing the need to include NI in nursing curricula, as well as within the roles of practicing nurses in all settings. This article presents the initial work of a team of NI experts toward development of a valid and reliable set of NI competencies. Previous work primarily has ...

Roles of advanced practice nurses in oncology.

Managed care is a process of health-care management that integrates financing, cost-containment strategies, and business principles with the delivery of health care. Managed care's rapid transformation of specialty practices, such as oncology, is redirecting classic nursing functions toward market initiatives that value the design of care/case management systems and the implementation of multid...