SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING CARE

I. SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING CARE


CORE COMPETENCY 1:
Demonstrate knowledge based on health/illness status of individual/ groups

Indicators :
○ Identifies health needs of patients/groups
○ Explains patient/group status

CORE COMPETENCY 2:
Provides sound decision making in care of individual/groups considering their beliefs, values

Indicators :
○ Problem identification
○ Data gathering related to problem
○ Data analysis
○ Selection appropriate action
○ Monitor progress of action taken

CORE COMPETENCY 3:
Promotes patient safety and comfort

Indicators :
○ Performs age-specific safety measures and comfort measure in all aspects of patient care

CORE COMPETENCY 4:
Priority setting in nursing care based on patients’ needs

Indicators :
○ Identifies priority needs of patients
○ Analysis of patients’ needs
○ Determine appropriate nursing care to be provided

CORE COMPETENCY 5:
Ensures continuity of care

Indicators :
○ Refers identified problems to appropriate individuals/ agencies
○ Establish means of providing continuous patient care

CORE COMPETENCY 6:
Administers medications and other health therapeutics

Indicators :
○ Conforms to the 10 golden rules in medication administration and health therapeutics

CORE COMPETENCY 7:
Utilizes nursing process as framework for nursing. Performs comprehensive, systematic nursing assessment

Indicators :
○ Obtains consent
○ Complete appropriate assessment forms
○ Performs effective assessment techniques
○ Obtains comprehensive client information
○ Maintains privacy and confidentiality
○ Identifies health needs

CORE COMPETENCY 8:
Formulates care plan in collaboration with patients, other health team members

Indicators :
○ Includes patients, family in care planning
○ States expected outcomes in nursing interventions
○ Develops comprehensive patient care plan
○ Accomplishes patient centered discharge plan

CORE COMPETENCY 9:
Implements NCP to achieve identified outcomes

Indicators :
○ Explain interventions to patient, family before carrying them out
○ Implement safe, comfortable nursing interventions
○ Acts according to client’s health conditions, needs
○ Performs nursing interventions effectively and in timely manner

CORE COMPETENCY 10:
Implements NCP progress toward expected outcomes

Indicators :
○ Monitors effectiveness of nursing interventions
○ Revises care plan PRN

CORE COMPETENCY 11:
Responds to urgency of patient’s condition

Indicators :
○ Identifies sudden changes in patient’s health conditions
○ Implements immediate, appropriate interventions