Development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across Europe: A modified e-Delphi study

Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify and define core competencies for advanced nursing roles in adult intensive care units across Europe. Methods: Three round electronic Delphi conducted between September 2018 and November 2019, with an expert panel of 184 nurses from 20 countries, supplem...

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Main Authors: Endacott, R., Scholes, J., Jones, C., Boulanger, C., Egerod, I., Blot, S., Iliopoulou, K., Francois, G., Latour, Jos
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Language:English
Published: 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94034
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author Endacott, R.
Scholes, J.
Jones, C.
Boulanger, C.
Egerod, I.
Blot, S.
Iliopoulou, K.
Francois, G.
Latour, Jos
author_facet Endacott, R.
Scholes, J.
Jones, C.
Boulanger, C.
Egerod, I.
Blot, S.
Iliopoulou, K.
Francois, G.
Latour, Jos
author_sort Endacott, R.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify and define core competencies for advanced nursing roles in adult intensive care units across Europe. Methods: Three round electronic Delphi conducted between September 2018 and November 2019, with an expert panel of 184 nurses from 20 countries, supplemented by consensus meetings with 16 participants from 10 countries before each round. Results: In Round 1, participants generated 275 statements across 4 domains (knowledge skills and clinical performance; clinical leadership, teaching and supervision; personal effectiveness; safety and systems management). These were re-worded as competency statements and refined at a consensus meeting resulting in 230 statements in 30 sub-domains. The expert panel rated the ‘importance’ of each statement in Round 2; further refinement at the consensus meeting and the addition of descriptors for sub-domains resulted in 95 competency statements presented to the panel in Round 3. These were all retained in the final set of competency statements. Conclusion: We have used consensus techniques to generate competencies for advanced practice in intensive care nursing that are relevant across European countries and available in eight languages. These have provided the basis for an outline curriculum from which education programmes can be developed within countries.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-940342025-02-19T01:44:53Z Development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across Europe: A modified e-Delphi study Endacott, R. Scholes, J. Jones, C. Boulanger, C. Egerod, I. Blot, S. Iliopoulou, K. Francois, G. Latour, Jos Advanced practice nursing Delphi method Education Intensive care units Professional competence Adult Clinical Competence Consensus Curriculum Delphi Technique Humans Intensive Care Units Leadership Humans Leadership Consensus Curriculum Clinical Competence Delphi Technique Adult Intensive Care Units Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify and define core competencies for advanced nursing roles in adult intensive care units across Europe. Methods: Three round electronic Delphi conducted between September 2018 and November 2019, with an expert panel of 184 nurses from 20 countries, supplemented by consensus meetings with 16 participants from 10 countries before each round. Results: In Round 1, participants generated 275 statements across 4 domains (knowledge skills and clinical performance; clinical leadership, teaching and supervision; personal effectiveness; safety and systems management). These were re-worded as competency statements and refined at a consensus meeting resulting in 230 statements in 30 sub-domains. The expert panel rated the ‘importance’ of each statement in Round 2; further refinement at the consensus meeting and the addition of descriptors for sub-domains resulted in 95 competency statements presented to the panel in Round 3. These were all retained in the final set of competency statements. Conclusion: We have used consensus techniques to generate competencies for advanced practice in intensive care nursing that are relevant across European countries and available in eight languages. These have provided the basis for an outline curriculum from which education programmes can be developed within countries. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94034 10.1016/j.iccn.2022.103239 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle Advanced practice nursing
Delphi method
Education
Intensive care units
Professional competence
Adult
Clinical Competence
Consensus
Curriculum
Delphi Technique
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Leadership
Humans
Leadership
Consensus
Curriculum
Clinical Competence
Delphi Technique
Adult
Intensive Care Units
Endacott, R.
Scholes, J.
Jones, C.
Boulanger, C.
Egerod, I.
Blot, S.
Iliopoulou, K.
Francois, G.
Latour, Jos
Development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across Europe: A modified e-Delphi study
title Development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across Europe: A modified e-Delphi study
title_full Development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across Europe: A modified e-Delphi study
title_fullStr Development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across Europe: A modified e-Delphi study
title_full_unstemmed Development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across Europe: A modified e-Delphi study
title_short Development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across Europe: A modified e-Delphi study
title_sort development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across europe: a modified e-delphi study
topic Advanced practice nursing
Delphi method
Education
Intensive care units
Professional competence
Adult
Clinical Competence
Consensus
Curriculum
Delphi Technique
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Leadership
Humans
Leadership
Consensus
Curriculum
Clinical Competence
Delphi Technique
Adult
Intensive Care Units
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94034