Certified clinical nurse specialists in home health, occupational health, and public health were surveyed to determine their views on desired masters level community health nursing competencies. A random sample of 544 clinical specialists certified by the ABOHN and ANCC were queried using a five-point Likert scale on 62 competencies that were merged into the competency domains of political competencies, business acumen, program leadership, and management capabilities based on the earlier factor analysis work by Misener et al. (1997). The 81.4% response rate included 186 public health, 156 occupational health, and 78 home health clinical specialists. The clinical specialists, as a group, placed higher value on all the domains (political competencies, business acumen, and management capabilities p < .01, program leadership p < .05) when compared to a national sample of public health leaders. Type of graduate education (nursing or public health) and primary position (administrator, provider, or educator) were significant in the political competencies domain (p < .006, p < .035). In the business acumen domain, employer (government or non-government) and graduate education were significant (p < .003, p < .0289). Type of specialist, graduate education, and primary position (administrator, provider, or educator) were significant in the program leadership domain (p < .0003, p < .009, p < .019). Graduate education (nursing or public health) was significant in the management capabilities domain (p < .004). Two first level interactions were found: education and employer for business acumen domain and specialist and position for the program leadership domain.
Learning Objectives: Compare and contrast graduate competencies for clinical specialists in public health nursing, occupational health nursing, and home health nursing.
Keywords: Nursing Education, Public Health Nursing
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