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Derryl Block, PhD, MPH, RN1, Sharon Cross, MSPH, RN2, LaVohn Josten, PhD, RN3, Dawn Reckinger, PhD, MPH4, Linda Olson-Keller, MS, RN5, Sue Strohschein, MS, RN6, Mary Rippke, MS, RN7, and Kay Savik, MS5. (1) University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicollet, Green Bay, WI 54311, 920-465-2976, blockd@uwgb.edu, (2) Healthy Families Section, St. Paul-Ramsey County Public Health Department, 70 West County Road B-2, St. Paul, MN 55117, (3) Public Health Nursing, University of Minnesota, 3864 Stratford Street, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86404, (4) Consultant, 1162 Durango Point, Lino Lakes, MN 55038, (5) School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (6) Community/Family Health Section, Minnesota Department of Health, 3400 First St. North, Midtown Square, Suite 305, St. Cloud, MN 56303, (7) Community and Family Health Division, Minnesota Department of Health, 410 Jackson Street, Nichols Office Center Suite 500, Mankato, MN 56001
This presentation describes the development and initial testing of an instrument to measure population-based public health nursing competencies. Although multiple lists of public health competencies exist, a literature review did not elicit a valid instrument that could measure changes in public health nursing competency over time. The Public Health Nursing Competency Instrument, consisting of 195 measurable activities organized in the framework of the nursing process, was developed. Competency scores of practicing public health significantly increased after a continuing education series, and the instrument was confirmed by experts to be a valid reflection of public health nursing practice. The time required for instrument development exceeded expectations due to the multiple stages of delineating competencies and validating data with national experts. The comprehensiveness of the instrument contributes to clarifying population-based public health nursing practice. It also can be used to measure changes in public health nursing competence over time. This instrument may also be useful in planning population-based public health nursing curriculum. The use of the nursing process as the instrument's framework may assist students to integrate nursing and public health practice that is individual/family, community, and systems-focused. The instrument's delineation of specific activities and skills can help to direct course content and practicum experiences. The instrument can be used either by students in self-rating or by faculty to evaluate practicum accomplishment.
Learning Objectives: Learning Objectives
Keywords: Public Health Nursing, Competency
Related Web page: www.nursing.umn.edu/CCFHPR/Resources/Competencies/home.html
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
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The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA