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Evidence-Based Competency Management for the Emergency Department, 2nd Edition
Barbara A. Brunt, MA, MN, RN-BC, Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN, Gwen A. Valois, MS, RN, BC, Jane G. Alberico, MS, RN, CEN

Book + bonus CD-ROM
Size: 11" x 8.5"  
ISBN 1601461526
978-1601461520
HCPro / Opus
May 2008
3 continuing education credits
Price: $149.00
(click below to order your own copy of this resource)

 


End your struggle to assess, validate, and document the competency of your nurses.

You hire only the best nurses for your units and you count on them to deliver optimum patient care even in the most complicated situations. The best way to measure and assess their readiness for anything that could come their way is through evidence-based competencies.

 

Now you don’t have to spend time researching evidence-based competencies to assess your nurses’ skill sets. This edition is fully revised with the latest regulations from The Joint Commission and other regulatory bodies. It ensures you have everything you need to meet and exceed evidence-based competency requirements. As a book and CD-ROM pair, this resource is a complete evidence-based competency program created specifically for assessing, validating, and documenting the skills of your nurses. You’ll find proven tips and strategies for effectively evaluating the training needs of your staff.

 

The accompanying CD-ROM includes all the skill sheets in the book. It’s a snap to customize them to meet your needs. What’s included? This comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, resource consists of:

  • 100 evidence-based competency skill sheets—we’ve done the work for you by putting together ready-to-use assessment skill sheets

  • 150 pages of invaluable information to help you develop—or revamp—your competency assessment program

  • Best practices for selecting annual competencies for validation

  • The Competencies Analyzer spreadsheet to help you document and track staff skills

  • A CD-ROM containing each skill sheet ready for you to implement or customize for use in your facility today

This resource is jam-packed with expert advice to help you:

  • Schedule and organize competency assessments

  • Use our proven formula to determine which evidence-based competencies to evaluate each year, and how to tie competencies to annual performance reviews

  • Develop an evidence-based competency assessment program

  • Save time with practical strategies for designing a compliant, consistent, and effective competency assessment program

  • Recognize the differences between mandatory annual training and competency validation

  • Don’t confuse validating clinical proficiency with mandatory training topics such as fire safety and sexual harassment

  • Maintain a consistent validation system
    Ensure that clinical proficiency is assessed and validated in a consistent manner with our easy-to-implement skill sheets

  • Keep up with new competencies

  • Stay current on requirements for verifying and documenting the ever-changing new—and existing—competencies, including those for new equipment

These topics are fully covered:

  • Why is competency validation required?

  • What is competency validation?

  • Include competency validation in job descriptions and the performance-evaluation process

  • Train staff to perform competency validation

  • Keep up with new competencies

  • Using your skills checklists

Earn 3 continuing education credits! This learning program is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity is for 3 contact hours and includes these earning objectives:

  • Design a competency plan to effectively assess employee competence

  • Identify advantages of competency-based education

  • Describe methods of validating competencies

  • Recognize the benefits of incorporating competency assessment into job descriptions and performance evaluation tools

  • Discuss the key elements required of performance-based job descriptions

  • Develop a training program to train staff to perform competency assessment

  • Maintain consistency in a competency validation system

  • Identify steps for effective program documentation

  • Recognize the essential qualities needed by competency assessors

  • List potential categories for new competencies

  • Identify best practices for implementing new competencies

  • Discuss dimensions of competencies

  • Differentiate between orientation checklists and skill checklists

Author Barbara A. Brunt, MA, MN, RN-BC, has taken her best-selling series and cited each competency with solid, reputable evidence so you can benchmark your staff against industry standards. Barbara A. Brunt, MA, MN, RN-BC, is director of nursing education and staff development for Summa Health System in Akron, OH. Brunt is currently serving a two-year term as president of NNSDO. She has held a variety of staff development positions, including education coordinator and director, for the past 30 years. Brunt has presented on a variety of topics both locally and nationally and has published numerous articles, chapters, and books. She is a noted author, including Competencies for Staff Educators: Tools to Evaluate and Enhance Nursing Professional Development, published by HCPro.

Brunt was joined on this project by contributing authors Adrianne E. Avillion, DEd, RN, Gwen A. Valois, MS, RN, BC, and Jane G. Alberico, MS, RN, CEN.

 

With more than 17 years of experience, HCPro, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated information, education, training, and consulting products and services in the vital areas of healthcare regulation and compliance. The company's mission is to meet the specialized informational, advisory, and educational needs of the healthcare industry. As an acknowledged industry authority in healthcare regulation and compliance, HCPro focuses on providing its expertise in the areas of accreditation, medical staff affairs, credentialing, privileging, medical record management, regulatory compliance, nursing, quality/patient safety, infection control, and workplace safety.

 

Book + bonus CD-ROM
Size: 11" x 8.5"  
ISBN 1601461526
978-1601461520
HCPro / Opus
May 2008
3 continuing education credits
Price: $149.00
(click below to order your own copy of this resource)

 


End your struggle to assess, validate, and document the competency of your nurses.

(information from the publisher)

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