Assessment of Competencies’ Level of Critical and Intensive Care Unites Nurses at King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital

Bothyna Zakaria Murshid

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Assessment of Competencies’ Level of Critical and Intensive Care Unites Nurses at King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital

Bothyna Zakaria Murshid

Published in American Journal of Nursing Science (Volume 10, Issue 1)

Received: 24 December 2020 Accepted: 12 January 2021 Published: 22 January 2021

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Critical Care Nursing reflects a holistic approach in caring of patients, critical care nurses are registered nurses who are trained and skilled to practice critical care nursing for critically ill patients, she carries out independent interventions and collaborates patient care activities to address life-threatening situations that will meet patient’s physical, psychological, cultural and spiritual needs. The aim of the study was to explore competence levels of intensive care unit nurses and related socio demographic characteristics. Setting: the study was conducted at all Intensive and Critical Care Units, King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital. Sample: Representative convenient sample of 233 intensive and critical care unit nurses were included in the study. Tools: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Competence Scale (ICCN- CS-1) was used for the purpose of the study, it is a self-assessment questionnaire consisting of two main basic competence; clinical competence and professional competence with a total of 140 items; each basic competence comprises four essential sub domains; knowledge, skills, attitude and value and experience base. Results of the study revealed that majority of the studied nurses has excellent total level of competency, with highest percent of the studied nurses who have good competency level related to knowledge base and there was a significant difference between total competency level of the studied nurses and their working unit and years of experience in the current Unit. Recommendation: Adding of more than one data collection method to avoid subjectivity of self-assessment scale results.

Published in	American Journal of Nursing Science (Volume 10, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajns.20211001.16
Page(s)	28-35
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Competencies’ Level, Critical Care Unites, Intensive Care Units

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Bothyna Zakaria Murshid. Assessment of Competencies’ Level of Critical and Intensive Care Unites Nurses at King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital. Am. J. Nurs. Sci. 2021, 10(1), 28-35. doi: 10.11648/j.ajns.20211001.16

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Bothyna Zakaria Murshid. Assessment of Competencies’ Level of Critical and Intensive Care Unites Nurses at King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital. Am J Nurs Sci. 2021;10(1):28-35. doi: 10.11648/j.ajns.20211001.16

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Medical & Surgical Nursing Department, College of Nursing, King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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