Core Competencies of Nurse Educator At Technical institutes of Nursing | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 22, Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2018, Page 311-319 PDF (381.87 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2018.47161 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Doaa Lotfy Ahmed Mohamed; Mona Mostafa Shazly; Nema Fathy saad | ||||
| Nursing Administration Department – Faculty of NursingAin Shams University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Core Competencies are a valuable resource for nurse educators. The appropriate preparation of nurse educators is critical to the development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of nurses. Aim: Study was aimed to assess core competencies of nurse educators at technical Institutes of nursing. Subjects and methods: - A descriptive cross sectional design was used in carrying 0ut the study on (40) nurse educators from Nursing Technical Institute affiliated to Ain Shams Specialized and University Hospitals, and (56) educators from Imbaba Technical Health Institute for Nursing, affiliated to Ministry of Health. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. The fieldwork lasted from October to December 2016. Results: - the results revealed that their age ranged between 25 and 56 years, and 52.1% had a postgraduate degree. The highest core competencies were facilitating learning, while the lowest was participating in curriculum design and evaluation. Overall, 76.0% had high competencies. In total, 92.5% of nurse educators' in Ain-Shams institutions had high core competencies, compared with 64.3% in Imbaba institution (p˂0.001). Those who attended training courses had higher facilitator competency (p=0.047). in multivariate analysis, working in Imbaba institutes was the only significant independent negative predictor of the score of core competencies. Conclusion and Recommendations: - the nurse educators in the study setting have good core competencies, which are influenced by their age, qualification, attendance of training courses, and the workplace | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Core Competencies; Nurse Educator; Nursing Institute | ||||
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