ArticleBMC nursing2017
Nurses' competencies in home healthcare: an interview study.
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Abstract
backgroundNurses working in Home healthcare (HHC) are facing major challenges since more advanced care and treatment are increasingly being carried out in patients' homes. The aim of this study has been to explore how nurses experience their competencies in HHC situations.
methodsThis study has a qualitative and explorative design. Ten nurses were interviewed and data was analyzed using content analysis.
resultsThe themes "Being a capable nurse", "Being a useful nurse" and "Being a subordinate and dependent nurse" were identified. Nurses want to be capable of taking care of patients, to develop their competencies and to perform their duties in the way required. They also want their work to be useful and to provide good and safe HHC. Finally, nurses want to improve HHC care by applying their competencies. Simultaneously, they are subordinate and dependent in relation to their manager and also dependent upon their manager's interest in encouraging nurses' competence development.
conclusionsNurses in HHC are responsible for many seriously ill patients and they want to contribute to good and safe patient care. To maintain patient safety, reduce the risk for burnout and staff turnover as well as to contribute to a sustainable development of the work, strategies for transferring competencies between nurses and efforts for competence development are needed.
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