Prehospital care nurses' self reported competence: A cross-sectional study.
ANC scale
Ambulance service
Nurses
Professional competence
Research utilization
Journal
International emergency nursing
ISSN: 1878-013X
Titre abrégé: Int Emerg Nurs
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101472191
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2020
09 2020
Historique:
received:
12
02
2020
revised:
22
06
2020
accepted:
01
07
2020
pubmed:
9
8
2020
medline:
16
6
2021
entrez:
9
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Swedish ambulance service has undergone major changes in recent decades due to advancements being made in medical and technical resources, professional competence, and patient care. Registered and specialist nurses share the same role, accountabilities, and responsibilities in the ambulance service, and their professional competence has not yet been evaluated. The aim of the study was to investigate and compare self-reported professional competence among nurses working in the ambulance service and to explore associations between potentially predictive background factors and self-reported professional competence. A cross-sectional study with a digital questionnaire was used for collecting data from 34 registered nurses and 71 specialist nurses. The Ambulance Nurse Competence Scale and the Research Utilization Questionnaire were used for data collection. Significant differences were found among the nursing categories in terms of age, gender, education, and work experience. Prehospital emergency nurses reported the highest professional competence. Nurses with a master's degree did not report significantly higher professional competence than nurses with a bachelor's degree. The findings indicated that there are differences in the professional competence of registered nurses and specialist nurses. Length of work experience in the ambulance service is an important factor associated with higher professional competence.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
The Swedish ambulance service has undergone major changes in recent decades due to advancements being made in medical and technical resources, professional competence, and patient care. Registered and specialist nurses share the same role, accountabilities, and responsibilities in the ambulance service, and their professional competence has not yet been evaluated.
OBJECTIVES
The aim of the study was to investigate and compare self-reported professional competence among nurses working in the ambulance service and to explore associations between potentially predictive background factors and self-reported professional competence.
METHOD
A cross-sectional study with a digital questionnaire was used for collecting data from 34 registered nurses and 71 specialist nurses. The Ambulance Nurse Competence Scale and the Research Utilization Questionnaire were used for data collection.
RESULTS
Significant differences were found among the nursing categories in terms of age, gender, education, and work experience. Prehospital emergency nurses reported the highest professional competence. Nurses with a master's degree did not report significantly higher professional competence than nurses with a bachelor's degree.
CONCLUSIONS
The findings indicated that there are differences in the professional competence of registered nurses and specialist nurses. Length of work experience in the ambulance service is an important factor associated with higher professional competence.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32763799
pii: S1755-599X(20)30068-9
doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2020.100896
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
100896Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.