Core competency

The eleven core competency key areas:

Key area of responsibility: I. Safety and quality nursing care

• Core competency 1. Demonstrates knowledge base on the

health/illness status of individual/groups

• Core competency: 2. Provides sound decision making in the care of

individual/groups

• Core competency: 3. Promotes safety and comfort of patient

• Core competency: 4. Sets priorities in nursing care based on patients

needs

• Core competency: 5. Ensures continuity of care

• Core competency: 6. Administers medication and other health

therapeutics

• Core competency: 7.Utilizes the nursing process as frameworks for

nursing performs comprehensive and systemic nursing assessment

• Core competency: 8. Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with

patient and other members of the health team

• Core competency: 9.Implements planned nursing care to achieve

identified outcomes

• Core competency: 10. Evaluates progress toward expected outcomes

• Core competency: 11. Responds to the urgency the patient condition

Key area of responsibility: II. Management of resources and

environment

• Core competency: 1. Organize work load to facilitate patient care

• Core competency: 2. Utilizes resources to support patient care

• Core competency: 3. Ensure function of resources

• Core competency: 4. Checks proper functioning of equipment

• Core competency: 5. Maintains a safe environment

Key area of responsibility: III. Health education

 • Core competency: 1. Assess the learning needs of the patient and
family

• Core competency: 2. Develops health education plan based on

assessed anticipated needs

• Core competency: 3. Develops learning materials for health education

• Core competency: 4. Implements the health education plan

• Core competency: 5. Evaluates the outcome of health education

Key area of responsibility: IV. Legal responsibility

• Core competency: 1. Adheres to practice in accordance with the

nursing law and other relevant

• Core competency: 2. Adheres to organizational policies and

procedures, local and national

• Core competency: 3. Documents care rendered to patient

Key area of responsibility: V. Ethico-moral responsibility

• Core competency: 1. Respects the right of individual/groups

• Core competency: 2.Accepts responsibility and accountability for own

decisions and action

• Core competency: 3. Adheres to the national and international code of

ethics for nurses

Key area of responsibility: VI. Personal and professional development

• Core competency: 1. Identifies own learning’s need

• Core competency: 2. Pursues continuing education

• Core competency: 3. Get involved in professional organization and

civic activities

• Core competency: 4. Projects a professional image of the nurse

• Core competency: 5. Possess positive attitude forwards change and

criticism
 • Core competency: 6. Performs function according to professional
standards

Key area of responsibility: VII. Quality Improvement

• Core competency: 1. Gathers data for quality improvement

• Core competency: 2. Participated in nursing audits and rounds

• Core competency: 3. Identifies and reports variances

• Core competency: 4. Recommends solutions to identifies problem

Key area of responsibility: VIII. Research

• Core competency: 1. Gather data using different methodologies

• Core competency: 2. Recommends actions implementations

• Core competency: 3. Disseminates result of research findings

Key area of responsibility: IX. Records management

• Core competency: 1. Maintains accurate and updated documentations

of patient care

• Core competency: 2. Records outcomes of patient care

• Core competency: 3. Observe legal imperatives

Key area of responsibility: X. Communication

• Core competency: 1. Establish rapport with patient

• Core competency: 2. Listen attentively to client’s queries and requests

• Core competency: 3. Identifies verbal and non-verbal cues

• Core competency: 4. Utilizes formal and informal channels

• Core competency: 5. Responds to needs of individuals, family, group

and community

• Core competency: 6. Use appropriate technology information to

facilitate communication
Key area of responsibility: XI. Collaboration and team work

• Core competency: 1. Establishes collaborative relationship with

colleagues and other members of the health team

• Core competency: 2. Collaborates plan of care with other member of

the health team