NURSING ADMINISTRATION

Role 1. Nurse as an Administrator/Manager/Leader

Responsibility 1. Demonstrates competence in the management of:

1.1 nursing services/unit
1.2 health care unit

Task 1. Utilizes concepts, principles, theories of management as applied to nursing admin.

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

1. Demonstrates • Selected theories of • Adheres to the
management management and their principles and
functions in implications to nursing concepts of
a. planning administration management
b. Decision-making • Health/ nursing care • Values the importance
c. Policy delivery systems of accountability and
development • Organizational responsibility in the
d. Organizing concepts, structure, performance of the
e. Leading and culture role of an
f. Controlling • Decision-making tools administrator.
g. Evaluation • Concepts in policy
analysis
• Leadership concepts
• Evaluation tools
a. standards
development
b. continuous quality
improvement
• Local and international
issues and trends

Task 2. Demonstrates competence in human resource development.

SKILLS KNOWLEGDE ATTITUDES

• Manages personnel in • Selected theories in • Values the importance
the nursing service personnel of the role of the
utilizing management administrator in the
developmental • Organizational organization
supervision and behavior
personnel • Job designing
management • Job enrichment
principles and • Delegation
practices • Staffing
• Recruitment,
selection, promotion
• Performance appraisal
• Labor relations
• Conflict management

Task 3. Demonstrates competence in fiscal mgt.

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

Task 4. Utilizes bioethical legal principles in decision making and action taking to address
problems/issues/concerns that have implications to nursing administration.

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

• performs management
functions using the
ethical frameworks
and principles to
facilitate value
clarification and as a
basis for decision
making
• concepts and
principles of bioethics
• planning skills and
techniques
• decision making tools
• Values the importance
of the role of the
administrator in the
organization

Task 5. Keeps abreast on development in technological and advances particularly in biomedical

technology.

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

Responsibility 2. Leads in the change process and advocate for policy changes towards
nursing health development.

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

• Identifies situations
where strategies or
planned change are
utilized.
• Attend advocacy
activities.
• Pinpoint the role of the
nurse and planned
change.
• Theories, concepts • Commits oneself to
and principles of change process.
planned change.
• Strategies of planned
change.
• Health policy process

Responsibility 3. Utilizes appropriate principles/ theories on quality management.

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

Responsibility 4.Utilizes appropriate mechanisms for networking, linkage building, and

referrals.

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

• Identifies resources
available for
networking, linkage
building and referral.
• Applies protocols for
referral
• Demonstrates
communication and
• Resources available
for networking, linkage
building and referral
• Protocols for referral
• Communication skills
• IPR skills
• Values the importance
of networking, linkage
building and referral
for improving health
care delivery.
 IPR skills

Role 2. NURSE AS A TRAINOR

Responsibility 1. Demonstrates competency in developing, implementing and evaluating

training programs for different categories of nursing personnel.

Task 1. Identify training needs of the different nursing personnel.

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

1. Conducts assessment
of training needs.
2. Analyze training
needs
• Assessment principles of
training needs
Methods/Strategies
Theories of Learning
Principles of Adult Learning
• Values the importance of
accurate identification of
training needs
• Values the important of
principle of adult learning

3. Prioritizes training Organizational vs personal • Balancing organizational

needs goals with personal needs

Task 2. Design a training program to meet needs identified.

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

1. Formulate objectives
of program
2. Determine content of
program
• Utilize SMART • Adheres to the principles of
• Formulate objective objective statements
statements
(cognitive, psychomotor,
affective)
• Topics/Areas to be covered • Appreciates the value of
based on needs and cost effective program
objectives
• Resources needed
• Budgeting

Task 3. Implement the Training Program

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

Implement Training Program • Teaching Learning • Demonstrates flexibility and
Methods Strategies adaptability in
implementation of programs

Task 4. Evaluate the Training Program

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

 1. Conducts • Strategies/Methods of • Shows willingness to
Evaluation Evaluation improve programs
• Tools for program developed
evaluation
• Criteria for Evaluation
2. Monitors
implementation of • Methods/Strategies of
programs Programs
• Monitoring Scheme

Role 3. Nurse as a Researcher

Responsibility 1. Conducts research to address problems/generate new knowledge

related to Nursing Administration.

Task 1. Prepares a research proposal

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES
1. Specifies • Preparing the ROL • Values importance of a ROL
research • Formulating Research to determine research areas
problem/questions based Problems/Research in nursing practice
on nursing Questions based on • Values importance of
practice/situational nursing practice, situational updated information R/T
analysis of HCS, review of analysis of HCS, ROL nursing and health care
literature on validation of system in the country
admin theory vis-à-vis
nursing theory
2. Identifies • Defining Research • Appreciates the values of
research Objectives/Hypotheses explicitness on formulating
objectives/hypotheses research objectives/
hypotheses
3. Determines • Rese • Adheres to the standards of
appropriate research arch Designs appropriate research
design, methods and tools • Metho methodology
based on specified ds and Tools
research variables • Select
ing appropriate research
design, methods and tools

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

4. Formulates • Data • Demonstrates excellence in
data analysis plan analysis formulating the data
- Quantitative analysis plan
* Bi-variate analysis
* Correlational analysis
• Qualit
ative

Task 2. Carries out research that address problems R/T nursing administration and generate
new knowledge/information R/T nursing administration

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES

1. Developing valid and reliable Values the importance of using
 Utilizes valid and reliable
research instruments/tools
in generating data
2.
Collates research data
based on research design
3.
Analyzes research data
based on research
objectives/hypotheses
4.
Presents research
results/findings using
appropriate
methods/procedures
Task 3. Shares research findings of colleagues and other stake holders
SKILLS
1. Conducts post
presentation
2. Presents
research findings in
appropriate for a
3. Publishes
research findings
research instruments/tools valid and reliable
instruments/tools
• Data Coding • Adheres to standards of
• Data Collection data collation
• Ensures integrity of data
collection
• Data Analyses, Procedures • Adheres to standards of
Technique data analysis
• Presentation of Research • Appreciate the value of
Results/Findings appropriate and accurate
- Methods presentation of research
- Techniques results/findings
•
KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES
Poster Presentation Recognizes the importance of
• Methods excellence in poster
• Techniques presentation
- original, creative, easy to
understand, concise, brief,
precise, accurate
Presenting Research Appreciate the value of
Findings in Fora presenting research findings in
• Methods appropriate for a
• Techniques
Shows willingness to share
results of study
Accepts critique with open-
mindedness
Research Report Writing for Adheres to standards of
Publication research report writing for
Establishing linkages with publication
publishers/editorial team of
professional/scientific journals
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