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PRCBON National Core Competency Standards For Filipino Nurses Rev May 2009
PRCBON National Core Competency Standards For Filipino Nurses Rev May 2009
Key Areas of
Responsibility Core Competency Indicators
I. PATIENT CARE COMPETENCIES
1. Safe and Core Competency 1: • Identifies the health needs of the clients (individuals, families,
Quality Nurs- Demonstrates knowledge population groups and/or communities)
ing Care base on the health /illness • Explains the health status of the clients/ groups
status of individual / groups
Core Competency 2. • Identifies clients’ wellness potential and/or health problem
Provides sound decision • Gathers data related to the health condition
making in the care of • Analyzes the data gathered
individuals / families/groups • Selects appropriate action to support/ enhance wellness re-
considering their beliefs
sponse; manage the health problem
and values
• Monitors the progress of the action taken
Core Competency 3: • Performs age-specific safety measures in all aspects of client
Promotes safety and care
comfort and privacy of • Performs age-specific comfort measures in all aspects of client
clients care
• Performs age-specific measures to ensure privacy in all aspects
of client care
Core Competency 4: Sets • Identifies the priority needs of clients
priorities in nursing care • Analyzes the needs of clients
based on clients’ needs • Determines appropriate nursing care to address priority
needs/problems
Core Competency 5: • Refers identified problem to appropriate individuals / agencies
Ensures continuity of care • Establishes means of providing continuous client care
Core Competency 6: • Conforms to the 10 golden rules in medication administration
Administers medications and health therapeutics
and other health
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therapeutics
Core Competency 7: Util- • Obtains informed consent
izes the nursing process as • Completes appropriate assessment forms
framework for nursing • Performs appropriate assessment techniques
7.1 Performs comprehens- • Obtains comprehensive client information
ive and • Maintains privacy and confidentiality
systematic nursing assess- • Identifies health needs
ment • Includes client and his family in care planning
• Collaborates with other members of the health team
7.2 Formulates a plan of • States expected outcomes of nursing intervention maximizing cli-
care in collaboration with ents’ competence
clients and other members • Develops comprehensive client care plan maximizing opportunit-
of the health team
ies for prevention of problems and/or enhancing wellness re-
sponse
• Accomplishes client-centered discharge plan
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2. Communication Core Competency 1: • Creates trust and confidence
Establishes rapport with • Spends time with the client/significant others and members of
client, significant others the health team to facilitate interaction
and members of the health • Listens actively to client’s concerns/significant others and mem-
team bers of the health team
Core Competency 2: • Interprets and validates client’s body language and facial expres-
Identifies verbal and non- sions
verbal cues
Core Competency 3: • Makes use of available visual aids
Utilizes formal and informal • Utilizes effective channels of communication relevant to client
channels care management
Core Competency 4: • Provides reassurance through therapeutic touch, warmth and
Responds to needs of comforting words of encouragement
individuals, family, group • Provides therapeutic bio-behavioral interventions to meet the
and community needs of clients
Core Competency 5: Uses • Utilizes telephone, mobile phone, electronic media
appropriate information • Utilizes informatics to support the delivery of healthcare
technology to facilitate
communication
3. Collaboration Core Competency 1: • Contributes to decision making regarding clients’ needs and con-
and Establishes collaborative cerns
Teamwork relationship with colleagues • Participates actively in client care management including audit
and other members of the • Recommends appropriate intervention to improve client care
health team • Respect the role of other members of the health team
• Maintains good interpersonal relationship with clients , col-
leagues and other members of the health team
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4. Health Core Competency 1: • Obtains learning information through interview, observation and
Education Assesses the learning validation
needs of the client- • Analyzes relevant information
partner/s • Completes assessment records appropriately
• Identifies priority needs
Core Competency 2: • Considers nature of learner in relation to: social, cultural, politic-
Develops health education al, economic, educational and religious factors.
plan based on assessed • Involves the client, family, significant others and other resources
and anticipated needs in identifying learning needs on behavior change for wellness,
healthy lifestyle or management of health problems
• Formulates a comprehensive health education plan with the fol-
lowing components: objectives, content, time allotment, teach-
ing-learning resources and evaluation parameters
• Provides for feedback to finalize the plan
Core Competency 3: • Develops information education materials appropriate to the
Develops learning materials level of the client
for health education • Applies health education principles in the development of
information education materials
Core Competency 4: • Provides for a conducive learning situation in terms of time and
Implements the health place
education plan • Considers client and family’s preparedness
• Utilizes appropriate strategies that maximize opportunities for
behavior change for wellness/healthy life style
• Provides reassuring presence through active listening, touch, fa-
cial expression and gestures
• Monitors client and family’s responses to health education
Core Competency 5: • Utilizes evaluation parameters
Evaluates the outcome of • Documents outcome of care
health education • Revises health education plan based on client
response/outcome/s
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II. EMPOWERING COMPETENCIES
5. Legal Core Competency 1: • Fulfills legal requirements in nursing practice
Responsibility Adheres to practices in • Holds current professional license
accordance with the • Acts in accordance with the terms of contract of employment
nursing law and other and other rules and regulations
relevant legislation • Complies with required continuing professional education
including contracts,
• Confirms information given by the doctor for informed consent
informed consent.
• Secures waiver of responsibility for refusal to undergo treatment
or procedure
• Checks the completeness of informed consent and other legal
forms
Core Competency 2: • Articulates the vision, mission of the institution where one be-
Adheres to organizational longs
policies and procedures, • Acts in accordance with the established norms of conduct of the
local and national institution / organization/legal and regulatory requirements
Core Competency 3: • Utilizes appropriate client care records and reports.
Documents care rendered • Accomplishes accurate documentation in all matters concerning
to clients client care in accordance to the standards of nursing practice.
6. Ethico-moral Core Competency 1: • Renders nursing care consistent with the client’s bill of rights:
Responsibility Respects the rights of (i.e. confidentiality of information, privacy, etc.)
individual / groups
Core Competency 2: • Meets nursing accountability requirements as embodied in the
Accepts responsibility and job description
accountability for own • Justifies basis for nursing actions and judgment
decision and actions • Projects a positive image of the profession
Core Competency 3: • Adheres to the Code of Ethics for Nurses and abides by its provi-
Adheres to the national and sion
international code of ethics • Reports unethical and immoral incidents to proper authorities
for nurses
7. Personal and Core Competency 1: • Identifies one’s strengths, weaknesses/ limitations
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Professional Identifies own learning • Determines personal and professional goals and aspirations
Development needs
Core Competency 2: • Participates in formal and non-formal education
Pursues continuing • Applies learned information for the improvement of care
education
Core Competency 3: Gets • Participates actively in professional, social, civic, and religious
involved in professional activities
organizations and civic • Maintains membership to professional organizations
activities • Support activities related to nursing and health issues
Core Competency 4: • Demonstrates good manners and right conduct at all times
Projects a professional • Dresses appropriately
image of the nurse • Demonstrates congruence of words and action
• Behaves appropriately at all times
Core Competency 5: • Listens to suggestions and recommendations
Possesses positive attitude • Tries new strategies or approaches
towards change and • Adapts to changes willingly
criticism
Core Competency 6: • Assesses own performance against standards of practice
Performs function according • Sets attainable objectives to enhance nursing knowledge and
to professional standards skills
• Explains current nursing practices, when situations call for it
III. ENHANCING COMPETENCIES
8. Records Core Competency 1: • Completes updated documentation of client care
Management Maintains accurate and • Applies principles of record management
updated documentation of • Monitors and improves accuracy, completeness and reliability of
client care relevant data
• Makes record readily accessible to facilitate client care
Core Competency 2: • Utilizes a records system ex. Kardex or Hospital Information Sys-
Records outcome of client tem (HIS)
care • Uses data in their decision and policy making activities
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Core Competency 3: • Maintains integrity, safety, access and security of records
Observes legal imperatives • Documents/monitors proper record storage, retention and dis-
in record keeping posal
• Observes confidentially and privacy of the clients’ records
• Maintains an organized system of filing and keeping clients’ re-
cords in a designated area
• Follows protocol in releasing records and other information
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• Defines steps to follow in case of fire, earthquake and other
emergency situations.
Core Competency 2: • Shares with the team relevant information regarding clients’ con-
Participates in nursing dition and significant changes in clients’ environment
audits and rounds • Encourages the client to verbalize relevant changes in his/her
condition
• Performs daily check of clients’ records / condition
• Documents and records all nursing care and actions implemented
Core Competency 3: • Reports to appropriate person/s significant variances/changes/oc-
Identifies and reports currences immediately
variances • Documents and reports observed variances regarding client care
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Core Competency 4: • Gives an objective and accurate report on what was observed
Recommends solutions to rather than an interpretation of the event
identified problems • Provides appropriate suggestions on corrective and preventive
measures
• Communicates solutions with appropriate groups
11. Research Core Competency 1: • Specifies researchable problems regarding client care and com-
Gather data using munity health
different methodologies • Identifies appropriate methods of research for a particular client /
community problem
• Combines quantitative and qualitative nursing design through
simple explanation on the phenomena observed
Core Competency 2: • Analyzes data gathered using appropriate statistical tool
Analyzes and interprets • Interprets data gathered based on significant findings
data gathered
Core Competency 3: • Recommends practical solutions appropriate to the problem
Recommends actions for based on the interpretation of significant findings
implementation
Core Competency 4: • Shares/presents results of findings to colleagues / clients/ family
Disseminates results of and to others
research findings • Endeavors to publish research
• Submits research findings to own agencies and others as
appropriate
Core Competency 5: • Utilizes findings in research in the provision of nursing care to in-
Applies research findings dividuals / groups / communities
in nursing practice • Makes use of evidence-based nursing to enhance nursing practice
Revised May 2009 (those in red are the latest additions to the Core Competencies and Indicators)