Identification of specific nursing competencies for older adults care in the community
<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> care for the elderly has its specificities, so the quality of the health service is based on its workers’ skills, the fulfillment of their work and social functions, which constitutes a real challenge today.<br /><strong>Objective:</st...
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| author | María de los Angeles Villegas Dorticós Zenia Tamara Sánchez García Omayda Urbina Laza Noel Alberto Pardillo Mustelier Margarita Maritza Fundora Oropesa. Isys María Leyva Betancourt |
| author_facet | María de los Angeles Villegas Dorticós Zenia Tamara Sánchez García Omayda Urbina Laza Noel Alberto Pardillo Mustelier Margarita Maritza Fundora Oropesa. Isys María Leyva Betancourt |
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| description | <p><strong>Foundation:</strong> care for the elderly has its specificities, so the quality of the health service is based on its workers’ skills, the fulfillment of their work and social functions, which constitutes a real challenge today.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to identify specific nursing competencies for older adults caring in the community.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a qualitative study was carried out in the Cienfuegos Municipal Health Directorate during the year 2023. The studied universe was made up of 100% of the staff and managers who work in this entity. The studied variable was specific professional nursing competencies for older adults caring in the community. The methodology was used to evaluate occupational health skills. <strong><br />Results:</strong> the documentary analysis shows a significant reduction in the time used to work with the elderly and professional competencies are not declared; The interviewees stated that nursing professionals do not have adequate preparation to work with older adults in the community; the received knowledge are not enough, are superficial, not very updated, with insufficient basic nursing literature and that they do not seek alternatives for improvement. From the previous analysis, eleven specific competencies validated by expert criteria emerged.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the specific nursing competencies identified for the older adults care in the community will promote the critical, creative and independent thinking of nursing professionals in problem solving; which demand individualized forms of professional performance from a comprehensive vision of the older adult in the community.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ce216f52045347c18220942c01cc912a2025-01-30T21:29:03ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2024-07-012247377432536Identification of specific nursing competencies for older adults care in the communityMaría de los Angeles Villegas Dorticós0Zenia Tamara Sánchez García1Omayda Urbina Laza2Noel Alberto Pardillo Mustelier3Margarita Maritza Fundora Oropesa.4Isys María Leyva Betancourt5Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cuba.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cuba.Instituto de Hematología e Inmunología. La Habana. Cuba.Dirección Provincial de Salud de Cienfuegos. Cuba.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cuba.Sucursal Servicios Médicos Cubanos. Cienfuegos. Cuba.<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> care for the elderly has its specificities, so the quality of the health service is based on its workers’ skills, the fulfillment of their work and social functions, which constitutes a real challenge today.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to identify specific nursing competencies for older adults caring in the community.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a qualitative study was carried out in the Cienfuegos Municipal Health Directorate during the year 2023. The studied universe was made up of 100% of the staff and managers who work in this entity. The studied variable was specific professional nursing competencies for older adults caring in the community. The methodology was used to evaluate occupational health skills. <strong><br />Results:</strong> the documentary analysis shows a significant reduction in the time used to work with the elderly and professional competencies are not declared; The interviewees stated that nursing professionals do not have adequate preparation to work with older adults in the community; the received knowledge are not enough, are superficial, not very updated, with insufficient basic nursing literature and that they do not seek alternatives for improvement. From the previous analysis, eleven specific competencies validated by expert criteria emerged.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the specific nursing competencies identified for the older adults care in the community will promote the critical, creative and independent thinking of nursing professionals in problem solving; which demand individualized forms of professional performance from a comprehensive vision of the older adult in the community.</p>http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/45204ancianoenfermeros de salud comunitariaenfermería en salud comunitariaatención primaria de salud |
| spellingShingle | María de los Angeles Villegas Dorticós Zenia Tamara Sánchez García Omayda Urbina Laza Noel Alberto Pardillo Mustelier Margarita Maritza Fundora Oropesa. Isys María Leyva Betancourt Identification of specific nursing competencies for older adults care in the community Medisur anciano enfermeros de salud comunitaria enfermería en salud comunitaria atención primaria de salud |
| title | Identification of specific nursing competencies for older adults care in the community |
| title_full | Identification of specific nursing competencies for older adults care in the community |
| title_fullStr | Identification of specific nursing competencies for older adults care in the community |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identification of specific nursing competencies for older adults care in the community |
| title_short | Identification of specific nursing competencies for older adults care in the community |
| title_sort | identification of specific nursing competencies for older adults care in the community |
| topic | anciano enfermeros de salud comunitaria enfermería en salud comunitaria atención primaria de salud |
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