Professional Competences of Nursing in Spain

Professional Competences of Nursing in Spain

Valuing the work of Spanish nursing, we can ask:

·      Can any nursing professional work in any area?

·      Is the nursing performance evaluated?

·      Is the professional development and training of the nurses recognised?

Is professional competence recognised?

At this point, it is essential to define the word “Competence”. It is the combination of necessary:

1.     Knowledge, 
2.     Skills, 
3.     Capacity, 
4.     Attitude, and 
5.      Motivation

for successful occupation of a role or a particular job (Lyle M Spencer y Signe M Spencer 1993).

In Spain, the competence development is a right and an obligation of the nursing professionals. There are several laws that establish the obligation to prove the competence in the nursing work:

•       Ley Ordenación Profesiones Sanitarias 44/2003: Titulo I. Del ejercicio de las profesiones sanitarias. Artículo 4.6:
•        Ley 16/2003, de 28 de mayo, de cohesión y calidad del Sistema Nacional de Salud. Artículo 40 y Articulo 42. Desarrollo profesional.

It is essential the development of knowledge and skills through the Continuing Accredited Education.

Nursing is a profession in constant change and requires constant updating. It is necessary to:

•       Promote the training of Nursing;

•       Develop nursing skills;

•       Define standards of clinical practice; and

•       Minimize the variability in nursing practice and its adverse effects.

Elena Miguel Poza - Nurse, nursing coordinator & trainer - Enfermera coordinadora y profesora de enfermería - IMTRA Instituto Madrileño de Traumatologia (Madrid Spain)
Tel: (0034) 915545405 Email: elena@imtra.es Web site in English: http://www.imtra.eu Web site in Spanish: www.imtra.biz

All nurses cannot work in all jobs!

All nurses cannot work in all jobs!

The innovation and technological advances in the field of health, have meant that professionals in Nursing have had to make a constant effort, efficiently managing their knowledge to improve Care, Nursing Product and to answer the health needs of the population.

All these coincide with the change of model of undergraduate education, to allow us to enter the European Higher Education Area, according to Bologna resolutions.

But there is a fault of adaptation between professional generalist nursing competences and the occupation in a specific field like Orthopaedics and Traumatology.

Elena Miguel is convinced that nursing speciality in the Traumatology and Orthopaedics area of knowledge needs to acquire a group of specific competences that guarantee a best practise in the attendance job.

What is a Competence? It is the combination of necessary knowledge, skills and attitude for successful occupation of a role or a certain job.

What is the profile of Competences?

§  Combination of Competences defined for a job.

§  Tool to search and evaluate the information.

The word “Competence” began to develop into the professional organizations at the end of 20^th century, seen as a “new” tool of strategic leadership in the business world. After leading by results, managers who wanted to have good results had to think of the human factor and they began to give importance to the persons who make up their organization. The new age is known as “leadership by values”. Companies know their big potentials are the people of their organization. For that, employers must involve themselves with philosophy, view, mission and values of their institution.

It is necessary the Identification of Professional Competences of Nursing in Traumatology and Orthopaedics.

Elena Miguel Poza Enfermera Coordinadora - Nursing Coordinator Email: elena@imtra.es