The development and implementation of a clinical skills matrix to plan and monitor palliative care nurses' skills |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Monash Rural Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia;2. Gippsland Region Palliative Care Consortium, Australia;1. Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;2. Beheshti Hospital, Iranian Social Security Organization, Shiraz, Iran;3. Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;4. Nursing Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;5. Nursing Care Research Center, Department of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;1. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Australia;2. School of Social Science and Psychology, Western Sydney University, Australia;3. NDIS Transition Co-ordinator, Northern Sydney Home Nursing Service, NSW Health, Australia;4. Northcott, Parramatta, NSW, Australia;5. School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health, Charles Sturt University, Australia;1. University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Faculty of Health, Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through Clinical Research and Translation (IMPACCT), Jones St., Ultimo, NSW, Australia;2. University of New South Wales (UNSW), South Western Sydney Clinical School, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW, Australia;3. Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Campbell St., Liverpool, NSW, Australia;4. Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Nursing, Hong Kong;1. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Australia;2. School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia;1. Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia;2. IMPACCT Consumer Advisory Group, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia;3. Dementia Australia, Australia;4. Consumer Advisory Panel, Translational Cancer Research Network, NSW, Australia;5. Stanford University School of Medicine, United States;1. Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia;2. Sacred Heart Centre for Palliative Care, St. Vincent''s Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia;3. Calvary Health Care Kogarah, Kogarah, NSW 2217, Australia;4. School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia |
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AimTo develop and implement a region wide skills matrix for palliative care and district nurses in rural Victoria in order to identify and address individual learning needs and appropriate professional development strategies based on the Australian National Palliative Care Standards. This study is the first in a series of papers discussing and evaluating the development and implementation of a skills matrix. Future papers will report on participants’ data reporting.MethodsThe development and implementation of a skills matrix for palliative care nurses was based on using several evidence-based strategies involving four main stages. There were: stakeholder consultation, collaboration, consolidation and implementation. The initial stage of development of the matrix involved consultation with regional stakeholders to establish and refine the project objectives. The second stage involved collection of information from regional stakeholders; brainstorming and discussion of the technical skills required for palliative care and the cross over with district nursing. The third stage involved a facilitated process whereby action plans were devised and the final stage involved a plan for the survey dissemination and evaluation of the training needs.Other evidence-based strategies used were Benner’s theoretical model of clinical competence, the Australian National Palliative Care Standards and the triple C model of project implementation.ResultsThis study reported on the development and implementation of a self-assessment of competencies skills matrix for nurses working in palliative care based on the Australian National Standards of palliative care used by services.The matrix included all the aspects covered by the Australian National Palliative Care Standards and mapped them to various competencies using Benner’s model ranging from novice to expert. The availability of a skills matrix tool to self-assess is important to keep track of the clinical competencies gained by palliative care nurses. Targeted educational interventions identified by the skills matrix have the potential to improve quality of care provided in the palliative care setting.ConclusionThe successful development and implementation of the palliative skills matrix across the Gippsland region relied on using several evidence-based strategies to standardise the competencies across the palliative care setting in rural Victoria, Australia. Examples of these strategies included using Benner’s theoretical competency model, the Australian National Palliative Standards and the triple C model, which included stakeholders’ consultation, collaboration and consolidation. |
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| Keywords: | Skills matrix palliative care Benner’s model competencies hospice and palliative care nursing |
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