The construction on competency models of health nurses / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To construct competency models of health nurses. Methods The compe-tency models of health nurses based on eompetencies of health nurses by questionnaires survey of check-list and Behavioral Event Interview (BEI) was obtained. First, questionnaires survey of checklist was ad-ministrated and based on these results, coding competency dictionary was obtained through focus group discussions of professionals. Then the transcripts of BEI were coded on the basis of this competency dic-tionary. Results Significant difference existed in time and length of interview. The excellent nurses and common nurses were different in responsibility, professional knowledge and technique, initiative, emergency capability and rigourism. Conclusions The four factors, including service characteristic, cognitive style, professional particularity, tendency particularity, construct the competency models of health nurses.