[Implications for professional development in nursing; focus based on professional competencies (II)]. / Implicaciones para la formación en enfermería. Enfoque basado en competencias profesionales (y II).

To work with quality criteria is a demand Nursing care has, but one which requires recognition inside and outside the profession. The authors propose a focus based on competencies as a tool for continuous quality improvement. One area in this focus centers on the professional development for Nurses in the field of research and action which will permit one to enter in the spiral of continuing learning, establishing multiple connections.

[To innovate the practical nurse; focus based on professional competencies (I)]. / Innovar la práctica enfermera. Enfoque basado en competencias profesionales (I).

The Nursing practice has entered into a period of rapid, global changes which require firm support in order to maximize their role in the health field. Together with the transitional situation health systems are undergoing, this obliges nurses to search for new innovative methods to comply with their professional duties and for the creation of instruments that facilitate the increase in the quality treatment nurses provide, as well as the mechanisms through which excellence in educational preparation and professional compliance are recognized. In the following pages, the authors deal with this focus based on professional competencies as a tool which nears these objectives.

Implicaciones pra la formación en enfermería. Enfoque basado en competencias profesionales (y II) / Implications for professional develpment in nursing; focus based on professional competencies (II)

Trabajar con criterios de calidad es una exigencia en la atención de Enfermería, pero precisa reconocimiento dentro y fuera de la profesión. Proponemos el enfoque basado en competencias (EBC) como una herramienta para la mejora continua de la calidad. Un área de este enfoque se centra en la formación para Enfermería desde el marco de la investigación-acción, que permite entrar en la espiral del aprendizaje continuo estableciendo múltiples conexiones

To work with qua lit y criteria is a demand Nursing care has, but one which requires recognition inside and outside the profession. The authors propose a focus based on competencies as a tool for continuous quality improvement. One area in this focus centers on the professional development for Nurses in the field of research and action which will permit one to enter in the spiral of continuing learning, establishing multiple connections

Innovar la práctica enfermera. Enfoque basado en competencias profesionales (I) / To innovate the practical nurse; focus based on professional competencies (I)

La práctica de la Enfermería ha entrado en un periodo de cambios rápidos y globales que requieren un apoyo firme para potenciar su rol en el sector salud. Esto, unido a la situación de transición de los sistemas de salud, obliga a los enfermeros a buscar nuevas formas innovadoras del ejercicio profesional y la creación de instrumentos que faciliten el aumento de la calidad de la atención de Enfermería, así como mecanismos a través de los cuales se reconozca la excelencia de la educación y el ejercicio profesional. En las páginas que siguen abordamos el enfoque basado en competencias profesionales como una herramienta que nos acerca a esos objetivos

The Nursing practice has entered into a period of rapid, global changes which require firm support in order to maximize their role in the health field. Together with the transitional situation health systems are undergoing, this obliges nurses to search for new innovative methods to comply with their professional duties and for the creation of instruments that facilitate the increase in the quality treatment nurses provide, as well as the mechanisms through which excellence in educational preparation and professional compliance are recognized. In the following pages, the authors deal with this focus based on professional competencies as a tool which nears these objectives