SFEBES2013 Poster Presentations Nursing practice (2 abstracts)
Development of adult endocrine specialist nurse competencies
Lisa Shepherd 1, , Kate Davies 2, , Christine Gibson 2, , Morag Middleton 2, , Jean Munday 2, , Shashana Shalet 2, , Phillip Yeoh 2, , Julie Cragg 9 & Veronica Kieffer 2,
1Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK; 2Society for Endocrinology Nurse Competency working group, Bristol, UK; 3Kings College Hospital, London, UK; 4Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK; 5Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK; 6Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK; 7Salford Royal Hospitals Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; 8The London Clinic, London, UK; 9Society for Endocrinology, Bristol, UK; 10Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK.
The Society for Endocrinology Nurse Committee provides national, international and local guidance, support and networking for nurses working in Endocrinology. Following review and revalidation of the endocrine nurse certificate, the Nurse Committee looked to explicate adult endocrine nurse competencies. The need for core competencies to standardise role expectations was a concern voiced from nurses and committee members. Up to the introduction of paediatric endocrine nurse competencies (RCN 2008) there had been no formal framework for endocrine nurses. Many specialist nurses work in isolation and the development of competencies could; assist those new to post, facilitate continuing professional development, assist managers with identifying strengths and gaps in knowledge, skills and services, aid performance appraisal and thereby improve and support endocrine nurses locally by providing a path of career progression. A working group was formed consisting of eight experienced endocrine nurses working in the NHS and private sector. Eight improve patient care. The competencies are to be launched in 2013 when they will be introduced and made available to all endocrine nurses and endocrine centres in the UK. The document will also be accessible via the Society for Endocrinology website reaching a wider population and international audience.
Declaration of funding: Support, organisation of meetings and reimbursement of travel expenses was provided by the Society for Endocrinology.
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