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Abstract
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According to the World Health Organization, 238,000
individuals died of fire-related burns in 2000, and 95% of
these deaths occurred in low and middle-income countries.
The approach to burn prevention, to be effective in a
particular area, should be based on a sound knowledge of
etiological patterns of burn injuries and must take into
account the geographical variations and socioeconomic
differences in burn epidemiology. As in other low income
countries, burns in Egypt are considered as major health
problems that are associated with high mortality and
morbidity. Cairo, the capital of Egypt, is one of the most
crowded cities in the world. The population of Greater
Cairo, according to the most recently published statistics is
18.5 million inhabitants.
Competency standards for nurses who specialize in the
care of burn-injured patients are lacking. Currently, there
are no nationally agreed on standards that define safe and
competent burn nursing practice. In 2014, nurse members
of the American Burn Association proposed the Burn Nurse
Competency Initiative (BNCI) with the intent of
establishing a core set of competency standards for burn
nursing. Professional competence is the combination of
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knowledge, judgment, skills, experience, and attitude
required to respond adequately to the demands of one’s
occupational responsibilities. Models for competence in
health care have been used to improve practice standards,
accommodate new knowledge, promote professional
development, and improve effectiveness of training and
education programs.
The current study was conducted to assess of
Competency Levels of staff nurses providing care for
burned patients.
The data collection tools were Nurses’ knowledge
Questionnaire providing care for burned patients and
Observational checklist for practice.
The main results obtained from the present study were
as follows:
Lowest percentage of nurses had high competency
level of total knowledge (3.6 %) at El-demerdash
hospital but at Orabi hospital, the lowest percentage
of nurses had moderate competency level of total
knowledge (18.2 %).
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Lowest percentage of nurses had high competency
level of total skills at both hospitals (14.3 % at Eldemerdash
hospital and 6.1 % at Orabi hospital.
Lowest percentage of nurses had moderate total
competencies levels at both hospitals (32.1% at Eldemerdash
hospital and 13 % at orabi hospital).
According to study findings, it recommended that:
The hospital management should develop clear
policies and those policies should be activated and allocate
sufficient financial and manpower resources for the
implementation the policies.
Researchers are proposed to assess of Impact of
nursing competencies on quality of nursing care and safety
of nursing practice in burn unit