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Defining Foundational Competence For Prelicensure And Graduate Nursing Students: A Concept Analysis And Conceptual Model, Katie L. Mcdermott, Kristina Dreifuerst
Defining Foundational Competence For Prelicensure And Graduate Nursing Students: A Concept Analysis And Conceptual Model, Katie L. Mcdermott, Kristina Dreifuerst
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Aim
To define the concept of foundational competence as it pertains to prelicensure and graduate nursing students during their educational program, thereby informing pedagogical and assessment practices.
Background
Competence has many definitions and uses, however a lack of consensus of a clear and useful definition in nursing persists. Without shared language, competence remains open for interpretation across and among groups and impedes the ability to teach and assess it in a competency-based education framework.
Method
Using the Walker & Avant method of concept analysis, literature was reviewed and synthesized to define and explain the concept of foundational competence in nursing …