Gerontological competencies for entry-level professional nursing: Alignment with AACN Essentials

IF 2.9 3区医学 Q1 NURSING

Journal of Professional Nursing Pub Date : 2025-08-22 DOI:10.1016/j.profnurs.2025.08.012

Christine Mueller PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN , Selena Gilles DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN, CNEcl, ANEF, FNYAM , Ying-Ling Jao PhD, RN, FGSA , Alisha Johnson PhD, RN , Letha Joseph DNP, AGPCNP-C, FFNMRCSI, FAANP , Barbara J. King PhD, RN, APRN-BC, FAAN , Claudia K.Y. Lai PhD, RN, FHKCERN, FHKCGN, FAAN , Florence Mandebvu DNP, RN, GCNS-BC, DEGN , Andrea Silner PhD, GCNS-BC, RN , Ju Young Shin PhD, APRN, DEGN, ANP-C

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Abstract

Background

The Recommended Baccalaureate Competencies and Curricular Guidelines for the Nursing Care of Older Adults was published in 2010. The core competencies for professional nursing education were published by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in 2021. This article describes the process of developing new gerontological nursing competencies aligned with the AACN core competencies (Essentials).

Methods

A three-phase process was used to develop and validate the gerontological nursing competencies. For the first phase, the National Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence convened a workgroup of gerontological nursing education experts to review and align competencies for nursing care of older adults to the new AACN Essentials, resulting in 39 competencies. In phase two, another group of gerontological nursing education experts reviewed the 39 competencies and provided feedback for further revision. The third phase used a Delphi process with experts in gerontological nursing practice and education with the final result of 37 validated gerontological nursing competencies.

Results

The 37 gerontological nursing competencies mapped to all the AACN Essentials domains and 43 of the 45 main competencies.

Conclusion

Nurses, as frontline healthcare providers, are strategically positioned to address the complex health needs of older adults. Incorporating gerontological nursing competencies into the curricula is essential to guide faculty in the preparation of nurses competent in caring for older adults.

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入门级专业护理的老年学能力：与AACN要点对齐

《老年人护理推荐学士学位能力和课程指南》于2010年出版。美国护理学院协会（AACN）于2021年发布了专业护理教育的核心能力。这篇文章描述了开发新的老年护理能力与AACN核心能力（要领）对齐的过程。方法采用三阶段流程对老年护理能力进行培养和验证。在第一阶段，国家哈特福德老年护理卓越中心召集了一个由老年护理教育专家组成的工作组，对老年人护理能力进行审查，并将其与新的AACN基本要素相结合，产生了39项能力。在第二阶段，另一组老年护理教育专家审查了39项能力，并提供了进一步修订的反馈。第三阶段采用老年护理实践和教育专家的德尔菲过程，最终得到37个经过验证的老年护理能力。结果37项老年护理胜任力均与AACN要点领域和45项主要胜任力中的43项相匹配。结论护士作为一线医疗服务提供者，具有解决老年人复杂健康需求的战略定位。将老年护理能力纳入课程是必要的，以指导教师准备护士胜任照顾老年人。

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Journal of Professional Nursing 医学-护理

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

8.00%

发文量

153

审稿时长

52 days

期刊介绍： The Journal will accept articles that focus on baccalaureate and higher degree nursing education, educational research, policy related to education, and education and practice partnerships. Reports of original work, research, reviews, insightful descriptions, and policy papers focusing on baccalaureate and graduate nursing education will be published.