Political competency in nursing: A concept analysis
- Author:
Gilbert Bernardino
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- Publication Type:Other Types
- MeSH: Nursing
- From: Philippine Journal of Nursing 2022;92(2):79-85
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
- Abstract: Despite numerous accounts of political participation in the nursing discipline, there exists a limited understanding of the concept of political competency. This paper utilizes Walker and Avant's (2014) eight steps of concept analysis. The defining attributes of political competency are ethical and sociopolitical knowing, courage, perseverance, and persuasion. The antecedents of the concept are reflection, resources, and clarity of values. Lastly, the consequences of political competency are change and social justice. Both change and social justice, as end products, must be viewed not as consequences that can be achieved overnight. Instead, these consequences must be looked upon as processes that are sustained by ongoing and committed exchanges between actors in the political arena and nurses with political competency. In juxtaposing political competency to Patricia Benner's “novice to expert model,” future studies may attempt to determine how political competency is embodied by an expert nurse.
- Full text:Political Competency.pdf
