MAPPING COMPETENCIES: IDENTIFYING GAPS IN MANAGERIAL NURSING TRAINING

a cross-sectional study conducted between March and June 2013 with 258 students from three Higher Education Institutions of a municipality in the South of Brazil.

Results:

mapping made it possible to identify necessary competencies for managerial nursing training, including those acquired and gaps. The relative majority of the students considered having the right attitude to act as a nurse in the managerial dimension; however, significant gaps during their training were identified in managerial competencies of supervision, auditing and change processes.

Conclusion:

this mapping provides subsidies for pedagogical planning, seeking to promote the acquisition of managerial competencies during undergraduate course training.

DESCRIPTORS:
Professional competence; Nursing students; Competency-based education; Research in nursing education; Research in nursing administration.

Specific competencies	Competence teaching field
Specific competencies	Knowledge	Skills	Attitudes
Planning in health/nursing	Present	Present	Present
Information system	Present	Present	Absent
Human, physical and material resources	Present	Present	Present
Process of change	Present	Absent	Absent
Time management	Present	Present	Absent
Leadership	Present	Present	Present
Decision Making	Present	Present	Present
Teamwork	Present	Present	Present
Supervision	Present	Present	Present
Conflict resolution	Present	Present	Present
Audit	Present	Absent	Present
Communication	Present	Present	Absent
Continuing/Permanent education	Present	Present	Absent

Specific competence	Theoretical classes		Practical classes		Curricular internship
Specific competence	n	%	n	%	n	%
Teamwork	216	83.7	179	69.4	136	52.7
Communication	198	76.7	168	65.1	124	48.1
Decision Making	173	67	149	57.7	131	50.8
Planning in health/nursing	166	64.3	126	48.8	96	37.2
Leadership	159	61.6	113	43.8	86	33.3
Continuing/Permanent education	151	58.5	107	41.5	82	31.8
Time management	146	56.6	155	60.1	104	40.3
Conflict resolution	139	53.9	114	44.2	83	32.2
Information system	122	47.3	86	33.3	70	27.1
Human/physical and material resources	112	43.4	83	32.2	65	25.2
Process of change	108	41.9	75	29	64	24.8
Supervision	74	28.7	46	17.8	43	16.6
Audit	55	21.3	29	11.2	30	11.6

Knowledge
Specific competence	GAP (%)	Competency achieved (%)
Communication ‡	1	99
Leadership §	3	97
Teamwork §	3	97
Decision Making †	7	93
Planning in health / nursing §	9	91
Information system §	10	90
Conflict resolution §	10	90
Time management §	17	83
Continuing / Permanent education §	17	83
Process of change §	21	79
Human, physical and material resources §	24	76
Supervision §	28	72
Audit §	41	59
Skills*
Specific competence	*GAP* (%)	Competency achieved (%)
Conflict resolution §	30	70
Teamwork §	35	65
Communication §	37	63
Decision Making §	37	63
Time management §	39	61
Continuing / Permanent education §	40	60
Planning in health / nursing §	41	59
Leadership §	45	55
Information system §	48	52
Human, physical and material resources §	49	51
Supervision \|\|	56	44
Attitudes†
Specific competence	*GAP* (%)	Competency achieved (%)
Teamwork §	21	79
Conflict resolution §	23	77
Decision Making §	27	73
Planning in health / nursing §	33	67
Leadership §	41	59
Human, physical and material resources §	44	56
Process of change \|\|	51	49
Supervision \|\|	55	45
Audit \|\|	65	35

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[1] Correspondence: Priscila Meyenberg Cunha Sade Rua Ângelo Cunico, 600 - casa 69 Barreirinha - Curitiba, PR, Brasil E-mail: priscila.sade@gmail.com