Sub-competencies for entry-level professional nursing education:

1.2a Apply or employ knowledge from nursing science as well as the natural, physical, and social sciences to build an understanding of the human experience and nursing practice.
1.2b Demonstrate intellectual curiosity
1.2c Demonstrate social responsibility as a global citizen who fosters the attainment of health equity for all.
1.2d Examine influence of personal values in decision making for nursing practice.
1.2e Demonstrate ethical decision making.
1.3a Demonstrate clinical reasoning.
1.3b Integrate nursing knowledge (theories, multiple ways of knowing, evidence) and knowledge from other disciplines and inquiry to inform clinical judgment.
1.3c Incorporate knowledge from nursing and other disciplines to support clinical judgment.

2.4d Understand and apply the results of social screening, psychological testing, laboratory data, imaging studies, and other diagnostic tests in actions and plans of care.

5.1a Recognize nursing’s essential role in improving healthcare quality and safety.
5.1b Identify sources and applications of national safety and quality standards to guide nursing practice.
5.1c Implement standardized, evidence-based processes for care delivery.
5.1d Interpret benchmark and unit outcome data to inform individual and microsystem practice.
5.1e Compare quality improvement methods in the delivery of patient care.
5.1f Identify strategies to improve outcomes of patient care in practice.
5.1g Participate in the implementation of a practice change.
5.1h Develop a plan for monitoring quality improvement change.
5.2a Describe the factors that create a culture of safety.
5.2b Articulate the nurse’s role within an interprofessional team in promoting safety and preventing errors and near misses.
5.2c Examine basic safety design principles to reduce risk of harm.
5.2d Assume accountability for reporting unsafe conditions, near misses, and errors to reduce harm.
5.2e Describe processes used in understanding causes of error.
5.2f Use national patient safety resources, initiatives, and regulations at the point of care.
5.3a Identify actual and potential level of risks to providers within the workplace.
5.3b Recognize how to prevent workplace violence and injury.
5.3c Promote policies for prevention of violence and risk mitigation.
5.3d Recognize one’s role in sustaining a just culture reflecting civility and respect.

7.3a Demonstrate a systematic approach for decision-making.
7.3b Use reported performance metrics to compare/monitor outcomes.

8.1a Identify the variety of information and communication technologies used in care settings.
8.1b Identify the basic concepts of electronic health, mobile health, and telehealth systems for enabling patient care.
8.1c Effectively use electronic communication tools.
8.1d Describe the appropriate use of multimedia applications in health care.
8.1e Demonstrate best practice use of social networking applications.
8.1f Explain the importance of nursing engagement in the planning and selection of healthcare technologies.
8.2a Enter accurate data when chronicling care.
8.2b Explain how data entered on one patient impacts public and population health data.
8.2c Use appropriate data when planning care.
8.2d Demonstrate the appropriate use of health information literacy assessments and improvement strategies.
8.2e Describe the importance of standardized nursing data to reflect the unique contribution of nursing practice.

Sub-competencies for advance-level professional nursing education:

1.2f Synthesize knowledge from nursing and other disciplines to inform education, practice, and research.

2.3h Demonstrate that one’s practice is informed by a comprehensive assessment appropriate to the functional area of advanced nursing practice.
2.5j Develop evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes and safety.

5.2h Lead analysis of actual errors, near misses, and potential situations that would impact safety.

6.1k Provide expert consultation for other members of the healthcare team in one’s area of practice.

8.1g Identify best evidence and practices for the application of information and communication technologies to support care.