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The Admiral Nurse Competency Framework: Encouraging Engagement and Putting it into Practice

Carter, Christine, Bray, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1315-7643 and Read, Kate (2019) The Admiral Nurse Competency Framework: Encouraging Engagement and Putting it into Practice. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 50 (5). pp. 205-210. ISSN Print: 0022-0124 Online: 1938-2472

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Abstract

BACKGROUND:
Admiral Nurses undertake complex work with families living with dementia. Dementia UK commissioned The Association for Dementia Studies to refresh the Admiral Nurse Competency Framework and enable Admiral Nurses to articulate and critically reflect on their own practice progression. The Admiral Nurses were involved throughout the process to refresh the framework to ensure it was evidence based.

METHOD:
To encourage engagement with the framework, The Association for Dementia Studies worked with the Admiral Nurses during a roll-out phase. An exercise was developed to initiate critical reflective discussion. Critiquing a colleague's practice is a skill, provoking defensiveness if not facilitated thoughtfully.

RESULTS:
An exercise combining art cards with case study analysis worked well, promoting critical reflective dialogue between Admiral Nurses as peers. Engagement and feedback were positive, and the neutrality of the exercise provided a safe environment with the flexibility to allow in-depth and meaningful discussions.

CONCLUSION:
This technique could benefit work-based learning, facilitating creative critical reflection within practice.

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Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: dementia, dementia care, Admiral Nurses, Admiral Nurse Competency Framework, critical reflection
Subjects: R Medicine > RT Nursing
Divisions: College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Allied Health and Community
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Depositing User: Jennifer Bray
Date Deposited: 07 May 2019 13:50
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2020 17:29
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/7936

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