Competencies for Staff Educators

Book excerpt: Staff educators have many resources for measuring clinical competency, but there has never been an objective, validated tool to measure the competencies of staff development specialists... until now. Competencies for Staff Educators: Tools to Evaluate and Enhance Nursing Professional Development is the first book to give staff educators a downloadable tool to establish and demonstrate proficiency. With more than 70 evidence-based competencies, staff educators can immediately incorporate them into practice. With this book and downloadable tools, you will be able to create orientations for new staff educators complete self-assessments and set performance goals write criterion-based job descriptions perform accurate performance reviews and measure proficiency measure professional development and cultural competence The 72 evidence-based competencies are offered as downloadable materials, allowing you to immediately customize and incorporate them into your daily practice. In addition, it includes fully customizable tools and resources such as sample orientation schedules and sample position descriptions. Competencies for Staff Educators is a must-have for: nurse educators in any setting directors of education HR professionals chief nursing officers directors of nursing Earn continuing education credits Accreditation Statement HCPro is accredited as a provider of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation. Credit Designation Statement This educational activity for 3 nursing contact hours is provided by HCPro, Inc. Take a look at the table of contents: Overview of the competency movement Developing educator competencies Creating a framework for educator competencies Methods to validate competencies Self-assessment Criterion-based position descriptions Orientations for new educators Performance appraisals and professional development plans Professional portfolios Documenting cultural competence Other potential applications of the competencies