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Nursing Competencies and Job Satisfaction of Staff Nurses in the Millennial Generation

Neil Harvey M Contreras | Aline Vera Jean L Dela Vega

 

Abstract:

In a rapidly advancing nursing profession, nurses should be equipped with competency skills in giving a safe and quality care. Competency encompasses knowledge, skills, and attitude that nurses should possess in order to provide a safe and quality care. The study showed the competencies that millennial nurses have, what satisfies them in their work, and their competency level. Researchers used descriptive-comparative method that described and compared the millennial nurses' competency and job satisfaction. Researcher-structured survey questionnaire was used to survey 48 millennial nurses of a hospital in Sto. Tomas, Batangas. The respondents' strength is the capability to promote safe and quality care. Millennial nurses perceived that they are competent in terms of utilizing the nursing process. Furthermore, they perceived that the existence of such given job characteristics will satisfy them in their work. The researchers recommend that millennial nurses should rely more on implementing strategies related to informed consent as it applies in multiple contexts, in adhering to protocols and principles of confidentiality, in safekeeping and releasing of the records and information, and in demonstrating continuous competence and professional growth.