Essential health promotion competencies in nursing training: An integrative review

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the evidence available in the literature on essential health promotion competencies related to Developing Competencies and Professional Standards for Health Promotion Capacity Building in Europe (CompHP) project, in nursing training in the Brazilian context. Methods: this is an, integrative literature review in the PUBMED, Web of Science, CINAHL, LILACS, BDENF and Scielo Electronic Library databases, with descriptors “Nursing”, “Health Promotion” and keywords “Competencies” and “CompHP”. Articles published since 2011, in Portuguese, English and Spanish were eligible. The guiding question and the searches in the databases occurred from PVO strategy. Results: six publications were included, with two thematic categories being established: Development of CompHP Competencies in nursing training; Teaching Health Promotion Competencies. CompHP competencies have been developed during nursing training; however, only three of them regularly: enable change, mediation through partnership and leadership. Conclusion: this study expands the understanding of how some processes related to CompHP have been incorporated into nursing training, in addition to addressing their importance for critical and reflective training from the incorporation of essential competencies in the curriculum of undergraduate nursing courses in the Brazilian setting.