COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS OF THE NURSING PROFESSIONAL TO APPLY THE NURSING PROCESS DURING CARE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The competencies and skills of the nurse to apply the nursing care process correspond to an evolutionary learning that requires rigor, scientific knowledge, and creativity. This process potentiates critical thinking to provide quality care adapted to the needs of the patient. OBJECTIVE: The following is an analysis of the available scientific evidence on the competencies and skills of the nursing professional to apply the nursing process during care. METHODOLOGY: An integrative review of the literature according to PRISMA, in ten databases with keyword syntax published in the last decade. Fourteen articles were selected. RESULTS: The literature recognizes both general and specific competences for the development of the nursing process, including decision-making and clinical judgments, the ability to provide particular and priority care, self-assessment and self-regulation of their actions, ethics, autonomy, and cultural and technological competence. Similarly, the importance of skills such as: the ability to collect information and carry out clinical procedural activities, affective capacity (show understanding-emotion for the other person), empowerment and teamwork were highlighted. CONCLUSIONS: The competencies and skills for the execution of the nursing care process during care are multiple and interrelated; Likewise, these must continue to be individualized, recognized, and socialized to corroborate their degree of applicability in professional practice.