Taiwan Association of Nurse Practitioners

Competencies of NPs in Taiwan

Providing Clinical health care

  1. Provide healthcare services following the guidelines and regulations of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) profession.
  2. Focus on clients' health problems by implementing history taking, physical assessment, differential diagnosis, disease treatment plans, and monitoring care outcomes.
  3. Provide excellent and safe care based on evidence-based practice.
  4. Document a client’s needs and the healthcare process effectively.
  5. Provide patient-focused care services, including health promotion, disease prevention, reducing suffering, teaching and consultation, managing diseases, maintaining and recovering health.
  6. Utilize evidence in clinical reasoning when explaining to patients their laboratory results, diagnosis and disease conditions to patients reduce anxiety and confusion.
  7. Seek advice from licensed medical professionals or doctors in a timely manner when clients’ medical problems exceed the NP's scope of practice.
  8. Measure treatment progress using clinical evidence and provide feedback to clients about their condition.
  9. Plan and implement evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention measures for clients.
  10. Stay informed about laws and ethics, and intervene when necessary (via negotiation or through a legal representative).

Education

  1. Evaluate the learning needs and priorities of clients, communities, and healthcare teams accurately.
  2. Design education plans using appropriate learning theories, teaching methods, and evaluation strategies tailored to clients.
  3. Seek opportunities for learning and actively participate in the professional development of NP.
  4. Advocate for and engage lifelong learning to enhance professional knowledge and skills.

Collaboration

  1. Maintain effective communication and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
  2. Collaborate with medical teams to achieve a common healthcare mission and goal to improve the quality of care.
  3. Through support, guidance and education, foster sound working relationship with colleagues, students and other medical professionals to enhance the quality of care.

Care quality / Research

  1. Consolidate current best evidenced-based practice, clinical experience, and client’s preferences to continuously enhance quality of care in the clinical settings.
  2. Collect information regarding NP care outcomes to evaluate the effectiveness of NP practice.
  3. Use critical thinking to evaluate and improve the quality of care for clients.
  4. Conduct NP-related research using scientific methods, including data collection, analysis, and discussion.
  5. Analyze contributing factors to unsafe situations and identify different factors that can mitigate risk and reduce the likelihood of similar situations occurring.
  6. Apply peer review processes to provide feedback aimed at enhancing care quality and motivating self-growth.

Leadership / Professional development

  1. Clarify roles and responsibilities to clients when delivering healthcare services.
  2. Promote the effectiveness of NP healthcare to employers, society, the general public, lawmakers and policymakers.
  3. Accept leadership responsibilities and demonstrate accountability.
  4. Promote partnerships with clients, communities, medical professionals and lawmakers through leadership enhance quality of care.
  5. Demonstrate superior critical thinking and creativity in leadership.
  6. Utilize communication, negotiation and problem-solving skills to resolve conflicts.
  7. Understand the relationship between cost and healthcare quality, and address its impact on overall care standards.
  8. Enhance practice competence through continuous learning and intellectual engagement.
  9. Lead and participate in NP professional organizations, creating activities to foster the growth of the NP association.

CONTACT

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Tel: +886-2-29515340
Fax: +886-2-29518785
Email: service0421@tnpa.org.tw
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