Competencies

Leadership Competencies for Public Health Practice in Canada: Leadership Competency Statements Version 1.0

The leadership competency statements describe the foundational leadership competencies required to support public health practice in Canada. These multidisciplinary competencies are relevant to any level of position within an organization. Mapped to the LEADS framework, they are intended to complement the core public health competencies (PHAC, 2008) and discipline specific competencies.

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Leadership Competencies for Public Health Practice in Canada: Leadership Competency Statements Version 1.0		The leadership competency statements describe the foundational leadership competencies required to support public health practice in Canada. June, 2015 (Read only)	Competencies	Public	CHNC / IISCC Admin

Entry-to-Practice Public Health Nursing Competencies for Undergraduate Nursing Education

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Home Health Nursing Competencies Version 2.0 November 2024

Home Health Nursing Competencies are the integrated knowledge, skills, judgement and attributes required of a nurse working in home health to practice safely and ethically. Attributes include, but are not limited to attitudes, values and beliefs (adapted from Canadian Nurses Association Code of Ethics, 2017) The Canadian Community Health Nursing Standards of Practice (2019), have been used as the organizing framework for the revision of the home health nursing competencies. The competencies, which were developed with a partnership with SE Health and a dedicated Advisory Working Group (AWG) of home health leaders from across the country, are broad in scope, thereby lending themselves to application within multiple settings. The AWG and participants at a full day workshop in April validated the research and made recommendations to support development of tools to support integration into practice.

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HHN Competencies Dissemination Resource Package (2024)			HHN Competencies	Public	CHNC / IISCC Admin

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HHN Infographic (2024)			HHN Competencies	Public	CHNC / IISCC Admin

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Home Health Nursing Competencies Version 1.0 March 2010		Home Health Nursing Competencies are the integrated knowledge, skills, judgement and attributes required of a nurse working in home health to practice safely and ethically. March, 2010 (Read only)	Competencies	Public	CHNC / IISCC Admin

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Development of Home Health Nursing Competencies in Canada Report, March 31, 2010

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Development of Home Health Nursing Competencies in Canada		Expert review to reach consensus on development of Home Health Nursing Competencies Version 1.0. 2010	2010 Standards of Practice Competencies	Public	CHNC / IISCC Admin

The Public Health Nursing Discipline Specific Competencies Version 1.0 May, 2009

Following the release of the Core Competencies for Public Health 1.0 in 2007, the need to further define discipline-specific competencies for public health nurses became a priority for the Community Health Nurses of Canada. Using these core competencies for public health, the Community Health Nursing Standards of Practice (CHNAC, 2008) and a literature review, a team of experts in public health nursing produced the Public Health Nursing Discipline Specific Competencies Version 1.0.

Public Health Nursing Competencies are the integrated knowledge, skills, judgment and attributes required of a public health nurse to practice safely and ethically. Attributes include, but are not limited to attitudes, values and beliefs. (Canadian Nurses Association Code of Ethics, 2008). These competencies describe the activity that a public health nurse engages in to meet a standard or a set of standards. Bilingual, 29 pages

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Public Health Nursing Discipline Specific Competencies Version 1.0		Public Health Nursing Competencies are the integrated knowledge, skills, judgment and attributes required of a public health nurse to practice safely and ethically. May 2009 (Read only)	Competencies	Public	CHNC / IISCC Admin

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The Public Health Nursing Discipline Specific Competencies Version 1 Report, March 31, 2009

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Public Health Nursing Discipline Specific Competencies Version 1.0 Report		A literature review to achieve consensus on the development of the discipline specific competencies for public health nurses. The “ version 1.0 ” designation is intended to imply that the PHN competencies will evolve and change over time, as nursing and public health practice knowledge evolves. 2009	2009 Standards of Practice Competencies	Public	CHNC / IISCC Admin

Core Competencies for Public Health

Members may be interested in linking to the Core Competencies at Pan-Canadian Core Competencies for Public Health where there are more detailed explanations, e-learning modules, and an interactive section colleagues can use to help them integrate core competencies in their practice.