Nursing Development: Competency Assessment
IMA Consulting’s Nurse Manager Competency Inventory
What is the Nurse Manager Competency Inventory?
The Nurse Manager Competency Inventory© (NMCI) is the only comprehensive, research-based, validated assessment tool developed specifically for Nurse Managers. The 93 item tool uses a blended approach to competency modeling based on both the job requirements and characteristics of best-in-class Nurse Managers. The NMCI assesses competency across 11 dimensions.
Why Measure Hospital Nurse Manager Competence?
Nurse Managers are pivotal to an organization’s success. Nurse Managers contribute to resource management and performance results. Their effectiveness impacts quality, staff, and financial performance outcomes. Nurse executives and healthcare leaders who invest in Nurse Manager development realize improved clinical, people, and financial results.
How Can I Use the Nurse Manager Competency Inventory in My Organization?
- Identify gaps in leadership competence at an organizational, department, and individual level.
- Define a foundation from which to enable leadership knowledge, skills, and behaviors.
- Use individual NMCI results to identify specific enrichment opportunities, including individual leadership development plans, life-long learning strategies, coaching and mentoring approaches.
- Leverage results, summarized at the individual, department or organization level, to prioritize and invest in limited educational monies.
- Strengthen approaches to Nurse Manager and staff retention.
- Enable an objective manager interview process, minimizing investment in poor candidates by using the NMCI domains and items to guide interview questions.
- Prepare your organization for the future by assessing competence and identifying development approaches for nurses whom you identify as future Nurse Leaders.
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