Competencies for Staff Educators: Tools to Evaluate and Enhance Nursing Professional Development Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781578399512 ISBN-10: 1578399513 Copyright: 2007 Edition: 1st Author: Brunt, Barbara A. Doody's Expert Review    Score: 98 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Mary Carey,  PhD  (University of Oklahoma College of Nursing) Description This book provides tools to evaluate and enhance nursing professional development. Purpose The purpose is to give staff educators measurable tools to establish and demonstrate proficiency. According to the authors, this book adds to the body of evidence-based staff development literature and is appropriate for staff development or patient educators in any setting. Audience The book is written for any practitioner interested in nursing professional development. Features Three sections cover competency assessment and validation, applications of the competencies to practice, and future trends. Chapters provide an overview of the competency movement and then cover developing educator competencies, creating a framework for educator competencies, self-assessment, criterion-based position descriptions, performance appraisals and professional development plans, and professional portfolios. Assessment This is a good quality book. The figures and exhibits throughout enhance the presentation. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? N/A 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Are there sufficient references? N/A 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. N/A 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. N/A 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. N/A 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 4 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.