The qualitative study of core competence of master of nursing specialist students

Objective:To investigate the core competence of master of nursing specialist(MNS) students and provide the basis of establishing their training mode． Methods:The expert personal interview and focus group discussing method were implentmented in 19 experts and 26 students，respectively． Results:Experts and students agreed that MNS students should possess the eight core competences including theory knowledge，professional skills，critical thinking ability，research ability，educating ability，interpersonal skills，nursing ethics ability，professional development ability and English language ability． Conclusions:Domestic and foreign advanced education experience should be imitated，and the eight core competences should be trained in formulating training model of MNS students，which can meet the clinical demand in high-level nursing staff．