Abstract
Background: As military nurses are required to maintain high level of clinical expertise and currency for short-notice deployments of global health missions, competency assessment and capability building is a basic paradigm of military nursing. However, research focusing on the competencies of military nurses is limited.Methods: A two-phased procedure was implemented. In phase 1, the competency framework was developed by scoping review and crosschecking the common used competency framework of nurses. During phase 2, two rounds of a Delphi process were carried out and a penal of experts used a 5-point Likert scale to rate their level of agreement with the competency statement. Results: Experts of military nursing and military medicine responded to the first round (n = 19), and the second round (n = 19). The final competency framework consisted of 67 competencies and was classified into five domains: clinical nursing knowledge and skills, military nursing knowledge and skills, professional ability, management ability, and comprehensive quality. Conclusion: The competency framework developed in this study lays solid foundation for competency-based education of a competent nursing team to play a significant role in the global health.