Benner's From Novice to Expert | From novice to expert
Dr.PatriciaBennerisanursingtheoristwhofirstdevelopedamodelforthestagesofclinicalcompetenceinherclassicbook“FromNovicetoExpert:ExcellenceandPowerinClinicalNursingPractice”.Hermodelisoneofthemostusefulframeworksforassessingnurses’needsatdifferentstagesofprofessionalgrowth.SheistheChiefFacultyDevelopmentOfficerforEducatingNurses,theDirectoroftheCarnegieFoundationfortheAdvancementofTeachingNationalNursingEducationandhonoraryfellowoftheRoyalCollegeofNursing.PatriciaBenner[1]wasborninHampton,Virgi...
Dr. Patricia Benner is a nursing theorist who first developed a model for the stages of clinical competence in her classic book “From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice”. Her model is one of the most useful frameworks for assessing nurses’ needs at different stages of professional growth. She is the Chief Faculty Development Officer for Educating Nurses, the Director of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching National Nursing Education and honorary fellow of the Royal College of Nursing.
Patricia Benner[1] was born in Hampton, Virginia, and received her bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Pasadena College in 1964, and later a master’s degree in Medical-Surgical Nursing from the University of California, Berkeley. After completing her doctorate in 1982, she became an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiological Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Benner is an internationally known lecturer and re...