Assessing, Developing, and Maintaining Staff's Competency in Times of Restructuring

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 9-17

  Miller, Elvira ^a   Flynn, Joan Marie ^a   Umadac, Juliet ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency assessment; Hospital restructuring; Nursing staff competency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEW YORK CITY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0032133881     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-199808000-00005     Document Type: Article

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