An overview of the competency movement in nursing and midwifery

Collegian

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 45-53

  Chiarella, Mary ^a   Thoms, Debra ^a   Lau, Cecilia ^a   McInnes, Elizabeth ^b  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competencies; Credentialing; Regulation; Specialist practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MODEL; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, PRACTICAL; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, NURSING;

EID: 41649091193     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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