Continuing competency: Whats ahead?

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-227

  Burns, Betty ^a  

^a National Certification Corporation for the Obstetric Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Competency assessment; Continuing competency; Public policy initiatives

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; LICENSURE, NURSING; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, NURSING; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949173689     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e3181b0ec9f     Document Type: Article

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