Competency is a topic of great interest to educators and administrators in practice
disciplines, particularly health care disciplines such as nursing. This article focuses on the …

TOPIC. Concept analysis of competency. PURPOSE. The purpose of this concept analysis
was to further explore uses of the concept and theoretically define how important the …

Twenty years ago, the National League for Nursing pushed for major reform in nursing
curriculum. It was their intent to revitalize nursing education and help prepare the next …

The language of competence is widely utilized in both the regulation of nursing practice and
curricular design in nursing education. The notion of competence defines what it means to …

Background Clinical competence (CC) is central issue in nursing. There are some
controversies about this concept that needs further investigation. The present study was …

Competence is one of the most commonly used words in nursing internationally, yet is a
nebulous concept defined in diverse ways by different healthcare practitioners. The slippery …

This article describes the renewal of a baccalaureate program in nursing. This new program
was developed to respond to new challenges presented to the profession. A completely new …

The need for competency-based education (CBE) in nursing has been recognized for years.
CBE provides a way to help ensure that learners are competent at the end of educational …

The competency based pre-registration nursing curriculum was introduced to address
concerns about levels of confidence and competence in skills of newly qualified Project …

Richard Redman, PhD, RN, is associate dean for academic affairs and professor at the
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, Denver, Colorado. He …