Assessing nurses’ competency to achieve highly reliable careDecember 27, 2016As tenured nurses leave the workplace, healthcare organizations are striving to provide additional development and support for the less-experienced new hires who replace them. Assessing their clinical competency and…
Developing a quality framework for annual nursing competenciesJanuary 13, 2015Patients expect safe, high-quality care when they enter a healthcare facility, and healthcare facilities pride themselves on the care they provide. With so much emphasis on quality, many…
Key competencies for nursingFebruary 14, 2018To innovate is to put new ideas into practice or existing ideas into practice in new ways. Innovation isn’t new, but its prominence and need in health care…
What I’m hearing about competenceFebruary 11, 2009As ANA president, I have the privilege of representing RNs, the nursing profession, and the ANA in many local, state, regional, national, and international settings. Those responsibilities have…
Key competencies for nursingBy: Bonnie Clipper, DNP, RN, MA, MBA, CENP, FACHE, and Jaime Murphy Dawson, MPH
