Clinical nurse specialists in long-term care, and their managers, are encouraged to weigh in on what specific core competencies are needed for the job. The request comes from authors working on the ...

Hospitals with ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) designation are always seeking better ways to educate their nurses to ensure quality outcomes. For many facilities, part of this education process ...

The AAMC has provide a set of 15 Core competencies that work well for any pre-health profession student seeking admission to Undergraduate and Graduate Professional Schools Programs. Demonstrates an ...

The idea of interprofessional competencies has been transformed from a buzzword to a fundamental approach to the way that providers interact with patients, families, communities, and other healthcare ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing celebrated Health Care Simulation Week with an open house of its Nursing Competencies Suites. The Office of Technology and Innovation invited ...

Leaders of the medical profession have realized over the past 15 years that traditional physician training models were not likely to meet a population and health care system’s needs (Frenk et al., ...

The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) today launched core competencies for the clinical nurse specialist (CNS). A CNS is a registered nurse (RN) with a master's or doctoral degree in nursing, ...

A consortium of occupational health practitioners is lobbying the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to clarify exactly what core competencies OH nurses should have now that they have been moved to ...