Transcription of AF C EVALUATING C EMERGENCY NURSES
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AFRAMEWORK FORCREATING ANDEVALUATINGCOMPETENCIES FOREMERGENCYNURSESA uthors:Andrew D. Harding, MS, RN, CEN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAHA, FAEN, Gayle E. Walker-Cillo, MSN/Ed, RN,CEN, CPEN, FAEN, Allison Duke, BSN, MBA, RN, CEN, Gabriel J. Campos, MSN, RN, CEN, CFRN, CPEN, andStephen J. Stapleton, PhD, RN, CEN, New Bedford, MA, Morristown, NJ, Redlands, CA, Chicago and Normal, ILSection Editor:Nancy McGowan, RN, PhDNurses have a duty to the public, their profession,and themselves to maintain and demonstratecompetence throughout their of patients access health care through the emergencydepartment, placing increased importance on ED NURSES tomaintain competencies. However, a consensus definition andmethodology to maintain clinical competence remains is an intangible construct that is not a specific skillor task to be completed but rather is a necessary characteristicrequired to act effectively in a nursing and health care agencies struggle to demonstrate anddocument competencies, often relying on skill checklists,return demonstrati
ENA’s Movement Toward Competencies The ENA document Emergency Nursing: Scope and Stan-dards of Practice6 provides a strong foundation for profes- sional nurses to …
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EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION SCOPE OF EMERGENCY, Emergency Nurses Association, Emergency, American Nurses Association’s Needlestick Prevention, Emergency Department Coding, American Health Information Management Association, PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM NURSES' AND, Consistency of Triage in Victoria’s Emergency Departments, ED Transfer Communication Toolkit for Web, Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nurses, Nurses Removing Chest Tubes, Nurses