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COMPETENCY ASSESSMENTIn the Operative and Invasive Procedure SettingJoyce A. Cox, MBA, CNP, CRNFA, OCNC ontributing AuthorsDawn Whiteside, BSN, RN, CNOR, RNFAJ ames X. Stobinski, PhD, RN, CNORC ompetency ASSESSMENT in the Operative and Invasive Procedure Setting1 Operative and invasive procedures requiring the use of sterile technique are no longer performed only in the operating room (OR). Advances in technology and techniques have facilitated the performance of procedures in non-traditional settings beyond the OR. These include settings such as cardiac catheterization labs, physician offices, gastrointestinal labs and interventional radiology suites.

Patricia Benner is a nursing theorist and a prolific and influential author. She is best known as the author of the classic 1984 work, From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice.15 In this book, she describes and applies the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition,19 with its stages of learning and skill acquisition, to the

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