The role of the genetic nurse has evolved historically with the emergence of clinical genetics in the field of health care. During 1994, a Practice Working Party was convened by the Genetic Nurses and Social Workers Association in response to discussion about the role of the nurse within and between regional genetics centres. The Working Party conducted a study of the current nursing practice a...

Establishing suitable and proper program admission criteria that protect both the rights of disabled applicants and professional needs to educate competent practitioners concern every nurse anesthesia educational program. Disabled Americans must be legally protected while ensuring that future nurse anesthetists meet expectations for professional competency To balance these demands, academic pro...

Nurses are positioned to play a significant role in oral health promotion and disease prevention across the life cycle. Oral health has not been a high priority in nursing practice, and educating nurses about oral health has been inadequate particularly regarding the interrelationship between oral health and overall health. The first step for developing a nursing workforce with core competencie...

BACKGROUND Cultural competency has been espoused as an organizational strategy to reduce health disparities in care. OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between hospital cultural competency and inpatient experiences with care. RESEARCH DESIGN The first model predicted Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores from hospital random effects, plus fixed ...

Objective: The transition to practice experience provides a useful process to integrate nursing knowledge, skills, and attitudes of newly graduated nurses before they assume the professional nurses’ roles. The study examined the levels of perceived clinical competency, confidence, and professional role development skills of 114 culturally diverse novice nurses enrolled in 12-15 weeks of a colla...

In 2011 the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists initiated a Continued Professional Certification program that strongly suggests the search for alternatives. This article presents a thoughtful critique of the proposed professional competency program as well as alternatives that could be considered in a revision of the current program. Options discussed incl...

Implementing change in organizations is a key nursing leadership competency. At the same time, it is a daunting responsibility. Fortunately, models of successful change illustrate useful concepts for leaders. Change concepts embedded in successful models include careful use of power, reason, reeducation, structure, behavior, and technology. This article discusses models of change. Learning from...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This research aimed to understand the level and scope of practice of the nurse practitioner in Australia and New Zealand further using a capability framework. BACKGROUND The original study, from which the present paper was developed, sought to identify competency standards for the extended role of the nurse practitioner in Australia and New Zealand. In doing so the researc...

INTRODUCTION Despite thousands of years from creation of medical knowledge, it not much passes from founding the health care systems. Accreditation is an effective mechanism for performance evaluation, quality enhancement, and the safety of health care systems. This study was conducted to assess the results of emergency department (ED) accreditation in Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Tehran, Iran, ...