Competency in practice
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Competency in practice

Amanda Odell Clinical nurse specialist
Barbara Bonson Staff nurse
Andrea Harmsworth Sister
Sheila Hill Staff nurse
Carys Jones Staff nurse
Evelyn Lake Sister
Gill Leaver Senior staff nurse

Amanda Odell and colleagues describe how nurses in an intensive care unit were asked to help develop an acceptable and dynamic means of appraising competencies

In August 1994, the Royal Berkshire Hospital intensive care unit (ICU) was approached by the human resources (HR) department to hike part in a pilot study to develop measurable competencies for nurses within the unit, This coincided with recognition by senior and junior staff that the current appraisal system in use was unsatisfactory.

Nursing Management. 3, 5, 19-21. doi: 10.7748/nm.3.5.19.s13

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