Abstract:
:'Competency standards' is by now a familiar term to most nurses, and the rate at which many nursing organisations are developing their own set of standards would seem to suggest that competencies are an unproblematic, natural and indeed essential pursuit for us all. However, a review of the literature reveals that the competency movement does not meet with universal agreement or approval and it is timely for nursing groups to exercise cautious deliberation before embracing competencies blindly.
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Contemp Nursejournal_title
Contemporary nurseauthors
McAllister Mdoi
10.5172/conu.1998.7.3.131keywords:
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1998-09-01 00:00:00pages
131-7issue
3eissn
1037-6178issn
1839-3535journal_volume
7pub_type
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
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doi:10.1080/10376178.2017.1411203
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10376178.2016.1158079
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10376178.2016.1258315
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/10376178.2016.1198235
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5172/conu.2010.36.1-2.143
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5172/conu.11.2-3.142
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5172/conu.2007.24.1.25
更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5172/conu.2014.46.2.170
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.5172/conu.11.2-3.226
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10376178.2016.1261000
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.5172/conu.673.30.1.46
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5172/conu.2012.42.1.36
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5172/conu.4.3.116
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.5172/conu.673.29.1.32
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5172/conu.4.2.69
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1994-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5172/conu.2014.4470
更新日期:2014-10-27 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10376178.2020.1813043
更新日期:2020-09-16 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5172/conu.1999.8.4.172
更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5172/conu.5.4.161
更新日期:1996-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5555/conu.2006.23.2.170
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Contemporary nurse
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/10376178.2018.1501276
更新日期:2018-07-21 00:00:00
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更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00