title: NLN competencies for the associate degree nurse. Are the new graduates meeting them?
abstract: Do ADN graduates meet the newly developed NLN competencies after six months of practice as an RN? Deering-Flory and Neighbors surveyed the six mid-south states to find out. They also asked directors of nursing service whether the competencies were reasonable. The answers they got were interesting.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Deering-Flory
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neighbors
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires