title: QA/QI and nursing competence: a combined model.
abstract: A Quality Assessment/Improvement/Competency Model, developed at Norwalk Hospital, provides objective data which fulfills Joint Commission QA/QI requirements. Simultaneously, this monitoring system provides for evaluation of clinical competence.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Western
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care