title: A three tier competency program.
abstract: One of the complex problems facing nurse administrators and staff development educators is providing a mechanism to ensure competency of the nursing staff in specialty areas of practice. At the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California, a staff nurse devised a program to solve this problem. One of the benefits of the program was to increase nurse retention and decrease turnover in a busy urban hospital.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Seago
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: McKenna
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010563:Personnel Turnover