title: Maintaining competent practice: information settings for the gastroenterology nurse.
abstract: Professional standards of practice for the gastroenterology nurse address the nurse's need to maintain and enhance professional competency through knowledge acquisition. With the rapidly increasing knowledge base in the nursing profession, it is increasingly important for the nurse to "keep current." In this article, the authors present information settings that assist the gastroenterology nurse in information retrieval and management.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Tennessee at Knoxville 37996-4180, USA. mmodrcin@UTK.EDU
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Modrcin-McCarthy
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007990:Libraries; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000193:education*