title: What is age-specified competence?
abstract: About 35% of the 1,238 hospitals surveyed in the first 9 months of 1996 received Type I recommendations regarding the provision of evidence of age-specific competence for staff. This column answers questions commonly asked about age-specific competence, how it is measured and how a facility can comply with this JCAHO requirement.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Management, Cincinnati, Ohio 45233, USA.
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authors.lastname: Kobs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing