title: Intravenous nursing competency: why is it important?
abstract: The healthcare environment is changing drastically to demand quality through efficiency and effectiveness in all aspects of patient care. Competency is required to attain quality and to provide the patient with optimal outcomes. Proof of intravenous competency is crucial to preserve the author's specialty and to provide excellence in infusion care for patients.
authors.affiliation: Infusion Therapy Department at Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dugger
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing*; D007587:Job Description; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States