title: Nursing competence--an evolving regulatory issue in Kentucky.
abstract: Competency validation for nursing licensure is an evolving regulatory issue in Kentucky. Societal and professional forces are driving the shift from mandatory continuing education requirements for relicensure to a competency-based evaluation paradigm. The Kentucky Board of Nursing has issued a working position paper, Accountability and Responsibility of Licensees to Assure Nursing Competence (October 1997), as the basis for a dialogue about shaping Kentucky nursing regulation in the twenty-first century. While the position paper explores new models for both initial and continuing licensure requirements, this article focuses on continued competence issue.
authors.affiliation: Kentucky Board of Nursing, Louisville, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stanhope
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Weisenbeck
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*