title: Leading opinion: grasping the nettle--a return to general registration examinations?
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Melbourne.
authors.forename: Sioban
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D008297:Male; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital