title: [Competences: constructing these from within one's practice].
abstract: This article relates a practical experience in the development of competences as a consequence of the great anxiety which exists among the nurses in one hospital's Surgical Ward regarding how to unify treatment criteria in order to comply with their objective of offering quality care.
authors.affiliation: Bloque Quirúrgico, Hospital de l'Esperança, Barcelona.
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García Zaldívar
authors.forename: Matilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caralps Masramon
authors.forename: Roser
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arribas Cunillera
authors.forename: Celia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gurdiel Fernández
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morón Bermejo
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000592:standards*