title: Perioperative nursing competency.
abstract: OR managers face increasing pressure to ensure nursing competency. Subspecialty education programs provide a critical foundation upon which eventual clinical competency will be built, but the relationship between competency and clinical performance is not yet well understood. A variety of perioperative nursing subspecialty programs are described in the literature. These programs were examined in the context of the theoretical connection between education, clinical experience, and nursing competency.
authors.affiliation: Platte Valley Medical Center, Brighton, CO, USA.
authors.forename: James X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Stobinski
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*