title: Competency education and validation in the United States: what should nurses know?
abstract: This article provides an overview of the progress in the past decade toward effectively documenting the initial and continuing competence of registered nurses.
authors.affiliation: College of Health Sciences and Human Services, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX, USA. susan.sportsman@mwsu.edu
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sportsman
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000592:standards*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States