title: Clinical competency in children's nursing: a legal commentary.
abstract: Competence can be defined as having the requisite knowledge, skills, judgement, and experience to undertake a role or task. This article--part ten and the last in the series--discusses competency and why it is important for children's nurses to consider their skills and knowledge before taking on a procedure or role.
authors.affiliation: School of Law, the Open University, Milton Keynes. m.a.cornock@open.ac.uk
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cornock
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom