Recognizing the primacy of competency and exposing the existence of incompetence.

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Author/s: Alspach, Grif (G);

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Publication Type: Comment; Editorial; Review

Journal: Critical care nurse (Crit Care Nurse), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Aug; vol 28 (issue 4) : pp 12-4

Dates: Created 2008/08/01; Completed 2008/10/31;

PMID: 18669701, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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CommentOn: Crit Care Nurse. 2008 Aug;28(4):54-60, 62-5. (PMID: 18669707)

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Clinical Competence - standards
Competency-Based Education - standards
Critical Care - standards
Education, Nursing, Continuing - standards
Health Facility Environment - standards
Humans

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