Abstract

Competency validation for nursing licensure is an evolving regulatory issue in Kentucky. Societal and professional forces are driving the shift from mandatory continuing education requirements for relicensure to a competency-based evaluation paradigm. The Kentucky Board of Nursing has issued a working position paper, Accountability and Responsibility of Licensees to Assure Nursing Competence (October 1997), as the basis for a dialogue about shaping Kentucky nursing regulation in the twenty-first century. While the position paper explores new models for both initial and continuing licensure requirements, this article focuses on continued competence issue.

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LicensureCompetence (human resources)AccountabilityNursingPosition paperContinuing educationNurse educationPosition (finance)MedicinePolitical sciencePsychologyMedical educationBusinessLaw

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Year
1998
Type
article
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
24-28
Citations
8
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Carol McGuire, Marcia Stanhope, Sharon M. Weisenbeck (1998). Nursing Competence—An Evolving Regulatory Issue in Kentucky. Nursing Administration Quarterly , 23 (1) , 24-28. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006216-199823010-00007

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10.1097/00006216-199823010-00007