CLIN ICAL NURSE SPEC IALI ST specialty nursing certifying organizations, The Pew Health Professions Commission, the Citizen Advocacy Center (CAC) (www.cacenter.org), the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation (CLEAR) (www.clearhq.org), and the Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards (www.farb.org). The latter 3 organizations are resources for professional regulatory board memb...

OBJECTIVE Occupational therapy practitioners must meet ever-increasing accountability demands in all service delivery environments. Accountability is made possible through the ongoing development of continued competence throughout a practitioner's career. Behaviors that demonstrate accountability and reflect competence include commitment, leadership, and professional knowledge. This article dis...

OBJECTIVE to determine the evidence-based practice (EBP) competence of Spanish and Latin-American nurses participating in professional forums on the Internet and estimate the influence of socio-demographic and professional factors on their competence, which was defined as knowledge of, attitude towards, and implementation of EBP. METHODOLOGY An online survey was administered to a convenience ...

The article analyzes the theoretical and methodological achievements on problem of law bachelors’ professional competence forming. meaning term “professional competence” is clarified, it means an integrative systemic state a person reflects his activity. It was found that considered as process manifestation kind individual activity subject, which determined by ways self-expression in direction....

High-profile attention has recently been given to the problem of surgical competence of a few cardiothoracic surgeons and to abuse of limited private practice by some full-time state-employed doctors. These issues raise questions about the adequacy of postgraduate training facilities, the rigor with which new specialists are evaluated before being allowed to enter practice, and the need for acc...