All healthcare professions, including nursing, rely on traditional continuing education which measures knowledge by class hours and simple testing. The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) is the first to call for more rigorous skills competency testing (show/does vs. knows how). The ANCC Nursing Skills Competency Program (NSCP) is the only credential that independently validates nurses successfully completing an ANCC-recognized skills comptency course are able to perform the skill in a practice setting.
Learn why validating skills competency is valuable to patients, employers, nursing educators, regulatory bodies, and medical device manufacturers. www.NursingCompetency.org
