Mark Olfson, Candace M Cosgrove, Melanie M Wall, Carlos Blanco
Suicide Risks of Health Care Workers in the US
JAMA
changing prerequisites healthcare leads increased complexity nursing since regulations revalidation competencies emergency nurses sweden sparse knowledge nurses develop competencies registration nurses rn describe selfreported professional competence postgraduate education among rns emergency care settings crosssectional design strobe guidelines used short version nurse professional competence scale used data collection data collected postgraduate education descriptive comparative statistic used analysis 62 71 students participated first data collection independent group 31 48 students participated second data collection results showed generally good competencies entering education significantly improved competencies education found areas working independently reviewing literature evidencebased nursing conclusion competencies assessed good education evaluating nurses competencies supports educators developing education ensure need knowledge emergency care ensure required competencies among emergency care nurses need regulate additional training revalidation emergency nurses competencies