Assessing staff competencies is helpful in making employment decisions, such as promotions, retention and termination. Rating employee skill sets also can be useful in assigning work, creating work ...

SAN DIEGO — Knowledge should not be confused with competency when assessing skilled nursing staff, a nursing expert warned Tuesday. “Knowledge is you have information floating around in your head,” ...

I’m still confused about how to evaluate staff competencies. Does CMS have resources available? The new staff competency requirements may seem challenging at first. However, the Centers for Medicare & ...

The introduction of the United States Pharmacopeia Chapter <797> regulation in 2008 sent and continues to send shock waves through hospital pharmacy departments and other sterile drug preparation ...

A mixed-reality platform launched by Honeywell this week reduces training time by more than 60 percent and doubles retention. What if all of your plant staff were your best staff, regardless of how ...

Competency tracking is an important part of nursing professional development, used to ensure new hires and experienced staff ...

It is critical that your ASC not only train your staff members about your infection control program, but you must also test them to ensure they understand your policies and procedures, infection ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The CCSD reactivation task force charged with reopening schools said that we face dual crises at the moment, both the pandemic and the call for social justice. Neither ...

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate is currently supporting a new initiative to implement a mandatory cultural competency training program for Tufts faculty and staff, according to Walae Hayek, who ...

The widespread discrimination and mistreatment transgender individuals face in the healthcare system could be alleviated with specialized provider training to increase knowledge about transgender ...