Clinical Issues—April 2010
This Month
Assessing perioperative RN competency
Key words: perioperative nurse competency, professional standards, best practices, scope of practice.
Transfer of care communication
Key words: transfer of care, continuum of care, hand-off communication, standardized communication.
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PII: S0001-2092(10)00069-4
doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2010.01.010
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