Number 2: September 1999

Overview and Summary

• Overview and Summary: Initial and Continuing Competence in Education and Practice
  Christina B. Cook, PhD, RN (September 30, 1999)
• Ethics Column: Overview and Summary
  Ruth Ludwick, PhD, RN,C; Mary Cipriano Silva, PhD, RN, FAAN (July 2, 1999)

Articles

• Redesigning Expectations for Initial and Continuing Competence For Contemporary Nursing Practice
  Carrie B. Lenburg, EdD, RN, FAAN (September 30, 1999)
• The Framework, Concepts and Methods of the Competency Outcomes and Performance Assessment (COPA) Model
  Carrie B. Lenburg, EdD, RN, FAAN (September 30, 1999)
• Competency Assessment: Methods for Development and Implementation in Nursing Education
  Richard W. Redman, PhD, RN; Carrie B. Lenburg, EdD, RN, FAAN; Patricia Hinton Walker, PhD, FAAN (September 30, 1999)
• Reducing Threats to the Implementation of a Competency-Based Performance Assessment System
  Toni Bargagliotti, DNSc, RN; Marjorie Luttrell, PhD, RN; Carrie B. Lenburg, EdD, RN, FAAN (September 30, 1999)

Articles on Previously Published Topics

• Factors Influencing Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes in Taiwanese Nursing Homes
  Ke-Ping A. Yang, PhD, RN; Lillian M. Simms, PhD, RN, FAAN; Jeo-Chen T. Yin, PhD, RN (August 3, 1999)

Columns

• Information Resources: Needle in a Haystack? Finding Health Information on the Web
  Barbara F. Schloman, PhD, AHIP (August 19, 1999)
• Ethics: Interstate Nursing Practice and Regulation: Ethical Issues for the 21st Century
  Mary Cipriano Silva, PhD, RN, FAAN; Ruth Ludwick, PhD, RN,C (July 2, 1999)

Web References

• Initial and Continuing Competence in Education and Practice -- References
  Ruth Ludwick, PhD, RN (September 30, 1999)