Nursing Competencies in the Nursing Curriculum
Journal: Journal of Healthcare Management Standards
Year: 2023

Florence Nightingale is the modern founder of nursing and professionalized nursing by creating training programs for aspiring nurses. Nursing standards for education started in the early days of nursing education, beginning in the late 1800s. National accreditation standards shape nursing educational programs and clinical practices; however, state-level boards of nursing establish and monitor practice standards. Nursing education accreditation agencies recently shifted their focus to competency-