Common use of Competency/Qualification Clause in Contracts

Competency/Qualification. Nurses shall receive patient assignments commensurate with their skills and competencies. A nurse will not be required to float to a patient assignment that requires specialty competence for which he/she is not qualified. If a nurse feels that he/she is not qualified for a specific assignment, he/she should indicate the reasons why and give them at the time of the request to the appropriate charge nurse or appropriate supervisor/manager or designee for the record.

Competency/Qualification. Nurses shall receive patient assignments commensurate with their skills and competencies. A nurse will not be required to float to a patient nursing assignment that requires specialty competence competencecompetence’ for which he/she is not qualified. If a nurse feels that he/she is not qualified for a specific assignment, he/she should indicate the reasons why and give them at the time of the request to the appropriate charge nurse or appropriate supervisor/manager or designee for the record.

Competency/Qualification. Nurses shall receive patient assignments commensurate with their skills and competencies. A nurse will not be required to float to a patient nursing assignment that requires specialty competence for which he/she is not qualified. If a nurse feels that he/she is not qualified for a specific assignment, he/she should indicate the reasons why and give them at the time of the request to the appropriate charge nurse or appropriate supervisor/manager or designee for the record.