Competence assessment

The Council expects competence assessments to be completed against the competencies for the nurse’s scope of practice. 

The Council requires competence assessments submitted to meet the continuing competence requirements to be assessed against the competencies by an experienced registered nurse who has recognised nursing knowledge and skills in the area of practice.  This experienced registered nurse will either work with the nurse or will have observed his/her practice for the purpose of making an assessment. The assessment should be based on a combination of strategies including direct observation of the nurse's practice, an interview with him/her to ascertain nursing care in different scenarios, evidence provided by him/her including self-assessments, exemplars or examples of practice, and reports from other nurses and other health professionals. Assessments should be comprehensive and not solely based on the observation of clinical procedures. Detailed comments that support the assessment indicating the evidence on which the assessment is based are required for each competency.

• Click here for competence assessment forms
• Click here for Guidelines for competence assessment
• Click here for information on assessment by a Council approved assessor