Vernon, R.2025-12-172025-12-172014New Zealand Nursing Review, 2014; 14(3):1-31175-2904https://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/118391For a decade now, New Zealand nurses have had to declare each year that they continue to be competent to practise safely. DR RACHAEL VERNON, a leading researcher into New Zealand and other nations’ continuing competence frameworks, says such frameworks can predict and imply a nurse is safe to practise, but never guarantee.enCopyright 2015 New Zealand Media & Entertainmentnursing competencynursing practiceJournal article