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Nurse Credentialing focuses on a process by which the individual Registered Nurse, Enrolled Nurse, Nurse Assistant or Clinical Support Worker (as per position description) are granted privileges to perform a particular procedure or clinical service that is outside their identified scope of practice.

Definition:  individual credentialing is the establishment of the range of activities which health workers can undertake in disciplines where specialised knowledge and skill is required.  Nursing practice that is identified to be beyond the specifications of the scope of normal practice, including that which is outlined by position descriptions and organisational requirements, which will require a credentialing process.

Nurse Credentialing Guideline

  Nursing Credentialing Guideline
  Credentialing Committee Terms of Reference
  Credentialing Proposal

Related Policies

  Standing Orders Policy
  Standing Orders Template
  Framework for Education Development