scope:

This policy applies to all Budget Submitting Office (BSO) 18 commands and to all non-privileged Nurse Corps officers assigned to a clinical or a non-clinical role, except those assigned as a commanding officer, executive officer, or in an echelon 2 or 3 position.

Purpose.

This policy provides guidance for the management and sustainment of core nursing competencies to ensure platform clinical readiness. It also provides guidance regarding unit level competencies for both uniformed and civilian nurses to ensure all Navy nurses working within Navy medical treatment facilities (MTF) gain and sustain competence in their deployment nursing clinical specialty. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of standardizing competency assessment throughout Navy Medicine. This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.