Why force nurses to prove competence?: Skills passports would allow nurses to move between employers without having to re-do training for all-too-familiar competencies.

I: have been fortunate enough over my career to work in several clinical environments. I've worked in paediatrics in inner-city hospitals, a mixed adult/paediatric emergency department in regional Victoria, Australia and specialist tertiary care centres. I was an agency nurse in London, working in community children's nursing, adult emergency departments and district nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]