The National Health Care Skill Standards Project brought together an innovative group of health, industry, labor, and educational organizations to develop skill standards for health care workers. The project, conducted in 1992-1996, was directed by WestEd (formerly Far West Laboratory.) As one of the original 22 pilot projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and Education to identify skill standards for different industries, WestEd partnered with a host of organizations, including the National Consortium of Health Science and Technology Education, the Service Employees International Union, and over 100 industry and education organizations. These diverse groups were convened with the goal of improving the nation's health care system by identifying and disseminating information on those skills required to deliver high quality health care. NHCSSP Standards Document Click here for ordering information for the "National Health Care Skill Standards" booklet. Acknowledgments Background Context How Does the NHCSSP Work? Part I Why Skill Standards? Part II Standards Research and Development Methodology Part III National Health Care Skill Standards Part IV Guidelines for Implementation Part V Continuing the Effort NHCSSP Committee Members Selected Bibliography [WestEd Home Page | Online Ordering Information]