Completing annual competency requirements can be a tiresome task for both staff nurses and nurse educators, especially in the busy intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency department (ED) practice settings. At St John Medical Center, Tulsa, Okla, new nurses hired in the ICUs and ED are closely precepted and monitored for initial competency completion. However, because of the high patient census and acuity in these areas, completing the high-risk, low-frequency, problem-prone competencies required of incumbent nursing staff as well as ancillary unit staff is difficult. Using Alspach’s competency suggestions, St John managers and educators created written forms to verify initial and annual competencies. Nevertheless, they often were frustrated by the numerous attempts to complete these annual requirements. Now, cluster-specific ICU and ED clinical instructors who are responsible for tracking annual competency completions have devised a purposeful, creative way to address this need. The vehicle is a competency fair planned around the theme of the television series “Survivor.” The goal was that more than 60% of the staff competencies would be completed at least 6 months before the next scheduled visit by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Like the television series, nurses could earn immunity by completing a task—in this case the competencies. In fact, by successfully meeting the immunity challenge, they could earn a year of freedom from being “hassled” by a clinical instructor to complete the competencies. Those who completed the competencies during the fair received a T-shirt. To prepare for the project, the instructors collaborated with the managers to develop a list of essential annual competencies to be completed at the fair. Part of this preparation entailed planning a variety of educational and competency completion strategies, based on the principles of adult learning. The educators also wanted to include aspects of critical thinking by designing competency completion stations that would engage each nurse’s experience, educational preparation, and skill level. The educational and competency booths included posters, one-onone instruction, games, simulators, and manikins using ED and ICU equipment. In addition, “Survivor”-themed music, decorations, and food were used to set the mood. The planning team had to obtain approval from all levels of nursing management, from purchasing and from the pharmacy. The St John Medical Center IN OUR UNIT