Why the study?
Assessing the competence of nurses in anaesthesia care is important for ensuring care quality and developing competence-based nursing education programmes.
Population
222 registered nurses in anaesthesia departments at university hospitals in Finland
Design
Cross-sectional study
Authors
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Self-assessed good competence links to experience and specialized training; leaves open validation against objective performance before informing curricula.
Finnish anaesthesia nurses self-assess their competence as good, with specialized education and longer work experience being key factors associated with higher competence levels.
Jeon et al. (2020) studied this question.