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February 26, 2020Journal of Nursing Education and PracticeOpen Access

The overall mean of anaesthesia nursing competence was 87.5 (SD = 9.0) on a 0-100 scale, with longer work experience and specialized education independently associated with higher competence (p < .001).

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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

YJYunsuk JeonRMRiitta MeretojaTVTero Vahlberg

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Overview

Self-assessed good competence links to experience and specialized training; leaves open validation against objective performance before informing curricula.

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Population
222 registered nurses in anaesthesia departments at university hospitals in Finland, mean age 41.6, 86% female.
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Outcome
Self-assessed level of anaesthesia nursing competence using the Anaesthesia Nursing Competence Scale (AnestComp)

Finnish anaesthesia nurses self-assess their competence as good, with specialized education and longer work experience being key factors associated with higher competence levels.

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Jeon et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a708f29a7fbea1e44081ea3https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v10n6p9
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