Key result
Competency-based education defines OR nurse expectations to assure orientation quality and meet JCAHO standards.
Why the study?
To assure quality of orientation and meet JCAHO standards in the operating room, curriculum and educational resources were reviewed.
Population
Operating room nurses in a perioperative program
Comparison
Competency-based education vs prior orientation methods
Design
Other
Authors
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May guide OR nurse orientation standards; leaves open effects on clinical outcomes or broader adoption.
Using competency-based education in a perioperative program helps define expectations for OR nurses and meet JCAHO standards.
MARGUERITE VOORHEES (1996) studied this question. Competency-based education in a perioperative program clearly defines expectations for operating room nurses to assure quality of orientation and meet JCAHO standards.
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