Degree Name

Nurse Anesthesia, DNP

Publication Date

2020

Upload Date

2024

First Advisor

Christopher Jordan

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to describe the correlation of self-perceived competency levels between novice and expert Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) in the perioperative setting. Self-reflection on competence enables CRNAs to know their most reliable and weakest performance characteristics; thus, they can improve the efficiency of their work performance across surgical settings. The proficiency of the anesthetist is important in surgical settings when the anesthesia provider is often performing independently. Psychometric instruments such as surveys can aid in evaluating perioperative performance, yet psychometric tools for explicitly assessing nurse anesthesia competence are limited. The methodology for this study is a prospective cross-sectional design using the psychometric questionnaire, the Perceived Perioperative Competence Scale-Revised (PPCS-R). The data were analyzed using the Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The Mann Whitney U test used to test the research question and hypothesis for significance. A p-value of < 0.05 was considered significant. The results of the data analysis showed no significant difference in the self-perception of competency between novices and experts. The study found that novices and experts have similar rankings of the most and least knowledgeable items.

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