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Advanced nursing skill certification in critical care.

P A Telford1, E E Mondor

  • 1Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH), Intensive Care Unit.

Dynamics (Pembroke, Ont.)
|May 2, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Advanced nursing function (ANF) certification ensures critical care nurses maintain essential skills for safe patient care. This annual process efficiently assesses knowledge and psychomotor abilities, upholding high standards in critical care units.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Patient Safety

Background:

  • Critical care therapies are advancing, necessitating registered nurses (RNs) to maintain skills for safe patient care.
  • Advanced nursing function (ANF) certification is a strategy to ensure RNs possess and update necessary competencies.
  • A need exists for advanced nursing knowledge to manage complex patient requirements and ensure quality care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the annual ANF certification process in a general systems critical care unit.
  • To outline the scope of ANF certification, including specific procedures covered.
  • To highlight the role of ANF certification in maintaining standards and identifying nurse development needs.

Main Methods:

  • Annual certification process for 200 RNs in a large urban acute care setting.
  • Certification includes conceptual and psychomotor skill assessments.
  • Covers procedures such as cardioversion/defibrillation, pacemakers, intraspinal analgesia, pulmonary artery catheters, and intracranial pressure monitoring.

Main Results:

  • ANF certification challenges educators to maintain current knowledge.
  • Identifies nurse strengths and weaknesses in knowledge and practice for specific procedures.
  • Provides an efficient, cost-effective method for educating many nurses quickly.

Conclusions:

  • ANF certification is crucial for maintaining an optimum standard of care in critical care units.
  • The process supports the development of advanced nursing knowledge and skills.
  • It is vital for meeting the needs of patients with complex care requirements.

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