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A report on the CCNA 2007 professional practice analysis.

Timothy J Muckle, Nathaniel M Apatov, Karen Plaus

|August 4, 2009

Summary

The 2007 Professional Practice Analysis (PPA) surveyed nurse anesthetists to identify key knowledge and competencies. Results validate the National Certification Examination content and test specifications.

Area of Science:

Nursing
Anesthesiology
Professional Practice Analysis

Background:

The 2007 Professional Practice Analysis (PPA) was conducted by the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists.
Survey and rating scale methodologies were employed to gather data on nurse anesthesia knowledge and competencies.
A Rasch rating scale model analyzed 3,805 survey responses to determine the relative importance and frequency of various aspects.

Discussion:

The PPA results inform the content outline and test specifications for the National Certification Examination.
This analysis provides a data-driven foundation for the content validation of the examination.
Understanding the emphasis of different knowledge domains ensures the examination accurately reflects current practice.

Key Insights:

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Identified the relative emphasis of various aspects within the nurse anesthesia knowledge domain.

Transformed ordinal rating scale responses into linear measures of importance and frequency.

Provided demographic and background information of survey respondents.

Outlook:

The findings serve as a basis for content validation of the National Certification Examination.
Ensures the examination remains relevant and accurately assesses the skills and knowledge required for nurse anesthetists.
Informs future revisions of the nurse anesthesia curriculum and professional development.