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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Professional Certification

Background:

  • The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) initiated a specialty certification program for nurses in 2005.
  • A practice analysis study was conducted to establish an evidence-based foundation for the certification examination.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define the scope of practice for nurses caring for morbidly obese and bariatric surgical patients.
  • To develop a foundation for a new nursing specialty certification examination.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted task force meetings, expert interviews, and external reviews to define practice domains, tasks, and knowledge areas.
  • Administered a survey to 1084 nurses to validate the defined domains, tasks, and knowledge.

Main Results:

  • Identified variations in task and domain time allocation across different nursing roles.
  • Confirmed that all job roles rated the domains and tasks as moderately to highly important for patient outcomes.
  • Found that most nurses acquired the 54 identified knowledge areas within the first two years of practice.

Conclusions:

  • Survey results validated a specialized knowledge base essential for bariatric nursing practice.
  • Findings will guide the development of a bariatric nurse certification program.
  • Results will inform educational and training initiatives for nurses in this specialty.