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Emily Cramer1, Christopher H Stucky2, James X Stobinski3
1Biostatistics and Epidemiology Core, Health Services and Outcomes Research, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO.
Summary
Perioperative nurses with Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse (CAPA) and Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse (CPAN) certifications reported higher job satisfaction. However, nurses with the Certified Perioperative Registered Nurse (CNOR) certification reported the lowest job satisfaction.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Quality Indicators
- Healthcare Professional Development
- Workplace Job Satisfaction
Background:
- Job satisfaction is crucial for nurse retention, productivity, and patient care quality.
- Understanding factors influencing job satisfaction, such as specialty certification, is vital for healthcare leadership.
- Perioperative nursing encompasses various specialties with differing certification pathways.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the relationship between perioperative registered nurse (RN) job satisfaction and specialty certification status.
- To identify specific certifications associated with higher or lower job satisfaction levels.
- To inform strategies for improving job satisfaction within perioperative nursing.
Main Methods:
- Secondary analysis of the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) RN Survey data.
- Utilized multilevel mixed modeling on data from 13,061 participants across 206 hospitals.
- Compared job satisfaction scores among nurses with Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse (CAPA), Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse (CPAN), Certified Perioperative Registered Nurse (CNOR), Certified RN First Assistant (CRNFA), other specialty certifications, and no certification.
Main Results:
- 12% of RNs held perioperative certifications, 15% held other nursing certifications, and 73% were not certified.
- Nurses reported highest satisfaction with nurse-nurse interactions and tasks, and lowest with administration, decision-making, and pay.
- CAPA and CPAN certified nurses reported significantly higher job satisfaction than non-certified nurses, while CNOR certified nurses reported the lowest satisfaction.
Conclusions:
- Specialty certification, particularly CAPA and CPAN, is associated with increased job satisfaction in perioperative nurses.
- CNOR certification did not show a positive association with job satisfaction compared to non-certified nurses.
- Targeting nursing professional development and supporting perianesthesia nurse certification may enhance job satisfaction and retention.
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