Improving the Competency of Nurses

Petra J. Porte; Lisanne M. Verweij; Carlos Fernando Collares; Martine C. de Bruijne; Cees P. M. van der Vleuten; Cordula Wagner

doi:https://doi.org/10.1097/NAN.0000000000000395

Improving the Competency of Nurses

Petra J. Porte, Lisanne M. Verweij, Carlos Fernando Collares, Martine C. de Bruijne, Cees P. M. van der Vleuten, Cordula Wagner

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Abstract

To decrease infusion pump administration errors, time-consuming training is often initiated. The aims of this study were twofold: to develop minimum competency requirements for programming and operation of infusion pumps and to develop and validate a test for nurses based on those requirements. The test was completed by 226 nurses between May and December 2017. This study demonstrates that testing is a promising method to assess the competency of nurses in using medical devices. Moreover, test acceptability among nurses is high. Using competency requirements to develop a test offers the potential to tailor training needs and reduce training time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	357-368
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of infusion nursing : the official publication of the Infusion Nurses Society
Volume	43
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/NAN.0000000000000395
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2020

Keywords

competency
device
examination
infusion pumps
safety

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