Encouraging and Assisting PeriAnesthesia Certification

My practicum project for my MSN was to develop a program to improve patient safety by assisting staff in obtaining their perianesthesia certification. The literature review showed that units with a higher ratio of certified nurses provided a higher quality of care and produce better patient outcomes including fewer surgical site infections, fewer patient falls, and a decrease in failure to resuscitate rates. Nurses with certification also showed higher job satisfaction and confidence in delivering care to the perianesthesia patient.

Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - July 30, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Jacqualene A. Knauff, Bethany Wheeler, Tiffany LaCoste, Glenna Walker Tags: ASPAN National Conference Abstract Source Type: research