Construction of the certification evaluation index system for specialized nurse in operating room

Abstract

Objective To construct the certification evaluation index system for specialized nurse in operating room in accord with nursing practice in China, so as to provide a reference for administrative department to formulate the standards. Methods From November 2017 to February 2018, we established the certification evaluation index and standard for specialized nurse in operating room by literature review, expert interview and Delphi method, and we tested the reliability of expert enquiry by the concentration degree of expert opinion, coordination coefficient, active coefficient and authority coefficient. The analytic hierarchy process was used to determine the indexes and weight of evaluation standards. Results A total of 22 experts participated in the study. Among two rounds of enquiries, the active coefficients were 86.67% and 84.62% respectively, and authority coefficients were 0.89 and 0.93 respectively. In the second enquiry, the coordination coefficient was 0.215. The certification evaluation index system for specialized nurse in operating room consisted of 8 primary indexes, 28 secondary indexes and 76 evaluation criteria. The weight of primary indexes, secondary indexes and valuation criteria ranged from 0.031 4 to 0.275 8, from 0.002 0 to 0.206 9 and from 0.000 7 to 0.137 9 respectively. CI values of comparison matrix were from 0 to 0.0480 and CR values were from 0 to 0.053 3. Conclusions The certification evaluation index system for specialized nurse in operating room is reliable, which can be a reference standard for certification evaluation for specialized nurse in operating room. Key words: Nurse specialists; Operating rooms; Certification; Evaluation index; Analytic hierarchy process