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Improving An Electrocardiogram Competency Assessment Tool For Registered Nurses, Laurel K. Ng
Improving An Electrocardiogram Competency Assessment Tool For Registered Nurses, Laurel K. Ng
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Abstract
Problem: Rapid and accurate interpretation of an EKG rhythm is an advanced-level competency required for all acute care nurses working in a cardiac monitored/telemetry unit. Observational data collected over a 4-month period by the facility clinical nurse educators identified that less than half of the nurses required to take the EKG exam passed on the first attempt.
Context: The education department at the facility onboards approximately 550-600 nurses annually for the 241-bed community hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California, part of a larger healthcare organization.
Interventions: A total of 19 nurses from various …