Advances in medical sciences
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Multicenter Study
Estimation of the declared knowledge of anaesthesiology nurses concerning some chosen procedures and actions being within the scope of professional competence.
Together with introducing legal regulations as well as modem standards of postgraduate education, the professional position of a nurse has strengthened and also her responsibility for professional activity has increased. Performing the profession of an anaesthesiology nurse involves necessity of possessing some adequate professional qualifications. The aim of the study was an attempt to answer the question on how the knowledge of an anaesthesiology nurse concerning the activities being within her professional qualifications shapes. ⋯ Obtaining competence in anaesthesiology nursing involves the necessity of continual raising of qualifications by nurses, especially being on specialization level; 3. A necessity of differentiation between particular competence levels of anaesthesiology nurses during different forms of education should be underlined; 4. Possibility of realization of their competences on a particular level by anaesthesiology nurses is connected with the necessity of improving whole therapeutic team work.