CCI

The Competency and Credentialing Institute Research Foundation (CCIRF) administers the Perceived Value of Certification Tool (PVCT) survey instrument designed to measure the perception of the value of certification.

In July of this year, CCI will launch a new credential, Certified Foundational Perioperative Nurse (CFPN). Reflective learning will be integral for nurses earning this credential.

As the CEO of CCI, I often interact with perioperative nurses about their professional development needs.

Even with the disruption of the pandemic, surgery continues and the need for skilled perioperative nurses remains.

By James X. Stobinski, Ph.D., RN, CNOR, CSSM (E) Last month, I wrote of perioperative nursing as the first recognized nursing specialty. Isabel Robb in 1907 stated that operating room nursing required extensive training for those wishing to specialize. Beginning with...

Nursing education in this country, until the early 1900s, was essentially an apprenticeship model where student nurses served as the labor force for early hospitals. Thus, disdain for the term apprenticeship in nursing is long standing and continues yet today.