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By James X. Stobinski, PhD, RN, CNOR, CSSM (E) Recently, during the question and answer period following a presentation, I was asked how the Competency and Credentialing Institute (CCI) is evolving in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The context for this question...

By James X. Stobinski, PhD, RN, CNOR, CSSM (E) I wrote this column last month as we were just beginning to realize the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The American health care system continues to wrestle with unprecedented demand for critical care resources in...

By James X. Stobinski These are extraordinary times. The COVID-19 virus is having an incredibly disruptive impact on American health care to include perioperative nursing. At CCI, we have been able to continue uninterrupted service to our nurses, in working from home...

By Dawn Whiteside, MSN, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC, RNFA, and James Stobinski, PhD, RN, CNOR, CSSM(E) As mentioned in previous columns, CCI is heavily engaged in the professional literature of perioperative nursing and the credentialing industry. Recently, we came upon two...

Electing to transition to emeritus status is an intensely personal decision which marks a clear demarcation in the career path of a perioperative nurse.

In American nursing there has been slow, grudging progress on meaningful conversations about competency and competency assessment. Some state boards of nursing are using the terminology but there is no widespread consensus on the use of the term.