Key Skill Management in Operating Room – Results of ERASMUS+ project

The Key Skills Management in Operating Room (KSMOR) was a project that assessedkey skills, knowledge, procedures and the degree of adaptation of perioperative nursesin operating theatres in the countries of the European Union (EU). Five EU countriesparticipated in data collection. The respondents were perioperative nurses divided intotwo groups (with experience in operating rooms up to 2 years and over 2 years). Thethird group consisted of operating theatre managers who participated in the datacollection and subsequently evaluated the user-friendliness of the questionnaires usedfor the data collection. The user-friendliness of the questionnaires was also assessedby all the perioperative nurses participating in the data collection. The majority ofrespondents from the Czech Republic rated the level of knowledge/skills at a good level,i.e. 2 points ("You are independent, you manage the procedure normally in yourdaily routine"), even for the group of the respondents with the length ofexperience in operating rooms up to 2 years. Both the managers and the perioperativenurses assessed the user-friendliness of the questionnaire on skills and knowledge ofperioperative nurses positively. The output of the KSMOR project is an electronicversion of the questionnaire on skills and knowledge of perioperative nurses, whichenables evaluation and training of perioperative nurses not only in basic skills butalso in very specific ones according to the particular field. It is also a suitable toolfor the operating theatre manager for the management and evaluation of perioperativenurses, planning and support of educational activities and its subsequent integrationinto the operation of operating theatres.