Educating Nurses about Correct Application of Cricoid Pressure

ABSTRACT
- ALTHOUGH THE APPLICATION of cricoid pressure is a technique that is performed almost daily in the OR, perioperative nurses may not be applying cricoid pressure correctly.
- THE PURPOSE of this quality improvement project was to develop an education program to assess perioperative nurses' skills and educate and train them regarding correct application of cricoid pressure.
- OF 51 PERIOPERATIVE NURSES who participated in a pretest, an education program, and a posttest, the number of participants who could apply the appropriate amount of pressure to the correct location increased from two (3.9%) on the pretest to 35 (68.6%) on the posttest. AORN J 84 (September 2006) 449-461. © AORN, Inc, 2006.