Preparing Neonatal Nurses for Improved Performance, Professional Development, and National Certification Through Simulation.
Journal
Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses
ISSN: 1536-0911
Titre abrégé: Adv Neonatal Care
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101125644
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Aug 2022
01 Aug 2022
Historique:
pubmed:
16
10
2021
medline:
2
8
2022
entrez:
15
10
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Code and emergent situations require skilled nursing response wherever they occur. Nurse preparation for code response is an ongoing need in nursing education. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas, has a team of 3 nurse educators. These educators determined the need for increased nurse confidence, skill, and response in code and emergent situations within the NICU. The education team also recognized the need to increase nurse involvement in professional development activities and preparation for the national certification examination. The purpose of this article is to describe how a NICU education team, in a level III NICU, trained nurses using simulated scenarios to improve nursing knowledge for national certification, skill, and confidence in code situations and to provide ongoing professional development opportunities within a controlled learning environment. The intervention designed to meet these specific goals for the NICU was the creation of a simulation team (called the "Drill Team") to facilitate simulated activities created by the NICU education team. This simulation strategy was found to have multiple advantages for content delivery, as multiple learning styles can be incorporated into the simulated activities. Nurses demonstrated improved performance, knowledge acquisition, and knowledge retention after the Drill Team project. Nursing confidence in code performance also increased using this intervention. This educational intervention can be replicated and utilized in nursing education for all specialties. Further research could be conducted to determine the effectiveness of simulated activities and national certification pass rates.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Code and emergent situations require skilled nursing response wherever they occur. Nurse preparation for code response is an ongoing need in nursing education. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas, has a team of 3 nurse educators. These educators determined the need for increased nurse confidence, skill, and response in code and emergent situations within the NICU. The education team also recognized the need to increase nurse involvement in professional development activities and preparation for the national certification examination.
PURPOSE
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to describe how a NICU education team, in a level III NICU, trained nurses using simulated scenarios to improve nursing knowledge for national certification, skill, and confidence in code situations and to provide ongoing professional development opportunities within a controlled learning environment.
METHODS
METHODS
The intervention designed to meet these specific goals for the NICU was the creation of a simulation team (called the "Drill Team") to facilitate simulated activities created by the NICU education team. This simulation strategy was found to have multiple advantages for content delivery, as multiple learning styles can be incorporated into the simulated activities.
FINDINGS
RESULTS
Nurses demonstrated improved performance, knowledge acquisition, and knowledge retention after the Drill Team project. Nursing confidence in code performance also increased using this intervention.
IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE
CONCLUSIONS
This educational intervention can be replicated and utilized in nursing education for all specialties.
IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH
CONCLUSIONS
Further research could be conducted to determine the effectiveness of simulated activities and national certification pass rates.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34654046
doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000946
pii: 00149525-202208000-00019
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
E131-E136Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 by The National Association of Neonatal Nurses.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Parkland Health and Hospital System. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. https://www.parklandhospital.com/nnicu#:∼:text=Our%20NICU%20staff%20cares%20for,tiniest%20and%20most%20fragile%20patients . Accessed March 19, 2021.
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