Publications by authors named "Deborah DeCarlo"
Introduction: : To inform further development of a personal computer-based Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) simulator, we wished to understand users' perceptions of this new technology. Specifically, we sought to determine whether the simulator was perceived as an effective training tool, whether it filled a gap in the users' current training regimen, and whether these perceptions were impacted by professional affiliation and PALS training history.
Methods: : We surveyed multidisciplinary health care workers in a tertiary care pediatric hospital who used our simulator.
Objective: To develop a computer screen-based simulator that may be used as a pediatric advanced life support (PALS) cognitive skill assessment tool and to pilot test a consensus-based scoring system for the simulator.
Design: Development of an evaluation tool, followed by prospective, observational study of tool performance.
Setting: Tertiary care pediatric hospital.
Objective: To identify barriers to nurses' participation in simulation, and to determine whether prior simulation exposure, professional experience, and practice location influence their tendency to perceive specific issues as barriers. We also sought to identify nurses' educational priorities, and to determine whether these were influenced by years of experience or practice location.
Methods: We surveyed full-time and part-time nurses in a university-affiliated children's hospital to gather data on professional demographics, simulation exposure, perceived barriers to participation in simulation, and training priorities.