Professional Success: Utilizing Simulation to Remediate and Retain Nursing Staff.

Nursing education focuses on nursing theory and the ability to perform tasks. There is a lack of education related to prioritization of nursing tasks. Therefore, new nurses transitioning into their roles sometimes struggle and, as a result, leave their units or, often enough, our facility.

The Impact of a Multifaceted Simulation Education and Feedback Program for Community Emergency Departments on Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis Management.

Objectives: We sought to determine if general emergency departments (GEDs) were managing pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) correctly and if management could be improved using a multilayered educational initiative. We hypothesized that a multifaceted program of in situ simulation education and formal feedback on actual patient management would improve community GED management of pediatric DKA.

Methods: This study combined a prospective simulation-based performance evaluation and a retrospective chart review.

Observational Study on the Effect of Duration from Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification on PALS Performance in Pediatric Interns in Simulated Cardiopulmonary Arrest.

Pediatric advanced life support (PALS) training is critical for pediatric residents. It is unclear how well PALS skills are developed during this course or maintained overtime. This study evaluated PALS skills of pediatric interns using a validated PALS performance score following their initial PALS certification.

The Impact of a 9-Month Booster Training Using Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice on Pediatric Resident PALS Skills.

Introduction: The impact of booster training on pediatric resuscitation skills is not well understood. Rapid cycle deliberate practice (RCDP) to supplement pediatric advanced life support (PALS) training is beginning to be used to improve resuscitation skills. We tested the impact of booster RCDP training performed at 9 months after initial RCDP training on pediatric resuscitation skills of pediatric residents.

Travel Histories in Children: How Well Do Interns and Medical Students Do?

Objective: To evaluate the knowledge of obtaining travel histories in medical students and interns.

Methods: Medical students and interns participated in a high-fidelity pediatric simulation with two cases (malaria or typhoid fever) that hinged on travel history. After the simulation, appropriate methods of obtaining travel histories were discussed.

A Simulation Course Focusing on Forensic Evidence Collection Improves Pediatric Knowledge and Standardizes Curriculum for Child Abuse.

Objectives: Our hypothesis was that pediatric residents and medical students who participated in a structured forensic evidence collection course would have improved knowledge of prepubertal evidence collection practices and pubertal genital anatomy.

Methods: The course curriculum included a forensic evidence collection video created by the sexual assault nurse examiner directors. After watching the video, the participants simulated forensic evidence collection using forensic evidence collection kits and chain of evidence protocols in a hybrid simulation setting under the supervision of a pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner.