Multidisciplinary simulation in pediatric critical care: the death of a child

Health care providers are trained to care for the living. They may complete their education and enter the workforce without ever experiencing the death of a patient. Inexperience with the different roles of the multidisciplinary health care team is common. Moreover, the death of a child has a profou...

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Published in:Critical care nurse 2012-06, Vol.32 (3), p.55-61
Main Authors: Youngblood, Amber Q, Zinkan, J Lynn, Tofil, Nancy M, White, Marjorie Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Communication
Critical Care
Death
Education, Nursing - methods
Grief
Humans
Nurse-Patient Relations
Nursing
Nursing Education Research
Nursing Methodology Research
Patient Care Team
Patient Simulation
Pediatric Nursing - education
Teaching - methods
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Summary:Health care providers are trained to care for the living. They may complete their education and enter the workforce without ever experiencing the death of a patient. Inexperience with the different roles of the multidisciplinary health care team is common. Moreover, the death of a child has a profound effect on parents and staff. In such situations, the expertise of the multidisciplinary team can make a difference. A multidisciplinary education project that uses high-fidelity simulation based on pediatric death and dying was developed to provide an experience during which health care practitioners could practice communicating with families about the death of their child and dealing with different grief reactions.
ISSN:0279-5442
1940-8250
DOI:10.4037/ccn2012499