Preparing the novice critical care nurse: a community-wide collaboration using the benefits of simulation

This article describes how exploring the need for a continuing education course for the critical care nursing community turned into the development of the Preparing the Critical Care Nurse program. The course offered an opportunity for collaboration between area hospitals and a college of nursing by...

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Published in:The Journal of continuing education in nursing 2009-10, Vol.40 (10), p.443-451
Main Authors: Stefanski, Robbie R, Rossler, Kelly L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult Basic Education
Adult Learning
Adult Students
Clinical Competence
Community Relations
Competence
Computer-Assisted Instruction
Confidence
Consortia
Continuing education
Critical care
Critical Care - standards
Critical thinking
Education, Nursing, Continuing - methods
Educational Benefits
Emergency preparedness
Environment
Hospitals
Humans
Intensive care
Job satisfaction
Laboratories
Learning Processes
Models, Educational
Novices
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing administration
Nursing care
Nursing Education
Opportunities
Opportunity
Orientations
Patient care planning
Patient Simulation
Patients
Simulation
Skills
Teachers
Teaching Methods
Video equipment
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Summary:This article describes how exploring the need for a continuing education course for the critical care nursing community turned into the development of the Preparing the Critical Care Nurse program. The course offered an opportunity for collaboration between area hospitals and a college of nursing by facilitating the transition of undergraduate nurses to the critical care setting using high-fidelity simulation. Course development, implementation, evaluation, and suggestions for similar courses in the future are presented. Goals of the simulation component of the course were evaluated and addressed the participants' self-confidence and satisfaction with learning through simulation. A 6-month postevaluation provided insight into the participants' impressions of simulation as a learning tool as they currently practice critical care nursing.
ISSN:0022-0124
1938-2472
DOI:10.3928/00220124-20090923-03