1. Using Simulation to Evaluate Nurse Competencies.
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Vanderzwan, Kathryn J., Schwind, Julie, Obrecht, Jennifer, O'Rourke, Jennifer, and Hieber Johnson, Alexia
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NURSING audit ,SEPTICEMIA prevention ,ACADEMIC medical centers ,COMPUTER simulation ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,PHILOSOPHY of education ,EXPERIENTIAL learning ,NURSING ,QUALITY assurance ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RISK assessment ,SEPSIS ,EVIDENCE-based nursing ,PRE-tests & post-tests ,EDUCATIONAL outcomes ,NATIONAL competency-based educational tests ,EARLY diagnosis ,SYMPTOMS - Abstract
A multimodal nursing pedagogy utilizing simulation was incorporated into annual nurse competencies at a 465-bed academic medical center to translate into practice the required surveillance of a potentially septic patient and the necessary clinical decision-making. Pretest/posttest was used to determine knowledge retention from simulation. Nurses' sepsis knowledge following simulation was improved. Simulation can provide long-term knowledge retention of sepsis for application into clinical practice and be a viable option for competency assessment for professional nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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