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Piloting a Simulation-Based Learning Package for Nurses as a Means to Improving Pre-Code Management of Hospitalized Patients
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, Vancouver Coastal Health, Canada ; , UBC School of Nursing, Canada

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Quebec City, Canada ISBN 978-1-880094-63-1 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA

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Abstract

The aim of this project is to evaluate how simulation-based training could help improve pre-cardiac/respiratory arrest management in the acute clinical setting. This project sought to identify if simulation based training in pre-code recognition and management could increase the expertise of trained nurses in surgical and medical hospital units. The project provided simulation based training to nurses to aid in the recognition of early warning signs for cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, shock, renal failure and acute neurological dysfunction, thus enabling them to take appropriate early intervention to improve chances of recovery and survival, and therefore improve patient safety. Early results have revealed positive indicators on the effectiveness of simulation-based training in this context, but also some concerns over the cost-efficiency of this approach.

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van der Wal, R. & Garrett, B. (2007). Piloting a Simulation-Based Learning Package for Nurses as a Means to Improving Pre-Code Management of Hospitalized Patients. In T. Bastiaens & S. Carliner (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2007--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 178-182). Quebec City, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 10, 2024 from .

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