As part of the UF Health Nursing Discoveries: Research, Evidence-Based Practice, and Innovation spring series, UF Health Shands Nursing Research and Innovation Council hosted their Spring Into Simulation event. Unit 62, and Unit 95, and Labor & Delivery presented the simulation programs they implemented to improve patient safety, staff confidence and quality of care.
Leadership from Units 62/ADTU worked with Dr. Anita Stephens from UF College of Nursing and Dr. Jean Hutton, CELS Clinical Simulation Educator, on a research project titled Emergency Preparedness: From Hands-Off to Hands-On. The ongoing project investigates the impact of high-fidelity simulation training on enhancing participants’ self-reported confidence within a six-month timeframe while delving into confidence variations among nurses with differing experience levels.
Leadership from Unit 95 and Labor & Delivery worked with Jenn Zimmerman, CELS Clinical Simulation Educator, to develop a robust simulation program for maternal/fetal health complications. Over the past few years, the program has also expanded to include the NICU department. This joint effort has allowed the team to implement regularly scheduled and just-in-time simulations for upcoming challenging cases that require multiple specialty teams to coordinate tasks to be most efficient and timely in their care.
Both groups discussed the components of their in situ simulation program, how they developed their scenarios, scheduled simulations and patient rooms, managed staffing, arranged for physician/resident participation, and evaluated the program’s effectiveness.
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