A Quality Improvement Project Using High-Fidelity Simulation Training to Improve Clinical Knowledge among Critical Care Transport Nurses

Background To cultivate clinical expertise, many critical care transport (CCT) programs have engaged simulation as a means of providing ongoing clinical education for crewmembers. Method A pretest, posttest, repeated-measures design was used to evaluate whether CCT nurses' clinical knowledge improved immediately after and three months after high-fidelity simulation training. Results The increase in mean test scores from preintervention to postintervention was not statistically significant, and knowledge was not sustained after three months. Conclusions Introducing pre- and postsimulation evaluations into staff training activities provided a reference point for CCT nurses to benchmark their individual progress and allowed department education leaders to gauge the effectiveness of their training interventions.

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Author Virginia Chris Simmons School of Nursing