Highlights
- •Critical care transport nurses require specialized training.
- •Routine simulation resulted in increased nursing knowledge and skills.
- •There is improved nursing self-efficacy and satisfaction with stimulation.
- •Knowledge assessments are possible through tests and checklists.
- •Structured, educational debriefings are important with simulations
Abstract
Objective
As the health care setting has become more centralized, there has been an increased
need for critically ill neonatal and pediatric patients to be transported to facilities
for a higher level of care. These interfacility transports are possible through the
utilization of highly specialized teams of health care providers. Unfortunately, there
is currently a lack of consistency in training these teams to provide safe care. The
purpose of this integrative review was to identify the best practice for improving
nursing knowledge and self-competency in critical care neonatal and pediatric interhospital
transport.
Methods
A literature search was conducted to answer the following question: What are the best
practices to improve/assess nursing knowledge and self-competency in critical care
neonatal and pediatric interhospital transport? The articles found were then appraised
using the Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Model's appraisal tool.
Results
Eight articles were included in the final review and found to be of good quality.
From these articles, 4 themes were identified that address the best practices in the
education of critical care transport nurses: increased knowledge and skills with simulation,
improved self-efficacy and satisfaction of nurses with simulation, knowledge assessment
is feasible through tests and checklists, and the importance of debriefing among nurses
with simulation.
Conclusion
The incorporation of routine simulations that include knowledge tests, checklists,
and targeted educational debriefings for interhospital neonatal and pediatric critical
care transport teams improves and verifies nursing knowledge and self-competency.
Future research should focus on the design and curriculum specifications of this educational
plan within critical care interhospital transport.
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Published online: July 31, 2022
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