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Heather Norris1, Keri New, Francis Hinsberg
1Heather Norris, DNP, RN, is Associate Professor, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond. Keri New, DNP, RN, is Associate Professor, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond. Francis Hinsberg, DO, MA, is Internist at Baptist Health Richmond, Kentucky.
Abstract:
A rural community hospital provided a pilot patient deterioration simulation education for new graduate nurses in an attempt to advance the utilization of an existing rapid response team. Pre- and post-intervention self-confidence scores demonstrated a large effect size and a clinically significant eta squared value (.48). The participants successfully completed most of the simulation competencies. This pilot project supports further studies exploring new graduate nurses' self-confidence levels and competency performance with patient deterioration simulation education.
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