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Kathryn J Vanderzwan1, Julie Schwind, Jennifer Obrecht
1Kathryn J. Vanderzwan, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, is Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing. Julie Schwind, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, is Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing. Jennifer Obrecht, DNP, APRN, PCNS-BC, is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Women, Children and Family Health Science, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing. Jennifer O'Rourke, PhD, APRN, is Associate Dean of Graduate Nursing Programs, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Illinois. Alexia Hieber Johnson, DNP, APRN, CNS-BC, is Clinical Nurse Specialist, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences, Chicago.
Abstract:
A multimodal nursing pedagogy utilizing simulation was incorporated into annual nurse competencies at a 465-bed academic medical center to translate into practice the required surveillance of a potentially septic patient and the necessary clinical decision-making. Pretest/posttest was used to determine knowledge retention from simulation. Nurses' sepsis knowledge following simulation was improved. Simulation can provide long-term knowledge retention of sepsis for application into clinical practice and be a viable option for competency assessment for professional nurses.
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