Nurse education today
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Nurse education today · Feb 2014
An interprofessional communication training using simulation to enhance safe care for a deteriorating patient.
Communication and teamwork between doctors and nurses are critical for optimal patient care. Simulation and interprofessional team learning are emerging as significant learning strategies to promote teamwork and communication between different health professionals. ⋯ The Sim-IPE has better prepared the medical and nursing students in communicating with one another in providing safe care for deteriorating patient. In addition, it has improved their perception towards interprofessional learning. This pre-registration interprofessional education could prepare them for more comprehensive interprofessional team learning at post-registration level.
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Nurse education today · Feb 2014
Prevention of central venous catheter infections: a survey of paediatric ICU nurses' knowledge and practice.
Central venous catheters are important in the management of paediatric intensive care unit patients, but can have serious complications which worsen the patients' health, prolong hospital stays and increase the cost of care. Evidence-based recommendations for preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections are available, but it is unknown how widely these are known or practiced in the paediatric intensive care environment. ⋯ This study has identified that there is variation in the infection prevention approach and nurses' knowledge about catheter-related bloodstream infection prevention. The presence of an improved safety culture, years of paediatric intensive care experience and higher qualifications did not influence the nurses' uptake of recommendations, therefore further factors need to be explored in order to improve understanding and implementation of best practice.