模拟提供现实的NICU护理经验
Assistant ProfessorVuong Prieto, PhD, RN, CHSE, and InstructorBrandi Virgin，MSN，RN，知道在新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）同时照顾几个婴儿的感觉。他们去过那里。
“Seldom do you take care of only one NICU patient at a time; however, this is how our current curriculum simulations are designed, which just aren’t realistic,” said Virgin. “When nursing students are put in the NICU environment, they report feeling anxious and unprepared to handle numerous patients all at once. We want to change that.”
普列托和维珍Cizikν学院的教授rsing at UTHealth Houston’s Department of Undergraduate Studies. They received the school’s first Dean’s Innovation in Education Award to help nursing students gain the experience they need to manage multiple NICU patients.
Their proposal, “The Implementation of a Neonatal Multiple Simulation in an Undergraduate Baccalaureate Nursing Program,” was recently awarded $5,000 to give students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Pacesetter program more exposure to caring for multiple NICU patients with various acuities.
“It can be hectic managing the care of multiple infants all at the same time – patients who can’t communicate with you to tell you if they are hurting or are hungry,” said Prieto, who has spent most of her career in general pediatrics and often floated to the NICU. “Plus, they are frequently connected to tubes and other lifesaving equipment, which can be somewhat overwhelming.”
The pair hope to replicate this concept in other areas of pediatrics, including in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) setting. In November, Prieto and Virgin will present their proposal abstract to the Association for Leadership Science in Nursing Conference in Cleveland, Ohio.
Prieto说：“在过去的几十年中，对NICU婴儿的护理已经大大发展，我们需要护士来充分支持他们。”“目的是让参加我们研究的护理学生通过在模拟环境中学习，然后将他们学到的知识转变为NICU临床环境，从而更有信心照顾这个脆弱的人群。”
