Board #247 - Program Innovation Engaging Learners in an Annual Nursing Staff Competency Blitz through Video Simulations (Submission #9201).

Conclusion: Over 1,500 staff nurses and 500 assistive personnel participated in the nursing competency blitz over a two-week time frame. Overall, the nursing staff was very positive about the format and use of simulation to ensure competency. Approximately 48% of staff rated the use of video simulations for Blitz as being extremely effective (e.g. 10 on a 1-10 scale), with over 86% rating the effectiveness at an 8 or higher. Time to complete the competencies was much less (715 total hours) than expected (1400 hours) based on previous years. Improvements in competency were noted for both staff nurses (improvement in scores of 34% from pre- to post-test) and assistive personnel (improvement of 27% pre- to post-test). Use of simulation may help bridge the current gap in practice and annual competency. Findings from this project provide evidence of successful implementation of simulation into an annual nursing competency blitz in a large health system. We successfully aligned our topics with national nursing quality indicators and institutional quality improvement initiatives while standardizing information, practices, competency determination and teaching methodology within the annual staff competency blitz. Disclosures: None (C) 2014 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Source: Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare - Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Abstracts: 2ND PLACE AWARD WINNER: PDF Only Source Type: research