Transcript Sue Bradbury – “and beyond”

“and beyond”
Sue Bradbury RN, MSN
Clackamas Community College
Nursing Faculty/Simulation Specialist
503-594-0657
[email protected]
How to perform a comprehensive simulation session
with only ONE Person?
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Simulation Control
Room: co-located in
clinical lab area
2 dedicated Simulation
rooms with PTZ
cameras. One bedside
monitor with screen
shot to live stream
display to students in
debriefing room
30 scenarios performed
over the 2 year nursing
program/student
Equipment Organization is KEY
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Use clear hanging shoe holders for frequently
used items
Find a simple drawer sized container for
medications if you don’t have access to a
medication administration system [craft store]
Set-up prior to session [= 4 scenarios]
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Use containers for
each scenario change
out: moulage, IV’s,
equipment . . .
Velcro dots on arm
bands for quick
change and reuse
Use templates for
armbands: Barcode
makers can be found
online
Simple reminder cards
[in pencil] for each
scenario
Clutter up the room
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Newspapers, magazines, cards, books,
commode, and a walker to make it
realistic for a student to care for a patient
in a small hospital room.
Phone calls made during scenarios
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Use speaker phones in
simulation area and
debriefing room to
capture the SBAR/R calls
made in scenario.
Plan ahead
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Develop a rubric to level scenarios
and match up with clinical lab and
theory content: closely match with
new skills performed in clinical lab
Organize the scenarios to make
change out less time consuming.
Put the messy cases last!! For
example hemorrhages
Ask for help
Find faculty/staff to act as family or
friends in scenario
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Interested neighbor for maintaining
HIPAA compliance
Family asking difficult questions
Communication techniques
Oregon legal age issues in teenager
scenarios
Pearls
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If all fails, turn
everything off and
restart.
Wireless- watch for
smart phones that are
around your system;
wireless manikins may
change settings on
their own…
Have a back-up plan:
speaker phones, extra
license, video camera
Any Questions just call me…
Sue Bradbury
503-594-0657
[email protected]