A preliminary study of a novel emergency department nursing triage simulation for research applications
| Autor: | Kenneth E. Leonard, Robert C. Sugarman, Renee Roberts, Sevie Kandifer, G. Richard Braen, Jessica Castner, Werner Ceusters, David G. Ellis, Steven Dubovsky, Elsa Daurignac, Lisa D. Butler, James Phillips, Daniel Antonius |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Time Factors Cost-Benefit Analysis Nursing General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Session (web analytics) Simulated patient Task (project management) Computer 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Education Nursing Simulation Medicine(all) Descriptive statistics Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) Emergency department business.industry Communication 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Workload Professional-Patient Relations General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Triage Emergency Severity Index Patient Simulation Disaster Female Medical emergency Emergency Service Hospital business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Research Notes |
| ISSN: | 1756-0500 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13104-016-2337-3 |
| Popis: | Background Studying the effect on functioning of the emergency department of disasters with a potential impact on staff members themselves usually involves table top and simulated patient exercises. Computerized virtual reality simulations have the potential to configure a variety of scenarios to determine likely staff responses and how to address them without intensive utilization of resources. To decide whether such studies are justified, we determined whether a novel computer simulation has the potential to serve as a valid and reliable model of on essential function in a busy ED. Methods Ten experienced female ED triage nurses (mean age 51) mastered navigating a virtual reality model of triage of 4 patients in an ED with which they were familiar, after which they were presented in a testing session with triage of 6 patients whose cases were developed using the Emergency Severity Index to represent a range of severity and complexity. Attitudes toward the simulation, and perceived workload in the simulation and on the job, were assessed with questionnaires and the NASA task load index. Z-scores were calculated for data points reflecting subject actions, the time to perform them, patient prioritization according to severity, and the importance of the tasks. Data from questionnaires and scales were analyzed with descriptive statistics and paired t tests using SPSS v. 21. Microsoft Excel was used to compute a correlation matrix for all standardized variables and all simulation data. Results Nurses perceived their work on the simulation task to be equivalent to their workload on the job in all aspects except for physical exertion. Although they were able to work with written communications with the patients, verbal communication would have been preferable. Consistent with the workplace, variability in performance during triage reflected subject skill and experience and was correlated with comfort with the task. Time to perform triage corresponded to the time required in the ED and virtual patients were prioritized appropriately according to severity. Conclusions This computerized simulation appears to be a reasonable accurate proxy for ED triage. If future studies of this kind of simulation with a broader range of subjects that includes verbal communication between virtual patients and subjects and interactions of multiple subjects, supports the initial impressions, the virtual ED could be used to study the impact of disaster scenarios on staff functioning. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13104-016-2337-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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