Effectiveness of a Simulation-Based Educational Program in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Optimal staff performance of resuscitation skills is best achieved through regular effective training. However, providing this teaching in a busy high-acuity pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) had become a challenge due to time and logistical constraints. A program to effectively and efficiently teach ICU nurses the skills necessary in patient resuscitation was developed using simulation training to better meet staff learning needs....