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TitleValidation of a computer-based simulated patient surge drill for disaster education in the emergency department
NamePeterson, Keith (author); DiGiulio, Mary (chair); Rutgers University; School of Nursing - RBHS
Date Created2020
Other Date2020-05 (degree)
SubjectDisaster, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Extent1 online resource (51 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionPurpose of Project: Disasters are occurring with an alarmingly growing frequency. With this, hospital staff is aware that there is a lack of a definitive training method to improve their education and response ability. This project demonstrated that using a disaster drill in the form of a drill simulator allowed for increased knowledge in disaster response.

Methodology: A pre/post survey was performed using a nine-question adapted version of the Emergency Preparedness and Information Questionnaire (EPIQ) (Wisniewski, Dennik-Champion, & Peltier, 2004). Permission to use this was granted by one of the authors, Dr. James Peltier. The intervention was having the study participants under the Hospital Surge Evaluation Tool (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2017). Once the data was collected it was check for normality using the Shapiro-Wilk test. The data was found to not be normally distributed. With that finding the final analysis was preformed using the Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test.

Results: It was found that there was a statistically significant increase in disaster knowledge over all nine questions asked. It can be concluded that a computer-based simulated patient surge drill is a valid teaching tool for disaster education in the emergency department.

Implications for Practice: While there will not be a change in the daily clinical practice of the participants, it can be hoped that undergoing this drill will better prepare the participants for future events. Another aspect of clinical practice will be how and when resources are used during a surge event.
NoteDNP
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-jsmj-h459
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Nursing (RBHS) DNP Projects
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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