Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to M A Johantgen.
Effective orientation is vital to the critical care team in providing quality patient care in today's health care environment. Preceptorship is the ideal method of providing orientation, and preceptors are key to effective implementation of the program. With limits to the resources available today, modifications to preceptorship can improve the frequency of providing quality orientation.
This article describes the evolution in methods used at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, to teach advanced cardiac life support over the past 10 years. The interactive nature of the teaching methods has improved participants' enjoyment of this course. With smaller teaching groups, instructors find this course challenging and fun to teach. This article provides outlines of teaching stations at The Christ Hospital and examples in which to implement the current advanced cardiac life support content according to the American Heart Association's teaching recommendations.
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Education Day in our hospital was created as a way of increasing attendance at annual mandatory inservices. Since beginning the program, compliance with mandatory inservice has increased from 50% to 97%. The Education Day format consolidates resources and provides consistency in the delivery of required information. The format is also flexible; it responds to changes and specialized educational needs of the nursing staff.