Background: The most common causes of morbidity during general anesthesia in pediatrics are airway and respiratory complications that commonly occur in both healthy children and infants. The high stress environment of pediatric anesthesia makes pediatric airway education paramount for the best opportunity of wanted outcomes. Marian University first-year SRNAs enter the clinical field without yet receiving hands on pediatric training. By providing an educational workshop and hands-on simulation training opportunity, SRNAs will have increased knowledge and confidence upon entrance into the clinical field.

Purpose: This DNP project is an educational intervention aimed at improving the knowledge and confidence level of first-year SNRA students to successfully secure a pediatric airway.

Methods: Quantitative data was collected with pre-education intervention test and post-education test questionnaires as well as a three-question pre-simulation self-confidence and post-simulation self-confidence survey. The data was used to assess differences in knowledge scores before and after the educational intervention and self-confidence scores before and after the hands-on simulation.

Implementation Plan/Procedure: First-year Marian University SRNAs received an education module via the campus-wide Canvas learning platform. Once completed, participants were offered an opportunity to participate in a hands-on pediatric airway simulation. The education interventions were evaluated quantitatively for statistical relevance using a pretest and posttest knowledge-based assessment before and after the Canvas module via Qualtrics survey. In addition, a confidence level assessment was made available after the completion of the Canvas module and the post-simulation experience for those who chose to participate.

Implications/Conclusion: A pediatric airway educational intervention via voice-over PowerPoint presentation statistically increased participants knowledge scores (p < 0.05) from pre- to post-education. Participants had a significant increase in confidence ( p < 0.05) in each of three NLN adapted confidence questions demonstrated in a pre- and post-simulation survey.

Creator

• Lauber, Landon

• Soutar, Wesley

Language

• English

Keyword

• airway

• management

• anesth$

• pediatric

• airway and respiratory complications

• pediatric airway education

• educational intervention

Date created

• 2023

Resource type

• Research Paper

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